We specialise in helping schools and colleges to achieve their marketing goals. Increasing enrolment, rebranding to improve perception, attracting different types of students and communicating strengths and character are all part of the mix. Oyster has extensive school marketing experience, working with schools and colleges across the UK.
Your school of college proposition should seek to answer some of these questions, pinpointing your unique differentiators and highlighting your strengths. Your prospectus, website and other materials should help the parent or student to access the information they need.
Don’t forget your other audiences! Your marketing speaks to a much wider audience base who are all making impressions and building perceptions of your school. Your local community, industry bodies, your alumni, partner organisations and even your team need to be considered as they could become valuable advocates.
We tend to work with local schools in this market, but we're happy to travel to meet those who are further afield and need our help!
Brand development is shaped by your target audiences and the proposition you want to put to them. Oyster works with organisations of all sizes to ensure your objectives are firmly anchored in the design and development of your brand, including your supporting lines and the tone of voice you use. We work with you to create a brand that attracts your target audience and enhances your market profile. We love working on brand projects and we are proud of the excellent results we achieve with our clients.
Your approach to a logo design may depend on who you are, what you do and how big the budget is! Oyster will work with you to agree a process and a budget that properly reflects your needs. We take you through a staggered process to ensure every aspect is considered. Throughout the process we’ll explore graphics, typeface, colour and supporting lines. The final product has always been thoroughly considered. Every logo is delivered with easy to understand guidelines for use.
As part of a fuller brand process, Oyster creates branding guidelines for our clients to control their brand across every discipline. The guide is usually the culmination of a comprehensive brand design and development process. Guidelines provide an A to Z for our clients, including graphics, typography, colours, imagery, dos and don'ts, tone of voice, how to write, supporting lines, comprehensive design examples and mechanics. Your brand guidelines will keep your brand united and ensure every piece of work supports your brand look and message.
. Our passion is to deliver well considered creative and marketing solutions that bring great returns on investment. We help organisations to use off and online tools to give cost effective and powerful performance.
At Oyster we like to work as efficiently as possible. We work to your brief, use conference calls and face to face meetings to clarify work. And we use our combined experience and expertise to help develop fully considered solutions. We use an online project management system that provides instant access to visuals, timescales and content, as well as easy messaging and a merciful improvement to hunting through emails!
“I have been extremely pleased with the service that Oyster provides. I was impressed by their ability to manage complex processes within limited time, without compromising the quality of the deliverable.”
"Oyster guided us through our brand update with vision, professionalism and creativity. We are delighted with the outcome, which has given the organisation a huge boost."
"I have found Oyster to be innovative designers, creating clever solutions to design dilemmas. The finished product is always of a high standard."
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We are Oyster
We have a great team with a real passion for the work we do, and the experience and expertise to achieve great returns on your investment every time. We enjoy working with our clients and have built long and productive relationships – we'd love to talk to you.
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