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Downtown Productions
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
AA
Owner/Director
(8)
3
Preferred learners
  • Ontario, Canada
  • Academic experience
Categories
Design & creative Graphic design Branding & style guides Illustration Digital marketing
Project scope
What is the main goal for this project?

Our company is new and has no graphic design assets. We are looking to create and develop a brand book.

This may involve:

  • Creating a new branding guide
  • Meeting with the project manager to evaluate the choices made for the branding book to ensure it is aligned with company branding goals, and making any necessary revisions.
  • Designing and presenting thumbnails for design assets (banner ad, illustration, infographic, etc) based on the branding guide to be included in a proposal and presented to the project manager.
  • Executing the full designs for each branding asset using Canva, based on the approved thumbnails.
  • Creating multiple thumbnails with different color schemes based on the colors in the branding guide.
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):

  • Created a new branding guide to dictate company usage of font, color, and imagery.
  • Met with the project manager to discuss the branding guide, and completed any changes required.
  • Presented a proposal of brand asset design thumbnails to the project manager to be approved for final designs.
  • Created the final designs for each brand assets using Canva.

Bonus steps would include:

  • Including multiple thumbnails with different color schemes based on the colors in the branding guide.

Final deliverables should include

  • A new branding book for our company with information about how our brand should be communicated in terms of fonts, colors, logo usage, and images.
  • A set of graphic design assets based on the branding book and design proposal.
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:

  • Are there any themes or colors that should be introduced?
  • What images, quotes, or taglines should be included in each design asset?
  • Input on choices, problems or anything else the students might encounter.
What skills or technologies will help learners to complete the project?

In order to complete this project, students can self-teach, but it is beneficial to be familiar with:

  • Digital marketing and content creation.
  • Basic knowledge of Canva
  • Graphic design.

Nice to haves for students include

  • Experience with advanced graphic design tools such as Adobe Illustrator.

Again, students can complete this project without any of the prior knowledge listed here. Students will be expected to research and learn more about this above as the project goes along.

Supported causes
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
About the company

We are a brand new, Toronto-based media company specializing in music production, film production, artist branding and design.