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Case Studies / Cobra Biomanufacturing plc
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Design

Designing Cobra’s Corporate and Sales brochures

Brief


Cobra Biomanufacturing plc offers a complete range of cGMP biomanufacturing services for manufacturing recombinant therapeutic proteins, DNA, viruses and live cells. The Company has recently expanded its facilities to include a biomanufacturing site in Oxford, UK. Operating globally, Cobra is expanding its presence in North America.

Objectives

To develop a corporate “image” brochure that would appeal to a broad audience consisting of shareholders, customers, consultants and employees
To develop a suite of commercial/sales brochures for the protein, DNA and virus markets that clearly detailed Cobra’s offerings and the key benefits of using Cobra as a biomanufacturing partner
To raise awareness of Cobra’s offerings to customers, prospects and consultants
To increase sales leads

Methods
Northbank researched Cobra’s competitors and their market positioning
Cobra’s key corporate and sales messages were distilled and presented as a series of brochure headlines
Utilising different visual vehicles to communicate various themes, a wide selection of creative concepts were presented to Cobra
From these, Cobra selected a theme for the sales brochures that integrated various coloured icons developed by Northbank to differentiate between their sales areas
Children were used as models to embody the human face of the Company and its innovative and enquiring nature and skills
A child theme had been used in another recently developed advert (click here for the 2004 case study) and was well received, leading to an increase in sales enquiries. A consistency across marketing materials was maintained by drawing on the same theme. Both child and adult groups are seen to highly value Cobra products
A call to action was included in the sales brochure, driving the audience to contact Cobra by email or to visit their website
In selecting a theme for the corporate brochure, a story depicting how Cobra works to overcome hurdles was chosen and photography using children was employed once again
Northbank crafted copy that built on agreed headlines

Results
The brochures were well received by Cobra’s European and North American Sales staff
The new visual theme is now being rolled out into other communication materials, including a new website, exhibition booth, advert and presentation
These new materials are leading the sales drive

20 March 2005

To discuss our capability in this area please contact:
Eileen Paul, Projects Director
+44 (0)1260 296500
eileen.paul[at]collegehill.com

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