The business therapy Foundation

The business therapy Foundation

SEND THE DELIVERABLES LINK TO: Teodora.migdalovici@thealternativeschool.com / win@thealternativeschool.com

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Productivity through harmony

Disciplines / skills: design / visual languages / strategy / social media

The client:

A Romanian Foundation focused on EQ (Emotional intelligence) & Emotional management programs, created for organizations interested in productivity through the inner wellbeing of their employees and good mood at work. They call it “educational psychology”.

Context:

People who understand their emotions and learn how to manage them, are more susceptible to preserve their inner equilibrium in complicated situations, generally happier and more productive at work.

Why this Foundation & its programs ?

*People could learn how to better manage themselves and their professional relationships in a VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity) world

*Toxic work environments need a psychological specialized approach (beyond HR)

*Companies dominated by excessive rationality, in need for a healthy EQ intake

*A new approach on Therapy, for mentally and emotionally healthy business environments

*Sophisticated companies with complex issues need new, sophisticated solutions

*In a world where AI will be a common player in the everyday life, there is nothing more important than employees’ mental and emotional health, inner balance and harmonious relationships.

The Audience:

*B2B: Leaders of companies interested to accelerate the organizational performance through efficient organizational psychology programs. Top down effect.

*Informal organizational leaders influential enough to ask their managers and the HR departments for the Foundation services.

What:

*Create the identity (name, logo, optional slogan) for the client

*A growth strategy with focus on digital, events & Social Media

*Decline the Foundation launch in a visual content of your choice

Brand’s Tone of voice:

Fluent, solar, trust worthy, human-centric, vital, compassionate. Humor accents are allowed. Dry, classical corporate, excessively formal approach is a no-no.

Deliverables:

1.Decline the logo on a sticker. (2,5 or 3.5 cm + 0.5 bleed at 300 dpi, via editable PDF for the printable version or 1350x1080 pixels/size for the digital sticker)

2.Create the most impactful visual content for the foundation launch

3. Explain in one page (pdf):

3.1. the concept of the logo in 2-3 lines

3.2. the strategy for growth, with focus on digital / events / social media, making this Foundation the GO TO organization for companies aiming to perform through people’s inner well being. Consider gamevertising as potential playground. 7-10 lines

3.4. Expected results in sales & likeability 2-3 lines

4. On an A 3 board, present in a concise, appealing form:

*the logo | the visual content for the launch

*Complete with 1-3 lines each the following headlines:

  1. Insight 2. Idea 3. Strategy 4. Expected outcome.

Ad up complementary visuals, if necessary. Samples of A3 competition boards solving similar briefs here.

Deadline: 22.04 | 10 AM

Send your solutions on a google drive link until 22.04 | 10 AM.

Make sure the link is public before sending the email.

Contact:

win@thealternativeschool.com

andra@thealternativeschool.com

Mention the name of your program study / faculty in the subject.

Few Q&A helping you to better solve the brief:
  1. Can we use a foreign language for the Foundation’s name ?
    Our target audience is cosmopolite so yes, if the final outcome is relevant for the audience, you can pick a foreign language for the naming.

  2. Other recommendations for the naming?
    You can explore alliteration, assonance, reduplication to make it musical when pronounced and easily to remember. Using FOUNDATION in the naming is optional.

  3. Do you have other guiding elements for the visual experience?
    3.1. The characters, the colors and the visual content are setting the mood of the brand, so be aware of their vibe & meaning.
    3.2. Ask yourself how do you want people TO FEEL while interacting with the overall visual experience: are they relieved / empowered / encouraged to open up / expand / curious /can they safely relate with the world around?

  4. Any references for the strategy?
    Make it as engaging as possible. Make it so memorable that the Foundation becomes a must-have partner to be acknowledged publicly by all intelligent companies out there, aware of the fact that happy people and harmonious work environments lead ultimately to increased productivity. Consider gamevertising.

  5. What about the A3 board?
    Structuring the essentials of the case study and selling your idea via an A 3 board is a Cannes Lions tradition.
    Integrating all you work in this board is a skill showing the evaluators you can be great communicators balancing properly visual and text. Think of it as the Ad of the Ad. When creating the board, keep the text to a minimum. Be relevant with the copy, have a bold title and an appealing visual experience.

