Building purpose-driven brands
A spotlight on brand purpose clears away the inessential and focuses your brand on what’s real, resonant, and breakthrough. Northbound believes that the only way for a brand to thrive is to uncover that purpose, orient your organization around it, and use it to drive clear, confident decisions.
What we do“Through research, insight, and incredible partnership, Northbound has been able to address thorny brand strategy questions, navigate naming architecture, and help us develop a shared purpose across a rapidly growing organization.”
Thought leadership
From the blog
November, 2021
A Swift, Purposeful Brand
I've never identified as a Taylor Swift fan. I've never had much of an opinion on her. She fell into the backdrop of my life like most pop culture things. Her music has been hard for me to avoid; some of her songs are really catchy and her lyrics are solid. I just wasn't a fan. But somehow, my rainy…
Our clients
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- Ableton
- Aegis Living
- Amazon
- AT&T/Netgear
- Classmates
- Cray
- Delta Dental of Washington
- Dictonary.com
- DiscoverReady
- DoubleDown Interactive
- eBay
- Genie Industries
- HomeStreet Bank
- Hunt A Killer
- Impinj
- INRIX
- Ivanhoe Cambridge
- Junior Achievement of Washington
- K2
- KPMG
- LiquidPlanner
- Martin Selig Real Estate
- Microsoft
- Nintex
- Optum
- PayScale
- People Connect
- Safeco
- Seattle Repertory Theatre
- Space Needle
- Sysomos
- The Nature Conservancy
- The Sound Hotel, Hilton Tapestry
- T-Mobile
- Wizards of the Coast
- XFL