In winning this work, Grizzly was engaged by Samsara to concept and develop an evolution of their brand identity system and a brand awareness campaign focused on introducing and educating the world about the power of "Connected Operations." As a leader in the technology and physical operations space, Samsara needed to reach an audience still operating their businesses with pen and paper in a world quickly changing through AI and machine learning. Working closely with Sarah Patterson, Samsara's CMO and former EVP of Marketing at Salesforce, we worked to align Samsara's strategic business objectives into a strategy and design framework that would deliver results and customer satisfaction - making more possible for their customer's customers.
In the world of physical operations, people are at the heart of everything that moves. From the cows in the field to the milk at the grocery store chain, physical operations connect A to Z, producer to consumer, and people to the world around them. Through multiple workshops, customer interviews, and conversations with executive leadership, we surfaced a core sentiment that would drive this brand and campaign: everything great once started as impossible. Samsara's Connected Operations Cloud makes safety, efficiency, and sustainability more possible for its customers.
Our brand campaign, "Connect your operations. Make more possible." is multifaceted. It is a call to action to existing and prospective customers to connect their business to real-time insights and information that will make their jobs easier and an impact statement that speaks to what Samsara enables customers to do for their people and teams. Using data as impact statements, Samsara could show real-world impact through customer stories and its effects on an industry that accounts for 40% of the global GDP.
To realize the potential of this campaign, we did a deep dive into Samsara's existing brand framework and visual identity system to elevate and create a graphic language that allows us to focus on people, impact, and product. The brand's iconic "Sam" owl logo inspired a convention that allowed us to feature and highlight the newly established human focus of the brand while also elevating type, color, and visual language.