YES Prep Public Schools

In light of their incredible growth, YES Prep Public Schools approached us to design a new website. So we began with R&D—conducting in-depth interviews with their teachers, parents, administrators, third graders, high school seniors and even architects to fully understand the school’s challenges. Turns out, the website was only part of it.  

Having visited their many campuses to experience YES Prep’s culture first hand, we discovered that despite strong leadership, great student results and widespread community support, they lacked a cohesive brand to share their story. To fix this, we started by creating a distinct identity (logo, typography, guidelines, the works) to streamline and solidify their presence before going to web.  

In the midst of our work, YES Prep also began to break ground to build new campuses, giving us the opportunity to work directly with their contractors to help design the new spaces—including custom exterior and interior signage.

Now with the brand foundation firmly in place, we turned to their communications platform. We designed and developed a fully responsive website for parents and families to easily engage with their students' school needs on their mobile devices.  

It was pretty life affirming to see the positive results of our work over the past year in the midst of designing their annual report that reflected YES Prep’s unprecedented growth. 

And because it’s scientifically impossible to give too much to a great organization, we also worked with YES Prep to develop their capital campaign. By strategically conveying their vision through an editorial style print piece, our branding work and messaging strategy have helped to raise over $56 million for the school and their many initiatives.