ADKF

The Challenge

Any good business owner can tell you the hard work one has to go through to start their own company. They can tell you how many restless hours they have put in night and day to see their passion come true. Not only do they need to be able to manage their team, but they also need to continue to nourish their customers. All this while still having the time and the ability to keep track of the company’s current and future finances.

ADKF is an accounting firm with 10 partners & 30+ years of experience helping individuals, local, and non-profit organizations with tax & audits. They understand just how much of an impact a successful business has on its owners, employees & their families, and the community when directed with thoughtful change.

Scope of Work

Rebrand & Identity Design
Website Redesign & Development
Photography & Collateral Material

The Strategy

Part of what makes ADKF different from their competitors is the dedication they have to client success. The ability to have 10 partners working at the firm gives business owners access to a bountiful of resources. We worked with ADKF to identify their three brand attributes as Adaptive Leaders, Trusted, & Personable, and to define a brand strategy true to both their roots and their future.

Communication

Brand messaging is a purposeful, consistent expression of a brand through words and styles that inform, engage, and motivate. The interpretation of a brand is determined by the words they use and the sentences they write.

The ADKF brand voice is Relatable, Thought-provoking, and Informative while the tone of ADKF is Helpful, Warm, and Confident. All this led us to the company’s message “With you all the way”.

From the very start of the branding process, the team at Boss worked with the designated partners to respond with a brand that fit the vision of the firm. The team at Boss listened and inquired about the firm and how they wanted to be presented to client’s, staff and the community. Boss worked with the comments to combine the firm history and the culture of the firm into the brand that is presented throughout the new office, email, collateral, and the community.

Susan Valdez
ADKF Audit Partner

The New Brand Identity

After developing the ADKF’s core brand attributes it was known that we were going to need to create a new identity that was consistent. ADKF struggled in the past with their current identity being confusing since it was based on the 4 founding partners Akin, Doherty, Klein, & Feuge but now the company has 10 partners and the founding partners were looking to move on and enjoy a new chapter in their lives, Retirement. This begged the question of how do we produce a new identity that continues to express the foundation that the 4 partners created as well as communicate their new direction as being a guide for business owners/entrepreneurs/founders in tax & audit.

The Meaning Behind the Icon

The Circle

Represents how the company should act as a whole.

The 4 Partners

The 4 half circles are meant to represent Akin, Doherty, Klein, & Feuge.

The North Star

It is a landmark, that helps those who follow it determine direction as it glows brightly to guide & lead toward a purposeful destination.

The Transparency

Represents how the company should be more transparent & collaborative in their internal communication.

We could not have gotten where we are without Boss Creative’s assistance and we are certainly very grateful to them for keeping us on task.

Scott Kopecky
ADKF Managing Partner

Brand Support

Over the past several years, ADKF hit some incredible goals and made some BIG changes; which ultimately led to growing out of their headquarters! ADKF reached out to us once more to collaborate with the physical design creation, direction, and guidance while implementing the branding throughout the office’s interior spaces. This was a much-needed breath of fresh air for both clients and employees that finally allowed ADKF to showcase the importance and meaning behind the brand.

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