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BOC
Global Branding
Southampton-based
marketing communications agency, Remo, has beaten advertising giants,
Saatchi and TMP Worldwide, to win BOC's global recruitment branding.
Remo was
selected following an six-way pitch which included agencies all
over
the world, from Australia to the US and Europe. With immediate effect,
Remo will be responsible for the branding on all BOC recruitment
advertising
and support materials around the world. Operating in more than 70 countries
and employing around 49,000 people, BOC runs a wide diversity of
recruitment
advertising worldwide.
From now
on, all BOC recruitment campaigns, whether they run in a small province
of Malaysia or across the whole of North America, will follow the guidelines
prepared by the Southampton agency.
Remo's
Managing Director, Ursula Dunn, says, "With Remo's help, BOC recruitment
advertising will have greater consistency and synergy and will bring
added strength to the brand. Supporting corporate values, the BOC recruitment
brand will highlight job opportunities and variety, and reinforce the
group culture. Most importantly, it will raise the calibre of candidates.
On developing and working with us on the recruitment brand, BOC
has shown itself to be an employer of vision. We look forward to continuing
to work with the HR team and to being their number one recruitment
advertising
agency."
Since winning
the pitch, Remo has been given responsibility for developing BOC Group's
UK recruitment advertising for the next 12 months. The agency has recently
completed the company's graduate recruitment campaign, including the
website, brochure, advertising and support materials and is currently
developing BOC's generic recruitment campaign. The Head of Resourcing
at BOC Group UK, said, "We chose Remo over the other agencies because
we felt they really understood the importance of integrating corporate
brand values into HR strategy. We are delighted that we will be continuing
to work with the Remo team and benefiting from their input on both a
strategic and a creative level."
'A
world of difference' branding project
Following
a highly successful global advertising campaign Remo were retained by
The BOC Group to evaluate its brand position. The project was coordinated
from the UK with frequent link-ups to BOC's overseas departments in
the US, Australia, South Africa, Malaysia, Canada and Europe.
Project
Objective - to create a brand vision for BOC Recruitment
Approach:
This project uses a 7 steps brand development process as a framework
for understanding and creating the design and rhetoric around the BOC
Recruitment brand. This 7 step process includes the following stages:
achieving insight winning hearts and minds creating
an inspiring identity committing to deliver positioning
to succeed energising the organisation going live.
As part
of the first two steps in the process Remo facilitated two sets of
workshops
with HR Resourcing and HR Services in order to:
develop
an understanding of existing internal perceptions of the BOC Recruitment
brand
obtain input and buy-in from the HR Services division
Report
Outputs
appreciation of existing perceptions and future aims for the brand
understanding of any further research requirements clearly prioritised
brand strands and definitions move towards creative development
that will offer a brand proposition statement with a language and design
that supports the brand now and in the future
Support
Material following brand development

CORPORATE MANUAL
Contents:
1. WHY
DO WE NEED A CORPORATE MANUAL INSERT FOR 'A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE'?
Co-ordinate BOC image and philosophy through external suppliers
Reinforce the difference between marketing and branding Establish
brand mobility Innovation through brand re-invention (not
just new or different products/services) BOC are planning
to increase turnover, profits and earnings per share by 50% over the
next two years
through acquisition and streamlining Medium/long term business
planning Extrapolation Environments Keeping
promises.
2. BRAND
RATIONALE
What's in a name? Tone
of voice Partnership Typestyle.
POTENTIAL
RECIPIENTS: Internal: Department/Line Managers. External: Agencies,
Consultancies, Radio Stations, Printers, Publications (selected).
INTERNAL HR COMMUNICATIONS MANUAL - capturing the brand spirit
WHAT ARE
THE BENEFITS TO BOC?
To
ensure that all departments, employees and candidates support the BOC
'A World of Difference' image and employment philosophy
Establish a cohesive and positive image across all recruitment publicity
and induction materials BOC are planning to increase turnover,
profits and earnings per share by 50% over the next two years through
acquisition and streamlining Mergers and acquisitions
Operational rationalisation has a significant impact on recruitment Standardised
inductions Enhance management training programmes Need
to reduce the overall recruitment spend - therefore tactics need to
be more symbiotic It's getting harder to recruit quality
staff Different departments tend to do their own thing
Need to develop existing staff in accordance with a 'Grow Your Own'
policy Fragmented recruiting media demand greater attention
to corporacy Minimising churn.

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