LEAD 2023

  • Animation
  • Brand identity
  • Event

Developing an energetic visual identity for the advertising industry’s annual summit

 

The Advertising Association, the IPA and ISBA held their annual industry summit, LEAD, on 25 January at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in central London.

LEAD 2023 built on the legacy of the AA’s flagship event, which has run since 2012, and the success of RESET 2021 and RENEW 2022, held during the pandemic. Our case study for RESET can be seen here.

LEAD looked at the UK’s economic outlook and the industry’s biggest themes, tackling talent and how the industry can build an advertising workforce to meet changing demands. LEAD assembled 300+ senior advertising professionals covering the entire advertising landscape.

To show the union of these advertising industry leaders we created a dynamic and brand neutral visual identity for the event.

The core LEAD logo was developed and a lockup created with the logos of each industry leader. We chose a simple and striking colour scheme which unites the brands. The logo lockup is surrounded by merging zig zag lines to create an energetic visual identity.

We worked with the LEAD team to create a 30 second intro video for the event which brought to life the new visual identity, engaged the audience and highlighted the themes to be discussed on the day.

We also created all other assets needed for the day, including:

  • Various formats for the interior and exterior signage at the ODEON Luxe
  • Animated screens and presentation templates
  • Online programme and social media assets
  • Printed brochures and event assets