How Ermi renewed its brand to reach more patients and physicians

Ermi teamed with TELUS Digital to refresh its brand, creating an omnichannel experience that brings medical devices to more patients and physicians.

Ermi’s mission is to help patients with severe motion loss return to the activities that make their lives complete. The company provides cutting-edge medical devices and expert support services in partnership with physicians and healthcare professionals.

Though Ermi had astounding success metrics for its product line and professional support, the brand’s story wasn’t resonating with its primary audiences. As Ermi aimed to expand its national reach, patients hoped for a more empathetic narrative, physicians sought human-centered results and insurance payors needed clear cost savings.

TELUS Digital knew the remedy.

We teamed up with Ermi to transform its entire brand — story, creative and web presence — all thoughtfully designed to deliver Ermi’s solutions to a broader audience.

A new era has started for Ermi. As we launched our new brand, TELUS Digital was a great partner in helping us develop it.

Bob BaumgartnerDirector of Marketing, Ermi

Strengthening the brand’s value proposition for patients and professionals

Implementing new medical treatments within the complex and highly-regulated US healthcare system requires time and effort. Patients, their physicians and insurance providers must clearly understand the value of any new-to-market treatment. Ermi needed a brand narrative that provided clarity for its core audiences and inspired them to take action.

TELUS Digital conducted stakeholder and client interviews, performed competitive and industry research and leveraged our five-act story framework to craft a new, detailed, business-relevant story of Ermi to its various consumers.

Based on these findings, we created Ermi’s Free to Move Again, Free to Live Again campaign, telling a story that resonates and empathizes with people who care about healing severe motion loss.

Branding that brings movement to life

Using the messaging work as a foundation, TELUS Digital built a unique visual brand and design system: emotional yet elegant, and scalable across print and digital experiences.

We reimagined Ermi’s brand as human, approachable and expert in the field. Ermi’s new logo mark illustrates the core value of the Ermi program: restoring a full range of motion so patients can live their lives to the fullest.

Logo and identity design

We designed a new logo mark that visualizes the full range of motion each patient hopes to regain after using an Ermi device.

Motion graphics

We developed unique visualizations representing four joint movements: flexion, extension, pronation and supination.

Brand design

Our construction of Ermi’s logo influenced the brand’s visual system and narrative.

Launching an omnichannel brand experience

Rebrands create value and generate leads by transforming assets into experiences. With Ermi’s reimagined brand messaging and visual identity in place, we integrated these new components into cross-channel print and digital platforms — ranging from conference booths to wearable tech and more.

TELUS Digital built a custom website distilling Ermi’s prior work into a single source that told its new story, showcased the brand and segmented its audiences according to their needs as patients, insurance payors or healthcare providers. This web experience gave Ermi the foundation to scale its Ecommerce, personalization and marketing efforts.

We also produced videos, product photography and brochure collateral aligned with Ermi’s new message and brand.

Web visitors now engage with a more cohesive and compelling Ermi brand experience across all devices and user segments.

Ermi’s new brand is right on target for the market.

Optum, one of Ermi’s largest clients

Ermi

  • 1

    The challenge

    Ermi, a company that helps patients heal from severe motion loss, had a product with astounding success metrics, but they needed a new and resonant brand narrative that provided clarity and inspired action as it aimed to expand its national reach.

  • 2

    Our approach

    We teamed up with Ermi to transform its entire brand, including its story, creative and web presence. Our process involved stakeholder interviews and competitive research to craft a new, empathetic brand narrative and a visual design system that was emotional, elegant and scalable.

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    The results

    Together with a custom website, the transformed brand successfully elevated patient empathy and medical expertise, helping Ermi clearly communicate its value proposition to its diverse audience segments, supporting its expansion goals.

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