Case study

Gillian Caroe

Stacked balancing stones
Client
Gillian Caroe
Sector
Coaching
Location
Eastbourne, UK
Services
Branding, Web, Editorial, Social
Year
2021

Better conversations create better outcomes.

Gillian Caroe brand board with bokeh photography
Overview

Gillian Caroe is a mediator, facilitator, and coach whose practice is built on a simple conviction: better conversations create better outcomes. She guides parties in dispute towards resolution, works creatively with senior teams on performance, and coaches talented professionals into high-impact leaders, with experience spanning organisations such as the NHS, EBRD, the University of Cambridge, and EY.

Moodboard

Balancing stones and soft gradient diagrams set the register before any of the work appears: ikigai, the body scan, the healthy-mind wheel, kindness returning. Thin line drawing over diffuse colour keeps ideas about difficult conversations feeling calm rather than clinical.

Balancing stones on a beach
body scanclose
your eyes
tune in
to your body
and slowlyscanyour body's
sensations
sleep timeplaytimetime-infocus timedown timephysical timeconnecting timefindwhatfillsyoursoulkindnessalways comes backworry gives a small
thing a big shadow
What is coming is better than what is gone
Typography

Fraunces Italic carries the voice, a warm display face for the lines that need to land. Nunito Sans takes everything practical. Both regular weight with no added tracking, so the pairing stays quiet enough for the material it holds.

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A better way of being

Coaching talented professionals into courageous, high-impact leaders.

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Podcast

Episode artwork built from the brand’s own bokeh gradient, each cover carrying its title, run time and place in the run of eleven. The overlapping circles, alone we can do so little, together we can do so much, recur from her practice material into the series.

Gradient
Rise
Online mediation podcast episode artwork
Online mediation
4/11 podcasts · 10 mins
The pros and cons podcast episode artwork
The pros and cons
5/11 podcasts · 12 mins
alone we can
do so little
together we can
do so much
Social

Her professional voice on LinkedIn, managed with consistency and care.

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Soft Almond
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Warm Cream
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Lily
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Editorial

Practice documents and materials, designed in her own visual language with hand-drawn icons.

Gillian Caroe brochure spreads
Stationery

Cards, letterhead and a roll-up banner share one gradient and the signature logotype, so a first meeting, a printed handout and gilliancaroe.com all read as the same practice.

Gillian Caroe stationery suite
Practice documents

The materials she actually gives clients: reminders, the past, present and future reframe, gratitude prompts, the coaching progress lines. Set in the same type and gradients as the rest of the identity, so the tools belong to the practice rather than sitting beside it.

Gillian Caroe
but you're still ahead of those who aren't tryingyou may be slowly progressing
“Mediator neutrality is elusive and shape-shifting. It is a complex, multi-layered relationship and a system of interaction with the parties that required constant vigilance”Professor Carol Izumi
Implicit Bias and the Illusion of Mediator Neutrality
My mission as a mediator is to create a space where parties can find fresh ways to move from what is often a negative, hopeless or angry space to a place of resolution, relief and forward momentum. As a facilitator, I love working creatively with senior teams who want to become the best version of themselves, solve a particular challenge or to deliver an ambitious goal. When I coach, I'm supporting talented professionals to become high-impact leaders who are courageous, innovative and bring more of themselves to whatever they do.the sun is a reminderthat we toocan rise againfrom the darknessReminderIt's okay to say 'no' when you need toand to prioritize your own needs.OkayGot it!be here
Credits
Creative directionTailored
Brand & editorial designTailored
Website design & developmentTailored
PhotographyGillian Caroe
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