Tombot × Studio in Common
Draft · Sept 2026

Brand Foundation Proposal

Brand Architecture, Creative Direction & Content

A brand foundation project: define the house Jennie lives in, build on her existing look and carry it across every channel, then stand up the production system to launch her, win CES, and keep the momentum going.

01
Foundation
Framework, voice and visuals — Holly's existing pieces pushed into one brand, the base everything after draws from.
02
Production
The full content system to launch Jennie and win CES.
03
Support
Ongoing creative and content, picking up after CES.
The opportunity

From pieces to a brand.

The Mission

Make the human–animal bond available to everyone. Jennie brings comfort and companionship to people living with dementia, autism, PTSD, and anxiety — and to the people who care for them.

Today

There's a lot to build on: a strong product, a clear mission, and brand and content work already in motion. What's missing is the connective tissue that makes it all read as one brand — and it needs to come together fast, with the site, pre-orders, and CES all close.

The Opportunity

Bring the pieces together into one brand — a foundation the launch, CES, and everything after are built on, and one that holds as Tombot grows beyond Jennie.

Phase 01 · Foundation

Foundation — Framework, Voice & Visuals

The framework and the look get built together, in parallel — the site is up the week of 10/8, so there's no time to do one and then the other. Starting from what Holly has already built, we push and tweak those pieces into a proper brand: the framework filled in, and three creative directions developed and shown first on the website. Whichever you choose becomes the system every channel and everything after is built from.

Running underneath: a branded house (Apple) or a house of brands (Mattel)? Is Jennie the flagship — or the first of many products that each earn their own identity? And where do Tom, Tombot, and Jennie sit relative to one another?

Track ABrand Framework
  • Build the foundationWork with Erin to define who Tombot and Jennie are, and where they're headed. Determine which questions still need answering, using available data or additional research.
  • Fill in the brand frameworkPurpose, audience, positioning, pillars, personality, and the language Jennie owns.
  • Map the relationshipPlace Tom / Tombot / Jennie: parent, endorser, or standalone.
  • Channel & social architectureDoes Jennie get her own handles and voice? Where does Tom show up, and where doesn't he?
  • Rules for what's nextHow a future product enters the house without forcing a rebrand.
Track BVoice & Visuals
  • Three creative directionsTaking Holly's existing pieces and pushing them into a brand that can carry the launch — three directions, each with a tagline, a color direction, the design elements to lean on, and a homepage design plus one channel extension.
  • You choose oneWe develop it into the creative system — a direction guide and a starter channel toolkit, built with Holly so she can run with it.
  • Homepage & site architectureThe homepage designed for the 10/8 site and built to work as the template for the pages that follow; the structure behind the curtain worked through with Jeannie & Ryan.
Timeline — week by week  ~4 weeks
What you get
A completed brand framework, a brand architecture map and recommendation, and the channel architecture. Plus the creative system — a direction guide, a starter channel toolkit, and the homepage design, developed with Holly. This is what the rest of the launch assets are built from.
Investment — Foundation $22,000 flat project fee — framework + creative direction + homepage
Phase 02 · Production

Launch Content Library

Everything the launch and CES need, produced across the fall. This is the content that carries Tombot from the site going live through CES — not an evergreen program. Ongoing production picks up after CES.

Shoot buckets

Planned as two lifestyle days and two studio days, covering:

New product photography

Updated hero and detail shots.

New feature highlights

The app, voice, and sensors.

Training videos

How owners make Jennie their own.

Jennie with kids

First-meeting moments, with releases.

Jennie with seniors

Memory-care settings, handled with care.

Tom

Role and appearances TBD.

High-level buckets — detailed out in pre-production.

Schedule

Deliverable counts and formats firm up in pre-production.

Production bid
Investment — Launch Content Library $18,000+ crew, equipment & pre-pro — editorial, stills retouch and locations additional
Phase 02 · Production · CES

CES 2027 Production Plan

CES 2027, Las Vegas. The crew is on the ground January 3–8, shooting and editing January 4–7 across motion, a second angle, and stills, with daily social support on the floor.

Timeline
Recommended crew

We also recommend having Jeannie on the floor for quick social capture. We'll work with her to turn that into longer-form reels posted throughout the event — no charge, she's your team.

Expenses — billed separately, at cost
Investment — CES 2027 $22,000 crew + pre-production — expenses (~$9,750) billed separately at cost
Phase 03 · Support

Ongoing Support

Two sides of the creative world that keep the system alive once launch is behind us. Creative is an ongoing retainer; content is a clear menu you draw from, shoot by shoot. Both pick up after CES, when the launch push hands off to an ongoing rhythm. We'd be thrilled to keep partnering with you as we share Jennie with the world.

Ongoing Creative

Art direction for every shoot, campaign creative and template extensions, and design hours where they're needed — holding the creative direction consistent across every team and vendor, with Holly executing and extending it day to day. As Jennie grows — new audiences, new products, new moments — we stay on to shape campaign and brand strategy so the foundation keeps up with where the company is going.

Creative retainer $2,500 / month — up to 12 hrs: design, art direction, campaign & brand strategy
Ongoing Content — the menu

Content between big productions is scoped shoot by shoot, at the production level the work calls for — the same tiers as any Studio in Common production. Choose the level, add pre-production and editorial.

Investment summary

Everything on one page.

The Q4 subtotal is a floor: the Launch Content Library adds editorial and locations on top, and CES expenses (~$9,750) are billed at cost.

Q4 2026 — the launch
Foundation framework + creative direction + homepage
$22,000
Launch Content Library crew + equipment; editorial & locations on top
$18,000+
Q4 subtotal
$40,000+
CES 2027
CES production crew + pre-production
$22,000
Expenses travel, hotel, per diem
~$9,750 at cost
Ongoing Support — from January
Creative retainer up to 12 hrs / month
$2,500
Content see the menu
per shoot
Terms & next steps

How we work.

50% up front

To kick off the engagement.

50% on completion

Final deliverables signed off.

Expenses

Covered as soon as they're booked, at cost.

Creative retainer billed monthly; content billed per shoot.

01

Review

Questions and feedback on this approach and the structure.

02

Align

A call to set priorities, scope, and the numbers.

03

Kickoff

Sign off, confirm deposit, begin.

04

Foundation sessions

First working sessions with Erin, wk of 9/15.

Why Studio in Common

A small studio with big-brand chops.

We're a full-service creative studio — strategy, content, and creative direction under one roof, minus the agency baggage. Built as a collective, we pull in exactly who a project needs, when it needs them: a strategist to sharpen the thinking, a DP and editor to make it real, a designer to keep it whole. The thinking and the making never split, so the brand that comes out is coherent — and built to stand out without trying too hard.

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