Homepoint

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Within 5 years since its inception as a local startup, Homepoint has become the third largest wholesale mortgage company in the nation. To support its continued growth and the stealth IPO efforts, Homepoint decided to refresh its brand presence and communication strategy.

By the time I joined, external agencies had already been working on significant chunks of visual branding and marketing website projects. As a design director, I became responsible for further finalizing the identity development, creating a compelling verbal and visual brand narrative, and continously collaborating with all areas of the company—product, engineering, marketing, legal, analytics, real estate, and more—to keep improving the brand experience for customers.

Brand strategy

Working closely with Chief Experience Officer, I helped define Homepoint's brand fundamentals and developed a strategic communication framework with verbal branding guidelines.

Brand strategy summary deck

Visual identity

Logos

Based on the wordmark proposed by the agency, we tweaked small details and created a series of mark variations for parent and sister companies as well as a variety of digital applications.

Color palette

To highlight its energetic and approachable personality, we crafted a palette of vivid hues in high saturation. Also, each hue provides 10 levels of lightness tints to ensure proper contrast in any combination.

Website launch

Revealing the new brand identity, a redesigned website has also launched. Internally, I worked closely with stakeholders to understand their various needs and to assess the old website, and helped define a new sitemap and its UX structure. Externally, I collaborated tightly in front-end code base with the development agency and its project management needs. Post-launch, I ultimately took over the repo and have been maintaining the code.

Environmental graphics and swags

Office interior

Swags

Digital design system

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Product design

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