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There are 10.000 cities. Why would they choose yours?
Investors, startup founders, professionals, students, tourists. 10.000 cities are competing for them. Why would they choose your city, when there are 9,999 other options? How is your city more special>
Welcome to Heraldist Cities
LOOKING FOR CHANGEMAKERS WHO CAN TRANSFORM THEIR CITIES
Dreamers. Makers. Troublemakers.
We’ve been expecting you.
INTRODUCING
Imagine you wake up tomorrow and you’re no longer an employee; you’re a startup cofounder and the city is your startup. This is City-as-a-Startup
A change of perspective. Welcome to City-as-a-Startup, the world's first step-by-step methodology designed to help cities build visionary brand strategies, develop a competitive edge on the global stage and inspire city management professionals to think bigger.
URBAN BRAND STRATEGIES
The City-as-a-Startup is the world’s first holistic territorial brand strategy methodology. You can apply it on cities, regions (Region-as-a-Startup), nations (Nation-as-a-Startup). You can also apply the method on iconic institutions that make a place famous: universities, museums, landmarks, tourist facilities, sports teams, startup incubators, festivals, cultural institutions.
Created by: Heraldist Some Dudes
Client: National Geographic
Project: Local Traditions
“Stunning strategic background and creative ideas. Was a great pleasure to work with Adrian on the brand strategy for FC Spartak Moscow and their first ever own stadium. The output - strategic platform and positioning along with the creative ideas - was so great, that it will be a no-brainer if i ever have another opportunity to work with Adrian and Heraldist”
— Alexey Vlasov, Business Development Director | Spartak Moscow Football Club
Urban development magazine created by Heraldist Cities and Bruxelles-based, senior urban development expert, Nicolaie Moldovan.
We’re Strategists. Creatives. Technologists.
Here are some of our latest territorial marketing projects
The soul of a city is the stories of the people that make the city great
Created by: Heraldist Some Dudes
Client: Patrick Wyatt London
Project: Local Products
Created by: Heraldist Some Dudes
Client: Patrick Wyatt London
Project: Local Products
“Impressive credentials and an engagement strategy with startups. End users were amazed by the re-branding, design, and digital strategy of Heraldist & Wondermarks. Their top-notch personnel made it all possible through their ingenuity and strategic thinking”
— Mukul Pal, CMO | Alphablock (Toronto, ON)
Do you want to change the world? You can start by changing your city. Here’s your team.
Dreamers. Makers. Troublemakers. Strategists. Creatives. Technologists. All you need to make change happen is to have a vision where you want to go and surround yourself with people who can help you get there.
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YOU WILL REMEMBER THIS MOMENT, THE MOMENT THAT CHANGED YOUR CITY’S FUTURE
If you're reading this, there's a chance that you might be one of us: Dreamers. Makers. Troublemakers. The brave ones. The changemakers, who believe their city can be part of the change they want to see in the world. We know there might not be many of you left out there. But if you are one of us, we can't wait to meet you. Every day we’ll push you out of your comfort zone. We'll inspire you to think bigger. We can’t promise it's going to be easy. But we can promise it'll be worth it. It will completely reinvent your city.
This might actually be the best thing that happened to you today. You'll meet a bunch of people, who will help you change your city’s future. Strategists. Creatives. Technologies. They’re a weird bunch: they just love problems. They've been trained, day after day, year after year, for decades, to be world-class creative problem-solvers. They create ideas. That’s what they do. Ideas that can change cities. Welcome to Heraldist Cities.
Adrian Docea & Elena Hurjui / Heraldist cofounders
Your city has a big story to tell in social media & beyond. Learn how to do it.
Introducing Will Awdry’s Masterclass in Copywriting. 10 LIVE 🔴 online sessions a legend of British advertising.
Will has been teaching copywriting at the prestigious British institution D&AD, for more than a decade. He is the former Creative Director of the iconic agencies DDB London, Ogilvy London, and BBH London.
“Heraldist St.Brendan will teach you that there are no easy answers. Just brilliantly simple ways to approach the difficult questions. Communication agencies spend stupid amounts of time admiring the problem. At Heraldist St. Brendan’s, you’ll spend all of your time learning ways to solve it” - Will Awdry
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