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4/21/25, 11:00 AM

INVIZIBILII.RO: BE SEEN

Help vulnerable people evolve, transform and thrive

Disciplines / skills: strategy / digital / design thinking / design feeling

The client:

Invizibilii.ro is a recently launched platform dedicated to Romanians in vulnerable situations and at risk of social exclusion. An in depth study identified 6 categories: Subsistence farmers / Small entrepreneurs / Single-parent families / Undeclared workers / Retired people / Unemployed individuals over 50 years old.

Problem / Challenge:

How do we reach the biggest number of people in the shortest amount of time, in a consistent way, so we could help them improve their lives, get out the risky zones and ultimately thrive?

Your task:

1.Pick a vulnerable category out of the 6 identified through the study:

https://www.invizibilii.ro/studiul/

Make your selection based on:

a) degree of importance- medium and long term perspective

b) the impact of your strategy

2.Design an effective, creatively driven, EQ aware strategy in two steps:

2.1.Create the system that would work best to help your selected category escape the vulnerable situation, evolve and thrive. You can pick the Invizibilii.ro solution - meetings and workshops facilitated by Government agencies active in each of Romania’s 40+ counties (https://www.invizibilii.ro/ateliere/) and make it highly functional or you can come up with alternative or complementary solutions. How good looks like ?

2.2. Connect & communicate: Select the best tools and the best media mix to reach out for the biggest number of people and have them engaged in your #BeSeen program.

Brand’s Tone of voice:

Compassionate, unpretentious, familiar, warm, inviting, conversational, practical.

Brand’s personality:

Functional, useful, supportive, reliable, compassionate, makes improbable possible. High level of emotional intelligence. Hands on. Let’s make things happen.

Deliverables:

  1. Explain in max 2 pdf pages the mechanics created to help your vulnerable group of choice and the associated communication strategy making INVIZIBILII.RO the go to, highly functional Platform for them. Indicate how do you reach the biggest number of people from your chosen group and how do you help them solve their vulnerability, evolve and thrive.

  2. On an A 3 board, present in a concise, visually compelling form:
    2.1. The insight / relevant tension related to your chosen vulnerable category. What hurts the most?
    2.2. The idea: “How do you reach them or make them reach out for INVIZIBILII.RO’s help?”
    2.3. The Communication Strategy delivering the solution for the Problem / Challenge.
    2.4. For the visual support, you can use Invizibilii.ro visual resources or you can come up with your own visual narrative, if it serves best the strategy.
    Samples of A3 competition boards solving similar briefs here.

Deadline: 21.04 | 11 AM

Send your solutions on a google drive, under YOUR_TEAMS_NAME_24H link until

21.04 | 11 AM.

Make sure the link is public before sending the email.

Contact:

andra@thealternativeschool.com

teodora.migdalovici@thealternativeschool.com

Few Q&A helping you to better solve the brief:
  1. Can we use the existing system and make it better ?
    Definitely yes. You can use anything with potential on the platform and come up with more functional, exponentially useful solutions.

  2. Top 5 challenges of the current program ?
    Predictability & scalability: The workshops and meetings (currently facilitated by the local governmental agencies) are unpredictable in terms of people accessed, time and date. There is not a scalable format, yet, to consistently service all 6 vulnerable groups, in a structured, clear, transparent, highly impactful, 24/7 system.
    User experience fluent mechanics: Recently launched, Invizibilii.ro platform is not yet at its best when it comes to people interacting with it, especially those that are its main beneficiaries.
    Literacy: Subsistent farmers are the biggest, most vulnerable category out of the 6. They might own a phone, but some of them have a low level of literacy - be it digital or formal. Low education is very often a common ground for the 6 vulnerable categories.
    Fragile alliances: The local governmental agencies are not necessarily open to support INVIZIBILII’s effort to reach out for vulnerable categories, so either a smart strategy to convince all of them to join or complementary routes to connect independently and build relationships with people might be considered. Could we find a better way to connect people with the support that’s ready to help them ?
    The support itself. The program, being in its infancy, still needs to figure it out a coherent, tangible, concrete form to address each of the 6 vulnerable categories in ways that are relevant to them, that can genuinely facilitate change, bringing solutions in a fair amount of time. “Give people fish and they will have food for a day. Give them a line and teach them how to fish and they will have food for a lifetime.” How do we do that ?

