Case Study

Converse

Converse needed a way to unify creative strategy across multiple marketing and event initiatives. The challenge was transforming fragmented ideas and early concepts into clear, compelling presentations that could communicate direction and inspire alignment among internal teams and external partners.
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Converse

Overview

Converse needed a way to unify creative strategy across multiple marketing and event initiatives. The challenge was transforming fragmented ideas and early concepts into clear, compelling presentations that could communicate direction and inspire alignment among internal teams and external partners.
  • Storycrafting
  • Presentation design

What We Did

Therum was brought in to lead storycrafting and presentation design for Converse’s internal and external decks. We worked closely with brand, strategy, and creative leads to build structured, high-impact narratives that translated raw concepts into actionable frameworks.

The Outcome

The resulting decks became core tools for communication within Converse’s creative and marketing teams. They improved presentation flow, visual consistency, and overall storytelling clarity, strengthening team alignment and helping secure buy-in across campaigns and events.
ClientConverse
Agency partner14th and Market
Started2020
Launched2020
Duration2 months
01. The Ask

Converse needed a way to unify creative strategy across multiple marketing and event initiatives.

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The challenge was transforming fragmented ideas and early concepts into clear, compelling presentations that could communicate direction and inspire alignment among internal teams and external partners.

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02. Our Role

Therum was brought in to lead storycrafting and presentation design for Converse’s internal and external decks.

We worked closely with brand, strategy, and creative leads to build structured, high-impact narratives that translated raw concepts into actionable frameworks.

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03. Our Approach

One idea per slide, and a question wherever the argument turns

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We approached the project by treating each deck as a creative product of its own, balancing storytelling, strategy, and design. Through collaboration and iteration, we simplified dense strategy documents and transformed them into presentations that could connect visually and emotionally. Every layout and visual cue reinforced the story’s purpose: clarity and alignment.

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04. Key Outputs

Concept and event strategy decks, storytelling templates and executive presentations

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The work covered concept and event strategy decks, visual storytelling systems and templates, executive-level brand presentations, and internal alignment tools for creative direction.

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05. The outcome

The resulting decks became core tools for communication within Converse’s creative and marketing teams.

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They improved presentation flow, visual consistency, and overall storytelling clarity, strengthening team alignment and helping secure buy-in across campaigns and events.

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06. Philosophy

This project reflects Therum’s ability to make strategy feel creative.

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We translate complexity into clarity, giving brands and teams the tools to communicate their ideas with impact. For us, design isn’t just visual, it’s how stories move ideas forward.

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