FAI Website + Brand Update
FaithAction
FaithAction International sought to broaden its impact and regional recognition while increasing community-led opportunities.
Refine messaging and creative collateral to reflect the current organization, its focus on collaboration and measurable impact.
A Great Idea guided FAI’s board and staff through an assessment of its mission and vision to recalibrate itself to be a more community-led organization with clearer language to articulate its work and who it serves. Moreover, FAI’s basic brand assets (logo, typography) were redesigned to meet modern media applications.
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Modern Marks
Faith Action International felt its previous logo no longer suited the organization at its present and could be better optimized for modern digital communication. However, the icon in its previous logo strongly represented community spirit. To give their logo a more modern feel, we created abstracted people icons that also read as the letters F and A. The letter A and the word Action in the wordmark were intentionally made orange to elevate and signal each other within the logo. Our redesigned icon preserved the community spirit of its predecessor and with updates to its palette and face type, A Great Idea built for them for a bolder, more confident logo.
Tagline, We’re It!
FaithAction International adopted new a tagline which we wrote to communicate their work with more directness and clarity. “Immigrant and refugee services to welcome, advocate, and empower” reinforces the idea of being action-oriented for those they serve.
Promotional Prowess
FaithAction’s new branding allows for new marketing assets to expand its visibility and reinforce the brand’s bolder palette and versatility of the logo and badge. Among these new pieces are a step-and-repeat for red carpet, photo opportunities, and table runners for outreach events.
What are the key components of a brand identity?
- Logo: The visual representation of your brand
- Color Palette: The specific colors used to represent your brand
- Typography: The fonts and styles used in your brand communications
- Imagery & Graphics: The style of images and graphics that complement your brand
- Brand Voice and Messaging: The language and tone used in your communications
- Brand Guidelines: The document that codifies and ensures consistency across all brand collateral
Why is brand identity important?
A strong brand identity makes you stand out from others, makes it easy for people to recognize you, and builds trust. It shows what you stand for, what you’re trying to do, and how you’re going about that in a way that connects with your community.
How does brand identity design differ from brand strategy?
Brand identity design is the visual and creative expression of a broader brand strategy: it’s establishing how your brand looks. While brand strategy defines what your brand’s values, target audience, and market position are, brand identity design translates those elements into a visual language using elements like logos, color schemes, and typography.
What is brand strategy?
Brand strategy is a long-term plan for how you want your audience to see and engage with your brand. It is the process of deciding how you show up and connect with your community and of establishing a plan for building and maintaining that brand identity over time.
What is brand identity development?
Brand identity development is the process of figuring out how a brand looks and feels based on its values, mission and personality.
It involves stakeholder input—community members, staff, and leaders—and includes visual elements like the logo, color palette, typography, imagery, and overall style. Together, these pieces make the brand look consistent and easy to recognize everywhere it’s used.