overview
Indiana University Health is one of the largest healthcares systems in the country with over 200 locations across Indiana. In the early 2020s, they began work on building the Indy Health District: a 1,500 acre section of Indianapolis surrounding IU Health’s main HQ that would create programming and physical spaces aimed to make the community stronger.

They hired our team to find partners that would help make that dream a reality, and our create team got to work developing a market strategy and creative materials.
Note: This project was done as part of my work with Innovative Partnerships Group. 
All brands utilized for illustrative purposes only unless stated otherwise.
project timeline
anuary 2022 - January 2023
creative team
Creative Director (Me)
Art Director
presentation & storytelling design
video editing
concept design
a. challenge/constraint
When our team began working on this project, we were starting from scratch. Building a partnership program for a university medical system had not been done before at this scale..

Additionally, he Indy Health District when we started did not yet exist. The IU Health team had vague plans that didn't include much major renovation or construction. It was more of a community integration plan with the boundaries and timelines roughly defined at the time of engagement.
b. creative strategy
We approached this project by expanding upon tangible programs and platforms that IU Health had already begun building. We leaned on a social responsibility narrative, targeting pillars like job creation, access to healthier foods, diversity education, and exercise.

Our mission statement was to show how a brand could build a case study by fully integrating into the district and showing how their service offerings and partnership dollars worked to make the community better.
b1. partnership sizzle video
This video gives a full overview of everything IU Health hoped to achieve through the district and how a partner could integrate throughout. With a combination of real footage from the hospital system, stock footage, concept imagery, and motion graphics, it tells the full Indy Health District story.

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b2. storytelling design
Each presentation had to tell a brand story that was unique to how that category could integrate into IU Health. Below are a few examples of that storytelling.
Technology Category Storytelling - "Smart District"
Banking Category Storytelling - "Social Responsibility"
Grocery and CPG Category Storytelling - "Better Health Outcomes"
c. result
Despite all of the challenges, our creative storytelling led to many conversations that moved into the proposal phase. Potential partners were curious and engaged, and liked the ideas presented. By those measures, the creative work did it’s job and was a success.
Concept Image Gallery
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