Ian Cook
Engage horizontal banner Engage logo on pink Engage Instagram poster mockup Engage pink background motif Engage mark variations Original identity concepts

Bauer Media

Role Freelance Designer
Year 2019
Scope Brand, Identity, Digital

Bauer Media — now Are Media, following a rebrand in 2022 — was one of Australia's largest magazine and media publishers. Engage was an internal audience development training initiative, and they brought me in as a freelance designer to create an identity that would work across presentations, emails and digital documents — recognisable enough to stand out in inboxes and around the workplace, but clearly connected to the company it belonged to.

Identity

The approach was to anchor Engage to the Bauer brand using the primary blue from the parent identity — giving it instant legitimacy as an internal programme — then introduce a contrasting pink to signal that this was something distinct. Bold type and a confident use of colour kept it simple enough to apply quickly across formats while giving it enough presence to be immediately recognisable.