Master of Professional Communication project|7 weeks
TORONTO WRITERS COLLECTIVE

The Client
Toronto Writers Collective (TWC)
TWC is a non-profit organization that empowers marginalized communities by providing free, creative writing workshops. These workshops encourage self-expression through therapeutic writing. This practice involves writing about topics that individuals may typically suppress or avoid. By encouraging participants to share their stories, TWC aids attendees in their development of transferrable skills including social, leadership, and literacy skills.
The Brief
TWC needed to set long-term direction for all content-related initiatives that ensures all activities are working together to achieve marketing and business goals.
Define how and why TWC will use content to achieve its objectives and make recommendations for a useful, usable, purposeful website that helps TWC meet their organizational goals and user needs.
The Research
Stakeholder Interviews
Content Audit
Empathy Mapping
SEO Review
Audience Personas
User Journeys
The Solution
A Core Strategy Statement that addresses TWC’s business goals, content production, audience, and user needs. It should be used to guide decision making, action, and measurement.

Core Strategy Statement
This core strategy statement answers the following questions:
- What does providing this content help the TWC achieve?
- What content should the TWC produce, procure, curate, and share?
- Who is the content for?
- What are the TWC website user needs?
The Result
Cohesive brand identity that led to a refined tagline and consistent tone and voice
Adaptive website content that led to a minimal design and optimized web copy
Improved social media presence that led to consistent messaging across platforms
The Team:
Sarah Boodram
Isabella Burlon
Isabella Martucci
Elise Moore
Lesley Shiner