Brand Strategy and Design

Time Warner Cable

Raising awareness

In response to increased competition from satellite providers, Time Warner Cable recently focused on identifying ways to deepen customer relationships and improve new subscriber acquisition.

Challenges

Create awareness, distinction and preference for Time Warner Cable services and products as the entertaining, future-focused and accessible provider of in-home entertainment and technology

Identify a communications structure and branding and communications practices that conveyed the company’s offerings and maximized the effectiveness of branding investments

Design an engaging retail presence to showcase and cross-sell new product offerings

Actions

Interviewed Time Warner Cable’s key audiences (executives, employees, customers and prospects) to evaluate perceptions of the brand

Conducted quantitative and qualitative research to identify the most effective brand architecture and naming strategy to clearly and simply communicate Time Warner Cable’s offerings to internal and external audiences

Developed a design system and identity guidelines to translate the brand positioning and attributes and to reflect the brand architecture both internally and externally

Created a retail prototype that delivers an engaging, customer-focused environment that demonstrates and increases the emotional and functional benefits of Time Warner Cable products and services and raises customer satisfaction and retention