Alethia Briones
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Liz Mendívil

A brand and website system for an established humanistic psychotherapist and speaker, designed to carry her existing authority and warmth into one coherent public presence.

Year
2023
Status
Completed
Role / scope
Brand strategy, creative direction, identity design, copywriting, UX/UI and web development.
Public URL
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The premise

The goal was not to invent a new Liz. It was to make the maturity, warmth and range of her established work visible as one system.

Liz Mendívil portrait, logo, palette and identity applications shown as one coherent brand system.
The portrait and identity establish warmth and authority without separating the person from the practice.

01 / Problem

What the identity needed to resolve.

  1. 01

    Modernize an established personal brand without losing recognition, authority or warmth.

  2. 02

    Unify psychotherapy, speaking and thought leadership within one digital experience.

02 / Strategic decisions

The system follows the reasoning. These are the choices that gave the work its direction.

  1. [1]

    Build from the reputation that already existed instead of treating the project as a clean slate.

  2. [2]

    Pair an elegant wordmark with a dynamic signature mark to create a flexible personal-brand system.

  3. [3]

    Structure the website around services, speaking and thought leadership.

System principle

Recognition stays. Expression expands.

The wordmark protects elegance and legibility. The signature mark introduces energy and authorship. Together they support services, speaking and thought leadership without forcing one rigid tone.

Liz Mendívil logo variations across light, dark and photographic fields.
Liz Mendívil stationery and signature-mark applications.
Liz Mendívil signature pattern and notebook application.
Liz Mendívil social-content system and Instagram applications.
Selected system board: identity, applications and content direction working as one family.

Digital logic

One website, three ways to understand the practice.

  1. 01Services

    A direct path for people looking for professional support.

  2. 02Speaking

    A distinct route for organizations and event collaborators.

  3. 03Thought leadership

    Content that extends recognition and communicates Liz’s point of view.

03 / Delivered

  • Positioning and messaging
  • Wordmark and signature mark
  • Visual and social-content system
  • Website information architecture and copy
  • Responsive design and development

Evidence, without invented metrics

The launched website and complete identity system provide qualitative evidence of a coherent brand across identity, messaging, content and web.

Credits

Photography supplied by Liz Mendívil. Stock photography: Unsplash. Strategy, identity, copy, UX/UI and web by Alethia Briones.

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