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Launching Scotland’s first two year professional acting qualification

Client

Acting Coach Scotland

Project outcomes

  • First year applications for the new course were oversubscribed by 600%
  • Consistent brand image across brand touchpoints
  • I directed the photo and video shoot creating an on-brand media library

What I did

Brand identity
Tone of voice
Directed photo and video shoot
Headline writing
Project management

Market research

I surveyed and interviewed young actors applying for first year acting courses to get their insight into applying and the courses available. I found in applying for higher education, actors face a lot of rejection and are often placated with niceties from large organisations. Successful applicants face exorbitant fees for the privilege of their tuition and the feeling is that the schools don’t care for the people on the courses as long as they pay.

Brand voice

A recurring theme from the actors I spoke to was that they have a long held dream they’ve worked towards for years, something the larger schools seemed indifferent to. ACS took a more personal approach to teaching and to their student relationships best described in a quote from Director Mark Westbrook, “We’re small but we like it that way. We get the time to spend with the people who come through our school, we get to show we actually give a shit about them and their acting career”.

By pairing these two ideas together, the personable acting school understanding the aspirations of its students, we created the tagline Our dream is to help you achieve yours. It immediately shows the brands purpose and its personality, differentiating ACS from its larger competitors.

Directing the media shoot

The direction of the campaign was built from that feeling. I planned and directed a ‘day in the life’ media shoot to create energetic images that showed the positive attitude of ACS towards its students. This involved hiring and directing a photographer and videographer, and organising a set of over 20 people on the day of the shoot. The resulting photography and video – [no longer online] – were the basis of the schools marketing campaign, being used across the website and the brand’s social media channels.

I paired the photography with strong, straightforward statements that spoke directly to the actor that won’t give up on themselves. The campaign was applied where aspiring actors would be: on social media, at trade events and in print magazines such as The Stage.

Laconic brand style

When applying to acting schools, actors face a lot of rejection. I created a branding that spoke directly to them. Nothing superfluous, a clear message of we understand you, this is what we can offer you in the next year, are you interested? I then applied this message across print, digital, social, advertising and event collateral.

The campaign was successful with the course received 600% its capacity in applications. The course was filled and the client was more than happy with the result.

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Orwell McGubbins is a branding designer based in Berlin. 

He has spent his career working with charities, schools and social businesses supporting people to develop themselves and make the most of life. 

Today he continues this work by helping freelancers develop their business skills. He helps people make money doing what they love so they can create a happy life for themselves and the people in their communities. 

Don’t contact him on LinkedIn or call without an appointment. He might be socially minded but he’s also a millennial, they hate that.

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