INDIGO SOCIAL
SKILLS
ROLE
BACKGROUND
Brand Identity
Illustration / Adobe
Copywriting
CMO
I work as the CMO of Indigo Social, a college startup at Northwestern. I built the company's brand identity from the ground up, including positioning, visual identity and brand tone.
What I love about this project:
I helped build Indigo's brand from scratch since I was the marketer on the team, and I have loved watching Indigo grow from just an idea to what it is now. This brand also feels personal to me, especially in my senior year of college, because it's made just for college students. It's meant to be silly and youthful and not take itself too seriously, which I have a lot of fun with. I don't know whether I'm ever going to work for another brand that greenlights sending a "u up?" text to everyone on our listserv.
Indigo Social Brand Guide
Brand Adjectives

Logo Design





Typography
Cool Mysterious Playful Fun

"Indigo" is the character that represents Indigo Social. He's welcoming, ushering people to join in on the fun and meet new people. He's youthful, reminiscent of the cartoons our generation watched as kids. His vintage design makes him cool, unique memorable.

I chose a font that would pair well with the logo, following its vintage style. It was important that the font would be readable and distinct.
Poster Outside Entry to Holiday Party
Graphic Design
I design posters for each event that are printed and displayed at our events. I also design digital graphics for our social media / website.
Strategy
My team and I developed a social media strategy centered on TikTok and Instagram, where we post funny content, photos from our events and announcements. We have a Spotify people can follow with special playlists for each event that our DJs create, which has been a hit.

Retention and customer experience is a big focus this quarter. We're testing ways to make the ticketing and line entry process to be as streamlined as possible. And if there's a line outside an event, we're finding ways to make it less terrible to stand in that line (like running a trivia game with prizes). We're keeping tabs on who's a first-time, second-time or tenth-time ticket-buyer, and we're sending targeted texts to those groups. Our team also answers every text, DM and comment.
Facebook Event Graphic
INSTAGRAM
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