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10/31/24, 11:59 PM

SMART MOBILE @RAIFFEISEN BANK

#SmartMobile: New customers through “Easy Banking, Easy Day”

“Time is money”, and the first thing this bank gives you is time, through everything that Smart Mobile represents, starting with the 8 minutes digital enrolment as new customer.

Disciplines / skills: Digital & Digital visual languages / Strategy

The client:

Raiffeisen Bank, a leading universal bank in Romania with strong capitalization and liquidity, has been serving over 2.2 million clients—both individuals and businesses—for more than 25 years. Raiffeisen Bank is all about simplifying your life. Now, one can become a client entirely online—in less than 8 minutes—using #SmartMobile.

Campaign’s Tone of voice:

Souple, fluid, fluent, time conscious, efficient, admirable

The Audience / conversation partners:

Digital born Romanians able to operate and appreciate #SmartMobile’s features.

What:

*Create a digital first campaign for digital-born users to reach out for new clients, by promoting #SmartMobile, Raiffeisen digital’s app created to save people’s time, so they can enjoy life more (properly putting their money to work in the process)

How do we measure success?

The impact of the idea in generating new, happy customers, through the biggest possible number of downloads & the active usage of the app, following the download

The likeability & appeal of the creative solution (is it exciting, exhilarating, magnetic ?)

The quality of the visually related content The virality of the creative solution

The originality of the insight & strategic approach

Deliverables:

1.A digital first campaign for digital-born users to reach out & secure new clients.

2.Create the most impactful visual content for promoting the app

Technicalities:

A. Google drive folder containing:

a) 1 PDF, max 2 pages, explaining: a) the idea - 1 line, b. The Insight: 3 lines on how you found it by exploring the pop culture, habits, and challenges of the digitally born generation c. Up to 3 paragraphs focusing on how to attract new client cohorts, detailing the app promotion strategy and how it engages digitally native users (methods, mechanics, associations) d. The Expected outcome in 2025 - 2-4 lines.

b) 3 visual items of your choice.

mp4 format for the video solutions | gif for gif | PNG for the static (SoMe static posts, posters, exabit simulations)

c). A 3 board, landscape, containing the name of the team, the title of the campaign. The catchy board, essentially selling your solution, is presenting in a concise, appealing form the highlights from a & b, following as guidance for headlines: 1. Idea 2. Insight / Tension 3. Strategy 4. Expected outcome + a selection from the visuals.

Samples of A3 competition boards solving similar briefs here.

B. YOUR CV.

Relevant links:

  1. About Smart Mobile | 2. About the new feature |3. #edebine |4. Differentiators
    Deadline:
    Send your solutions on a google drive, under YOUR_TEAMS_NAME link until 31.10. Make sure the link is public before sending the email. The winners are announced on November 7th.
    Contact:
    andra@thealternativeschool.com | Live Q&A via whatsapp: +40 766 231 478
    Q&A helping you to better solve the brief:

  2. Any results we can use as a starting point?
    The number of clients who enrolled directly from their phones through the Smart Mobile app recorded an increase of up to 300% compared to the same period last year, indicating the ease and appeal of convenient digital solutions.

  3. A possible reference for the digitally born users?
    The campaign, featuring David Popovici, for the under 24 years old. https://bank.raiffeisen.ro/ro/card-debit-tineri/home.html

  4. Can we integrate influencer marketing to promote the app?
    Currently, the bank proudly features David Popovici, the Romanian-born, under-30 Olympic swimming champion, as its brand ambassador. You are encouraged to come up with new opinion leaders & influencers vibrating on the same frequency as the #SmartMobile Values. Do your best to integrate pop-culture references from visual arts & music for the digitalized Romanians, appreciating the gift of digital simplicity & elegance.

  5. Can we integrate artificial intelligence (AI) in the creative solution?
    You are encouraged to explore the AI path for high-quality creative solutions (not for the sake of the tool, but for the sake of the outcome). Challenge yourself to craft smart prompts to help you define the right insight and blend AI tools for remarkable overall results. That’s also why we will explore the topic alongside experts at #FutureProofCreativity – Fall Module, 11.11-12.12.

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