Taylor & Grace

Darren Taylor, Managing Director and Head of Strategy and Research

LOCATION

Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Works with clients regionally, nationally, internationally

Philosophy

If you want to make an impact, you must be purposeful and focused. Starting with, defining what makes you remarkable. Then say it consistently and powerfully to the world.

Specialisation and Services

Taylor & Grace works with

INDIVIDUALS
Academics, Consultants, Directors, Entrepreneurs, Executives, Impact Investors, Philanthropists/Private Donors, Researchers, Social Entrepreneurs, Support Staff, Team Leaders

TEAMS
Boards, Committees, Committees of Management, Communications, Corporate Social Responsibility, Customer Service/Helpline, Event, Executive, Management, Marketing, Operations/Production, Professional, Project, Publicity, Sales, Support, Volunteer

ORGANISATIONS
Charities, Clubs/Clusters/Collectives, Community Foundations, Community Organisations, Co-operatives/Mutuals, Educational Organisations, Grantmakers, Industry Associations, Membership Associations, Not For Profit, Peak Bodies, Private Ancillary Funds, Professional Associations, Public Ancillary Funds, Social Enterprise, Social Purpose Organisations, Volunteer Oganisations/hide}

BUSINESS
Accountants, B Corps, Conscious, Contracted Agencies, Corporate Donors, Corporations, Donor Advisors, Family Offices, Family Owned, Financial Advisors, Professional Services, Purpose, Start Ups

GOVERNMENT
Agencies/Authorities, Local Government, Policymakers, State Government

using these methods

offering these services

and specialising in

COMMUNICATIONS
Annual Reports, Collateral Development, Content Marketing, Copywriting, Customer Experience (CX), External Communications, Graphic Design, Internal/Employee Communications, Photography/Videography, SEO/SEM, Social Media, Website Design and Development

MARKETING
Advertising, Brand Development, Brand Research, Brand Strategy, Business Development, Collateral, Cause Marketing, Digital Marketing, E-Commerce, Email Marketing, Events, Market Research, Marketing Strategy, Membership Programs, Online Marketing, Product Development, Sales Strategy, Social Media Marketing

RESEARCH
Focus Groups, Market Research, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research, Segmentation Profiling, Surveys, Sector Research/Mapping

STRATEGY
Growth Strategy, Project Management, Vision/Values/Purpose Development

with particular expertise in

Client Testimonials

"Throughout our branding process, Darren has catapulted us into a new way of thinking about why we exist and this has gone far deeper than a simple exercise. This process has been one of the most enlightening experiences in our 18 years."
Flinders Quartet

"Thank you for your unbelievably generous contribution, advice and assistance. Your expert facilitation of the Alice Springs meeting was a highlight of our year and has set the future foundation for the Code."
Richard England, Chair, Indigenous Art Code

"The customer engagement we achieved through the material produced by Taylor & Grace has exceeded my expectations. The process of development has been enjoyable and collaborative. I always felt that the team at T&G had as much skin in the game as we did. That level of support and teamwork is an amazing value add."
Amanda Baker, Head of Industry Development, SAI Global

About Taylor & Grace

Our Story

Taylor & Grace is a boutique brand agency that offers leaders of small to medium organisations a very personal and
immersive approach to creating brands that move people and stir the head and heart.

Co-founder and Head of Strategy and Research, Darren Taylor is a visionary brand consultant who has helped hundreds of organisations – from traditional family-run businesses to not-for-profits to mature multinationals to startups – to develop and grow their brand to compete in a global environment.  

Darren is that rare entrepreneur who listens as well as he speaks, whose facilitation workshops and brand strategy models are exercises in creativity that elicit laughter as well as insight. He champions self-examination and transformation as essential processes for any organisation wishing to thrive in an increasingly competitive world.

Educated at Swinburne University of Technology and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,  he worked at a number of creative agencies before starting his own agency, Taylor & Grace, which has just celebrated its 12th anniversary. 

He is an accomplished pianist and pipe organist and serves on the board of Musica Viva Australia. He is a pro-bono adviser to NFPs in the health, education and arts sectors, a public speaker and a mentor to young marketing and creative professionals.

Example clients and projects

Social impact / not for profit organisations:

Youthrive Victoria (formerly MacPherson Smith Rural Foundation)
ACRE (formerly Australian Centre for Rural Entrepreneurship)
Bethany Community Support
Australian Sports Foundation
Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC)
iMove Cooperative Research Centre
Greening Australia
Marysville and Triangle Community Foundation

Small to medium businesses/corporates:

Sullair Australia (a Hitachi company)
ANZ
North Projects
ACIL Allen
Medibank
Bennelong Funds Management
VicSuper
SAI Global

Awards and achievements

Packaged Services

Let's build your brand game plan for COVID-19

AUD $ 990

Get what you need to succeed, short-term and long-term!

Your organisation and context may have changed significantly with COVID-19, but do your brand communications reflect that?

If you’re not sure how to communicate during these times to mitigate your risks and optimise your opportunities and aren’t sure where to start, let us help you.

We’ve all seen poor brand comms since COVID-19 hit the world, and it’s important that your brand is communicating purposefully, sensitively, regularly, and with potency.

To take advantage of this offer, simply fill out our short questionnaire first to help us better understand your position. You will be emailed your responses with a link to make a 2 hour appointment with our MD and head of strategy, Darren Taylor.

Upon booking your appointment, we will email with a small list of things to prepare as well as an invoice for $990 (inc. GST), to be paid prior to the consultation.

Take the questionnaire here...

We look forward to helping your organisation and brand reach it’s full potential. Let’s get the ball rolling!

Inclusions:

To help you through these difficult times, we are offering a $990 packaged offer starting with a 2 hour Zoom consultation with our Head of Strategy and Research, Darren Taylor, to help put you on the right path.

In this meeting you will:

- Discuss and diagnose your brand’s communications' strengths and weaknesses
- Explore short-term and long-term brand communications opportunities and set a plan for seizing them
- Identify potential risks, and set a plan on how to mitigate or avoid them.
- Discuss a work plan, which we will formalise in writing a few days later to see your organisation through the next few
difficult months.
- If you do not have the current skills or resources to implement the plan of attack, we would happy to discuss this with you and provide a quotation for assisting you at a reduced fee.

Communications,Marketing

Available Face to Face,Online,Teleconferencing,Video Conferencing
Suitable for Individuals,Teams,Organisations,Business,Government
All prices include GST

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Philosophy

Specialisation and Services

Taylor & Grace works with

using these methods

offering these services

and specialising in

with particular expertise in

Client Testimonials

About Taylor & Grace

Our Story

Example clients and projects

Awards and achievements

Packaged Services

Let's build your brand game plan for COVID-19

Contact Taylor & Grace

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