creative brief

prepared for
Portland Outdoor Recreation

www.portlandoutdoorrecreation.com

John Smith, Marketing Director
john_smith@portlandoutdoorrecreation.com

5555 SW Macadam Blvd.
Portland, Oregon
503.555.8775
503.555.8779 fax

prepared by:

Peter Hoelter
Project Manager
ph381@fac.aii.edu

AI Design
2000 SW Fifth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97201
503.228.6528


Client Background

  • Locally-owned company
  • In business for over 35 years
  • Good word-of-mouth has been a primary marketing strength
  • Good ties with local retail outdoor stores
  • POR does not have a current web presence

Mission and Positioning

  • Provide fun, safe environmentally-conscious and adventurous outdoor activities for individuals
  • Offer group expeditions into the outdoors with skilled leaders
  • Leader in the metro area; stress that they are locally owned provider of activities with a strong Oregon history
  • Activities compete against trips lead by REI, Next Adventure and U.S. Outdoor Store
  • POR has put effort into creating clean, professional collateral

Goals and Objectives

  • Develop a web site that will increase overall activity enrollment rates and POR's market share, allow for online registration for activities, and counter improvements in their competitors' sites
  • Site will include a current list of activities with a method of registering for those activities online
  • Site will also feature:
    • other products and services
    • an online newsletter
    • photo galleries of past activities
    • customer testimonials
    • activity leader biographies
    • contact information
    • special promotions
  • Home page must include information about select upcoming activities, and a link to the company newsletter.
  • Site will be complemented with a traditional print, e-mail and radio ad campaign supporting the new site

Target Audience

  • Target men and women equally
  • Primarily educated adults with some disposable income
  • Most have some outdoor experience but not whole a lot

Requirements

  • Site should be viewable in most browsers
  • Site must load quickly
  • Design must be clean

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