Our Work

Spark Guide

Launching the culturally responsive child care guide in Alberta through branding, website design & development, social media marketing, and more!

Spark Main Project Image

Client

PolicyWise for Children and Families

Services

Overview

The Spark Guide is a resource for early childhood educators in Alberta. It helps build skills, capacity, and confidence to provide culturally responsive child care. We worked closely with the wonderful team at PolicyWise, who developed the concept and content of the guide. Our goals were to create a brand (and guide)  that is clear, welcoming, and accessible to educators, caregivers, directors, and operators. It should feel friendly and approachable to reflect it’s purpose of providing help and guidance. And the overall tone needed to look professional and cohesive to appeal to the audience of educators, caregivers, and directors.

What we did

Our project began with positioning and naming of the guide. Followed by the creation of a visual identity (logo, style, and application system). We contracted Hello Public to help bring our photography needs to life and create a short explainer video to publicly launch the guide.
Following the visual identity, we designed the guide itself, the website which it exists to be downloaded from, numerous launch and promotion event materials, and on-going social media posts. All of these materials and platforms  help bring awareness about the guide and access to download and use the guide. Ongoing posting and sharing resources about Spark aims to build a community of support and adoption of the guide. 

Play Video about Spark Outdoor Wanderers Two young boys drawing together at a table

The Spark logo is playful, exciting, and brings life to the concept of igniting (or sparking) new ways of thinking.

The name and the visual identity is exciting and actionalbe which mirrors the content of the guide. The guide helps educators and caregivers in their day-to-day work. It is a resource they can lean on and invites approaches to understanding culture beyond ethnicity.

Spark Brand Guide Mockup

We created a imagery style that highlights people and interactions between educators, caregivers, and children.

The style is inviting and dynamic. It focuses on real professionals and children. The guide is action-oriented and narrative, sharing useful examples to empower caregivers and educators to use its strategies. We wanted this empowerment and confidence to shine through in the imagery.

French & English postcards for promotion at events

PDF download of the digital guide (cover)

PDF digital guide interior pages (English)

PDF digital guide interior pages (French)

We continued the welcoming, confident, and relatable tone across all branded materials – making the website feel like an extension of the guide.

The website is where anyone can access and download the guide for free. It is also a great resource for information, tools, and support. The goal was to create a site that embodies the brand and is easy to use and actionable.

We extended this feeling through social media content that helps share these ongoing resources, tools, and tips from the guide itself and the website.

Website homepage

Website interior pages

Social media posts & ads

Social media posts & ads

Spark Logo Yellow

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