Strategy — Process — Dark Spark Creative

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Strategy

Positioning, narrative, principles, the sentences the company is never allowed to say. Short on purpose. If it cannot be held in a conversation, it will not be held in the work.

Usually 3–5 weeks

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What actually happens

A short document later work cannot contradict.

We do not write strategy so a client can watch a process. We write just enough that colour, type, a homepage and a campaign are not allowed to drift. The interesting brands already have a category. They need a point of view that can take a punch.

Strategy without craft is a document. Craft without strategy is a look. Both stay in the building.

In this movement

The work, not a theatre of phases.

01 · Positioning

Who you are for, who you are not for, and the market you refuse to resemble.

02 · Narrative

A story the company can tell without a deck in the room.

03 · Principles

The rules later work — including ours — is not allowed to contradict.

04 · Language

The sentences that are in, and the sentences that are never allowed out.

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Held with Brand Strategy

This movement is the same discipline as our Brand Strategy offering, held inside a project rather than as a standalone. If you only need the document, start there.

Brand Strategy    Next: Design

If the timing is right

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