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Desert Rose Design Promo

Concept: Compare choosing different marketing techniques to choosing candy in a candy store, send candy and marketing packet with QR code leading to short video





Fox Valley Volkswagen

• LoveBug3 Contest: Giving away a new 21st

century Beetle to a deserving individual and a local non-profit

• Challenge: Differentiate this contest from the past two and take the LoveBug website to the next level

• Concept: Create online series with FVVW mascot

Results

• Directed, produced, and filmed series

• Shot on location at all 18 non-profits participating in contest

• Created ongoing storyboard to go beyond contest for other FVVW promotions and events

Presentations

• Young America and Desert Rose Design presentation for Microsoft

• Challenge: Create an image outlaying the global effect possible, using YA and DRD brand colors and standards

Presentations

• Desert Rose Design presentation for Leo Burnett

• Challenge: Re-vamp existing presentation to incorporate more images and less copy without losing full message

Social Responsibility

At Desert Rose Design, we are continually taking steps to effectively engage our community and our clients as socially responsible citizens.

Our Program Includes:

•Planned Giving • Sponsorship• Volunteerism• Reduced Billing Rates for Non-Profits

Case Study:

Client: Fox Valley Volkswagen with two locations in the Chicagoland area

Challenge: Our challenge was two-fold: creating a way to bring brand recognition to the Volkswagen dealerships with localized campaigns along with the introduction of a new location in the Chicagoland market.

To view the full case study, visit http://www.desertrose.net/case-studies/foxvalleyvw

Case Study:

Client:Mario Tricoci is a full service hair salon and day spa located throughout the Midwest.

Challenge: Mario Tricoci was starting to lose ground to some of the competitor brands within the 18-24 age range. They needed to revitalize the brand and target a younger demographic.

To view the full case study, visit http://www.desertrose.net/case-studies/mario-tricoci

Case Study:

Client:The Chicago Virtual Charter School uses the K¹² curriculum to offer Chicago students in grades K-12 an exceptional learning experience virtually and in person.

Challenge: The Chicago Virtual Charter School was in need of a hub where teachers and faculty could log in and update student information, attendance and grades. The pre-existing process was time consuming, inefficient and in need of some fine-tuning.

So Desert Rose Design was hired to build a web-based application capable of housing all of this information in real-time. At the end of a semester, teachers could produce attendance and progress reports with the click of a button.

To view the full case study, visit http://www.desertrose.net/portfolio/cvcs

Results:

• The Grade Book Tool has saved the administrative team over 300 hours each semester creating progress reports

• The tool fostered an improvement in communication with the families, particularly between teachers and parents

• Teachers are now able to focus more on teaching rather than on collecting information and maintaining their own individual records

• Progress report accuracy has increased; uploading information sent from CPS outlets eliminates double-entry in multiple formats and lowers the margin of error.

Career

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