Hugh Foley Consulting

Brand identity for shared value consultancy Hugh Foley

Defining a new kind of business consulting that creates value while delivering better social outcomes. Hugh Foley advises corporate, philanthropic and public sector leaders on shared value strategy, cross-sector partnerships and organisational structures.

The Challenge

We needed to build Hugh’s personal reputation and create a strong and distinctive consulting brand. This needed to reinforce leadership in shared value, differentiate from other CSR consulting firms and clearly define the offer and benefits to corporate, philanthropic and public sector leaders.

The Strategy

At the heart of the Hugh Foley brand is the idea of ‘Strategy for good’. This is underpinned by a powerful belief system that there are better ways to create shared value with the tools we all have available.

Highly strategic but also pragmatic, the brand promise dials up the importance of delivering measurable social and commercial results and creating real value for the company, its customers, and the community. This is in stark contrast to the usual highly emotive, feel-good approach that is common in CSR consulting.

The Design

Leveraging the visual language of the consulting category we focused on developing a simple type mark for the brand. Avoiding the CSR clichés of trees and hearts, we crafted a typographic solution that matched the brand personality and proposition; professional, stylish, confident and intelligent.

The ‘Y’ letterform is customised to create a forward moving arrow symbol, a subtle and elegant reference to the benefits of shared value. The colour red reflects a bold, confident force within the corporate context that Hugh operates. This was supported by a complimentary secondary typeface adding an engaging, friendly serif font to the mix.

Getting some good thinking into the brand identity process right from the start has been crucial in defining and creating the right identity for the business. It’s been well worth the effort and I’m really proud of the result. I have really enjoyed working with the team

Hugh Foley
Director