Human motivators and needs

Direction setting

Action and activation

A new brand to attract private property investors – YWCA Canberra

2019

YWCA Canberra

How might we showcase Canberra’s first affordable charitable property management service?

YWCA Canberra, a trusted registered community housing provider, has supported Canberrans for more than 60 years with transitional housing, affordable housing, and supportive tenancy services. Recognising the urgent need for affordable rental properties, YWCA Canberra partnered with rowdy to launch Rentwell, a property management service that provides affordable rental properties owned by private investors to individual and families struggling to secure and maintain tenancies in the mainstream market.

The challenge was to create a brand for Rentwell that not only reflected its mission of providing affordable and secure housing but also resonated with private property investors. This required a strategic approach to branding, ensuring the brand appealed to private investors willing to lease their properties at below-market rates.

Greater value was achieved by:

 

  • Audience-centric branding
    We conducted extensive research to understand the needs and motivations of private investors and ensured the brand communicated the opportunity to do good and make a positive impact in the community. This informed the development of a brand that conveyed trust, security, and community impact.
  • Visual identity
    We created a visual identity that was approachable and professional, using colours, fonts, and imagery that conveyed the values of security, and community support.
  • Comprehensive brand guide
    The brand guide provided YWCA Canberra with the tools and guidelines needed to maintain and scale the brand overtime, ensuring long-term brand integrity and growth.
  • Consistency in brand rollout
    We executed a comprehensive brand rollout including the design, typesetting, and layout of a professionally designed, print-ready prospectus. This resource was developed to assist YWCA Canberra in their market outreach, providing investors and stakeholders with a clear, visually compelling, and easily accessible document to understand Rentwell’s impact and opportunities for involvement.