
Brand Rehaul
Rhythm Engineering
About Rhythm
Rhythm Engineering, a software company based out of Lenexa, KS, was one of the fastest growing small businesses in the Kansas City area. Working with various Departments of Transportation around the country to synchronize their traffic light systems, their product proved to be so efficient and powerful, that soon their company was growing at a rate their marketing wasn’t able to match.
Since its launch, Rhythm’s traffic signal software In|Sync has been installed in 31 states and by 140 public agencies. It is the most-deployed automated traffic signal optimization system in North America. In|Sync has been deployed by more agencies than all other similar systems combined.

The Goal
In my role as their new Art Director, I came onboard with the goal of a cross-medium brand rehaul, and arming the company with marketing materials that communicated the needed statistics and traffic data in a way that their clients would find the most helpful and efficient.
The Solution
Leading and working with a team of designers, content writers, social media managers, and photographers, we focused on discovering and researching what the Rhythm brand should feel and look like. Furthermore, we researched what the needs and wants of the clients we worked with when it came to working with our software, so we could build a marketing library that strategically satisfied these needs. Entering the creative phase, we worked diligently and ultimately completed a vast, cross-medium brand rehaul.
Though unable to update the company’s original logomark, I established a far brighter, revived approach to the Rhythm brand. This included an updated color palette, a firm brand type hierarchy, patterns, alternate logomarks and usage guidelines.
Updated and expanded the company’s branding suite, which included stationary, business cards, colleague photography, sales sheets, and miscellaneous pieces that had client touchpoints.
A glossy 125-page sales book, which featured all case studies, extensive company background and all data and statistics that might be helpful or essential to our clientele base. It needed to have “substance” and establish us as a company having the background, expertise, and the data to back it up. This required new product-based photography and a several day shoot around the city to update our brand photography library.
A new website. This featured a user-friendly database of all our case studies around the country, allowing the user to find and compare our statistics and data without it being overwhelming. The new site also featured a Past Client page, new video testimonials, an extensive product page, and a company-focused section to highlight the hard-working people behind the scenes.
Updated sales / marketing pieces, including sales sheets, postcards, brochures and various digital ads.
In|Sync Sales Book
Company website



