Contrast & Co.

I am the Senior Director, Marketing & Communications of Bottom Line

Bottom Line partners with first-generation college students from under-resourced communities and backgrounds to get into and through college, and successfully launch a career.

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Good value for cost

2-5 Employees

Phase 1: Initial Brand Discovery Phase 2: Evolve the Brand Foundation Phase 3: Design initial activation assets Phase 4: Deep Audience & Market Research Phase 5: Deliver a comprehensive brand playbook

Timeline of getting all deliverables completed in 21 weeks.

Working with Contrast & Co. was a great experience. Their project management was excellent. Contrast & Co. delivered everything on time and kept us updated every step of the way. They were organized, clear in their communication, and quick to respond to our needs or changes. Working with them felt smooth and easy

What impressed me most about Contrast & Co. was how well they turned our ideas into something even better. They really listened, pushed our thinking in smart ways, and delivered beautiful, high-quality work on time. Their mix of creativity, strategy, and reliability made them stand out.

Overall, we had a great experience with Contrast & Co.. If anything, a little more time for internal discussion between major milestones could have helped us keep pace with their fast and efficient timeline. But their team was always flexible and supportive when we needed it.

Melwood is one of the nation's leading advocates, employers, and service providers for people with disabilities and their caregivers. Melwood, Inc. is comprised of two other companies — Melwood Enterprises and Melwood Community Services — and employs more than 1,600 workers, over 900 with disabilities.

We initially hired Contrast & Co. to support us in designing a strategic plan, launching a new partnership to rebrand our summer camp - Camp Accomplish - and eventually our strategic reorganization where we separated into three entities under the Melwood family of companies.

For the strategic plan, it was largely design and distillation of our corporate goals. For Camp Accomplish, it was developing a new mark, logo lock-up, brand story, marketing tagline, assets, look, feel, voice, and imagery. For the strategic reorganization, it was a family of interrelated logo marks, a full brand kit, including colors, logo marks, guidance, brand messaging, messaging at a glance, typography, voice, brand shapes, and elements.

We worked with 2–3 teammates from Contrast & Co. at any given time.

We were referred to Contrast & Co. by a legal partner for a coalition we helped found. We ended up hiring them directly for working with Melwood. Contrast & Co. had some of the most innovative design concepts, and the way they captured our story in language, including incredible calls to action, was the best we found.

We first started working together in June 2023.

We have an extraordinary new, fresh, and innovative feel to our brands. It was a huge step forward in how we speak about our work, our partnerships, and our future. In terms of feedback, this is the best we have looked in 60 years. Our assets are cleaner and more engaging, donors are more interested in our strategic plans and annual reports, our brand is more consistently expressed, our websites have more than tripled in views, and social media continues to grow 10% month on month.

Contrast & Co. was extremely responsive and kept us on task. We never felt rushed and never fell behind. They had really great project management skills. We primarily communicate via email and weekly check-ins.

Dharma (Founder & Creative Director) is a language genius. The way he distills and translates things from discovery to the first draft is frankly extraordinary. Taryn (Senior Designer) has an incredible eye for detail and brilliantly incorporates our feedback.

No. We loved working with them.

I am the CMO of a law firm

Founded in 1938, our company a full-service business law firm with more than 500 attorneys practicing in 16 locations throughout the US and in Mexico, including Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego, California; Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Denver, Colorado; Washington, D.C.; Boise, Idaho; Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Portland, Oregon; Dallas, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Washington; and Los Cabos, Mexico.

Former Colleague

Company values aligned

6-10 Employees

Completed Graphic Standards; Firm Prospectus; Community & Social Impact Guide; Social Media, Newsletter, and Legal Alert Templates; Digital/Printed Stationery Package; Email Signature Blocks; Powerpoint Template; Company Store; Promotional Items; Photo and Video Shoots; Invoice and Billing Statement Templates; Digital Business Cards; and Website Functionality and Copy Launch

Internal and external positive testimonials

Strong project management - we felt heard and the team delivered on all requests in a timely fashion

The creative director is the best I've ever worked with on a branding project.

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I am the SVP of an IT contracting and systems integration company

An IT government contractor and systems integrator specializing in digital transformation and modernization in Federal Civilian, Federal Health, Homeland Security, and National Security.

Other

Great culture fit

2-5 Employees

We hired Contrast & Co. to create branding, graphic design, and messaging for our digital delivery framework.

Contrast & Co.'s branding and messaging strategy were particularly strong.

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I am the CoFounder of Motifmotion, LLC

Motifmotion is an animated production studio that specializes in communicating abstract and complex ideas and services organizations and agencies alike.

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2-5 Employees

Contrast & Co developed the key pre-production elements for a series of projects including concepting, script writing, style development, storyboards and illustrations.

Contrast are exceptional storytellers, constructing loose concepts and ideas into engaging productions. Their design aesthetic is unique, compelling and always on brand. The final products are engaging and targeted at the intended demographic.

Contrast provides clear and concise direction and leadership across video production mediums, seamlessly blending motion graphics and custom video. They're easy to work with and they’re always responsive, collaborative and open to new approaches and ideas.

They brought energy and excitement to their projects. We were always proud of the outcomes of our work together.

No. They're creative, dedicated, flexibile and responsive. We've been very pleased with the relationship and their work!