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Chrisoda
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
CI
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Project scope
What is the main goal for this project?

Our company is looking to solidify our identity that we currently have. We are looking to better connect with our audience by standing out and being memorable while also being able to use the designs the students offer in a corporate setting.

We are looking for real designs that we could use in our branding as well as general branding knowledge. The right candidate would work to create consistent promotional branding and come up with possible new names for the company.

This will involve several different steps for the students, including:

  • Researching the brand identity.
  • Work to create a branding guide for us to reference
  • Help create prototypes using software tools that can be implemented in our marketing
  • Research into the competitors to see what they are doing.
  • Creating custom branding sheets with colours and logos.
What tasks will learners need to complete to achieve the project goal?

By the end of the project, students should complete the following list of activities (this is basically a retelling of the steps above):

  • Research into brand
  • Brand reference
  • Prototypes for us to use

Bonus steps would include:

  • Custom material for us to use later on

Final deliverables should include

  • A branding guide for us to reference
How will you support learners in completing the project?

Students will connect directly with us for mentorship throughout the project. We will be able to provide answers to questions such as:

  • Access to personnel, website analytics, sales and brand collateral, and more
  • Names of competitors to understand the market
  • Work within the student's software expertise
What skills or technologies will help learners to complete the project?

In order to complete this project, t is beneficial to be familiar with:

  • Understanding of adobe
  • Research
  • Branding
  • Graphic design.

Nice to haves for students include

  • Data analysis

Students will be expected to research and learn more about the above as the project goes along.

About the company

What is Chrisoda?
Chrisoda is the evolution of pop, delivering what today’s health conscious consumer is looking for:
lower sugar
clean, simple recognizable ingredients
functionality (apple cider vinegar)
exceptional taste

Chrisoda is available in 3 flavours: pear ginger, rhubarb and vanilla, as well as raspberry.

What makes it taste so great?
We take cold pressed fruit juice, a splash of organic apple cider vinegar, and a little organic cane sugar. That cold ferments for a couple of weeks. Then we add sparkling water. The result is a drink with a deep, delicious, sweet and sour flavour profile you can feel good about chugging.

Why Did We Make it?
Chrisoda is a product from Manning Canning, founded by husband and wife team Christine Manning and James Houston, Toronto makers of jams, jellies and pickles. We were always experimenting with fruits, vegetables and vinegars in various forms.

When James quit drinking a decade ago, he complained constantly about how few non alcoholic options there were. There is only so much Perrier and Diet Coke you can drink, and he just wasn’t into turmeric elixirs.

So Christine started making a version of shrub with fruit juices and vinegars. It was so popular at shows and markets that customers asked for a ready to drink version, and Chrisoda was born!

Why is it called Chrisoda?
We went through several names for this product, all of which had IP issues (which is a whole other story) but in the early days when we were just making it for ourselves, James always called it Chrisoda (as in “babe, can you make me a Chrisoda?”). When it came time for branding and packaging, both the agency and Christine said that it would NEVER be called Chrisoda. But after many rounds with the lawyers and trademark people for all the other names, Chrisoda won the day!