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CASE 04 / 05 · 2023

Radical
Simplicity.

The first pre-milled cannabis brand in Canada, organised around one idea.

Client
Organigram
(SHRED)
Agency
Sister Merci
Role
Strategy
Category
Cannabis, brand and always-on
Year
2023
SHRED
Background

A first-to-market format with no strategic identity.

SHRED launched as the first pre-milled cannabis product on the Canadian market. A genuinely new format with real convenience built in. It also had no strategic identity to organise itself around.

Challenge

Most cannabis brands talk about THC percentage and flavour. Important features, but they weren't helping SHRED stand out. As the first pre-milled product on the market, SHRED had an opening to lean into what actually made it different.

Insight

In a market built on needless complexity, SHRED cuts through the noise with pure simplicity.

Strategy

Make radical simplicity the whole brand.

Product, messaging, and visual identity all organised around the same premise. Brand architecture (personality, voice, visual identity, messaging hierarchy), a comms framework, a reactive social strategy riding topical and cultural moments, paid and organic asset development, sales tools, programmatic display, and the full brand website.

Proof & Results
+200%
Follower growth
+776%
Organic impressions
Top-3
Share of voice among Canadian cannabis brands online
Always-on
Reactive framework riding topical and cultural moments
My contribution

Strategic approach. Brand architecture contribution. Personality, voice, and messaging hierarchy structured around simplicity as the organizing premise, rather than as a feature claim.

Content strategy. Reactive social framework for always-on content, riding topical and cultural moments in the target's world.

Communications planning. Channel prioritization across launch and sustain phases.

Credits
  • PK Lawton — CSO
  • Amanda Wood — CCO
  • Leah Whitney — Copy, ECD
  • Hillary Kelebay — Design, ECD
  • Matt Weir and Hayden Lawton — Strategy
  • Amy Valm — Copy and social
  • Shaira Santos — Design
  • Jill Garcia — Account
  • Organigram: Eric Williams, Tyler Owens, Mark McKay
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