Visual Materials
Are you creating visual materials for our customers that represent the company? We're glad to review and provide feedback so the materials we create are consistent, professional and fun.
Below, you'll find access to many of our own branding assets. If you have any questions how to use, a friendly marketing employee is just a call or chat away!
/brand/: a feature or set of features that distinguish one organization from another.
Brands are typically comprised of a name, tagline, logo, colors, design, font, voice, and more. It also refers to the overall experience a customer undergoes when interacting with our businesses.
Logo Usage
Our logos are the single most recognizable symbol of our companies. It is critical for logos to be used appropriately to help maintain the integrity of our brand. Before downloading a logo, please continue reading the additional usage requirements below.
To maintain brand integrity, our logo(s) must always be presented clearly and accurately in all applications. It should never be distorted, manipulated or altered in any way. The examples below represent common improper logo usage:
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Colors
Don’t let our products be overlooked because of an unfamiliar color in materials you generate. Starbucks green, UPS brown, McDonald's yellow; all are examples of colors that immediately come to mind when we think of certain products. When brands adopt a color, they want to ensure that the color remains consistent throughout their marketing material or risk losing brand identity.
Superior - Color Swatches
Westmor - Color Swatches
A successful brand is all in the details. Fonts are often overlooked. Many people take them for granted while dashing off e-mails or memos, but underestimate the importance of typography and risk devaluing all the hard work you’ve poured into your brand. Companies that are inconsistent in how they use fonts will come across as unprofessional and sloppy.
In our marketing, we traditionally use Helvetica. However, this font isn't usually standard on most computers. As a result, we recommend substituting Arial, which is available as a sans-serif standard, free font on 100% of computers. It's also the typography style you're reading right now. If you want to get a little wild you can even use the bolded version of Arial in titles and headings.
In addition to the font used in documents, bills and even emails, it's important we stick to a standard color. It's boring, but best to use black, especially on white backgrounds. You're doing the recipient of your message a favor because it's bold and easy to read.
If you use our logo or product names, this training video is for you! We recorded it in spring of 2022 to train our market-facing employees on proper usage. The video covers:
What is a trademark?
Proper and improper usage of our logo
Stop using the wrong color orange, please!
Using our trademarked product names correctly
Where to find resources
Examples of misuse in our own materials