While speaking to one of my colleagues, I realized my team was lacking a NJI Media branded deck template. This gap in resources had been slowing down the team, so I decided to create a plan to resolve it. The deck would need to be user-friendly enough to allow our strategist to use it on the fly while maintaining the lively visual appeal that our team is known for. After taking surveys of the team to determine their capabilities in various programs and what tools they would likely find the most useful I began my work.
Using the knowledge, I had collected, I created a range of layouts that would allow for. visuals, text, data, timelines, callouts, and more. The goal was to anticipate needs and make everything easily accessible.
I also took this as an opportunity to build out assets that were not defined wit in the current NJI Media brand. I created an icon library as well as a quick reference brand guide at the end of the template to ensure consistency would be an achievable goal. As time has gone on, I have had the opportunity to add to the deck and its resources to aid my peers as the company continues to grow and change.