PAUL GUNBYCreative Director
Work / Sheet 13

Financial Services

Client
LPL Financial and Capital Group
Role
Senior Designer
Team
Aquent Studios
Sheet
13 / 14
Year
2017 to 2023
Disciplines
Brand rollout · Sales enablement · Public and government relations · Data visualization · HR communications
Overview

Two of the largest names in US financial services, one goal: make complex products and dense information easy to act on.

At LPL I worked across the 2021 rebrand, carrying the new system into sales tools, brochures, research reports, public and government relations pieces, infographics and content series art. At Capital Group I designed corporate communications, HR and benefits pieces, infographics and editorial for the company's culture and community programs.

Advisory Platforms brochure cover
Advisory Platforms brochure cover
LPL Financial · Selected work

Tools advisors actually use

Workbooks, toolkits and brochures for advisors and their clients, where clarity matters more than decoration. Private jets, open skies and calm water set the tone for products aimed at high-net-worth investors.

Select Products for Select Investors. Brochure cover.
Select Products for Select Investors. Brochure cover.
Select Products. What we offer.
Select Products. What we offer.
Select Products. White paper.
Select Products. White paper.
Strategic Wealth Management. Powerful Advice brochure.
Strategic Wealth Management. Powerful Advice brochure.
Sales Training Workbook
Sales Training Workbook
Business development toolkit
Business development toolkit
Service and support brochure
Service and support brochure
Insurance and wealth campaign. Digital and social.
Insurance and wealth campaign. Digital and social.
LPL Financial · Case study · Public relations

You deserve our best

The Customer Success Model brochure introduced LPL's new service model to its advisors: a dedicated business consultant, embedded case management, supervision and marketing review support.

Paper airplanes became the through line. A lone orange plane leads the formation on the cover and the close, standing in for the advisor at the front of a team built around them. Bold condensed headlines and the rebrand's orange carry each spread so the promise reads before the detail.

Cover. You deserve our best.
Cover. You deserve our best.
Ease of doing business plus results equals success
Ease of doing business plus results equals success
A snapshot of our vision
A snapshot of our vision
An industry-leading business partner
An industry-leading business partner
Personalized service and embedded case management
Personalized service and embedded case management
Supervision and marketing review support
Supervision and marketing review support
Back cover. Join us in this exciting endeavor.
Back cover. Join us in this exciting endeavor.
LPL Financial · Case study · Government relations

The 2020 PAC annual report

LPL's political action committee reports each year to the employees who fund it. The report had to explain what a PAC is, how candidates are chosen and where every dollar went, without reading like a filing.

The Capitol dome and column motifs give each section a strong opener, and the charts break contributions down by year, by party and by cycle so the numbers are easy to scan. A companion infographic shows how the branches of government intersect.

Cover
Cover
Inside cover
Inside cover
A note from the chief legal officer
A note from the chief legal officer
The LPL PAC mission
The LPL PAC mission
What is a PAC?
What is a PAC?
How candidates are selected
How candidates are selected
Contributions by year, party and cycle
Contributions by year, party and cycle
Section opener
Section opener
Disbursement recipients
Disbursement recipients
Who governs the LPL PAC
Who governs the LPL PAC
The intersecting roles of government. Infographic.
The intersecting roles of government. Infographic.
LPL Financial · Brochures and guides

Rebranded, page by page

Strategic Wealth Management
Strategic Wealth Management
Strategic Asset Management
Strategic Asset Management
2022 Annual Report
2022 Annual Report
Sustainable investing. FAQs.
Sustainable investing. FAQs.
What is it?
What is it?
How to engage with clients
How to engage with clients
Why is it important?
Why is it important?
New investor onboarding package
New investor onboarding package
Advisory on your terms
Advisory on your terms
Model Wealth Portfolios
Model Wealth Portfolios
Optimum Market Portfolios
Optimum Market Portfolios
Compliant Office Reference Guide
Compliant Office Reference Guide
2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
Client Conversation Playbook
Client Conversation Playbook
Experience Advisor-Inspired Technology
Experience Advisor-Inspired Technology
Experience Advisor-Inspired Technology
Experience Advisor-Inspired Technology
Advisory Unified Structural Billing
Advisory Unified Structural Billing
LPL Financial · Charts and complex concepts

Making the data do the talking

Research reports, comparisons and territory maps where the design job is to make dense data scannable: one clear chart per idea, consistent color for each asset class and plenty of room around the numbers.

Portfolio Activity Review. Key events and model portfolio activity.
Portfolio Activity Review. Key events and model portfolio activity.
Momentum trades reversal
Momentum trades reversal
Current positioning and thinking
Current positioning and thinking
Global Portfolio Strategy
Global Portfolio Strategy
Global Portfolio Strategy. Equities.
Global Portfolio Strategy. Equities.
Global Portfolio Strategy. Fixed income.
Global Portfolio Strategy. Fixed income.
Custodian Comparison. Cover.
Custodian Comparison. Cover.
Custodian Comparison. Scorecard.
Custodian Comparison. Scorecard.
Advisor recruiting territory map
Advisor recruiting territory map
Advisor recruiting territory map
Advisor recruiting territory map
228 Main case study
228 Main case study
Five steps to a branch value proposition
Five steps to a branch value proposition
LPL Financial · Infographics

Process at a glance

Grow with LPL. Service profiles.
Grow with LPL. Service profiles.
Relationship Summary delivery decision tree
Relationship Summary delivery decision tree
Who to contact
Who to contact
LPL Financial · Series art

One system, many channels

Bold condensed type, flat illustration and the new orange gave each content series its own face while keeping them in one family.

Street View
Street View
Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes
My LPL
My LPL
Around the Table
Around the Table
Executive Exchange
Executive Exchange
Research Digest
Research Digest
LPL Live
LPL Live
Fraud Fighter award medallion
Fraud Fighter award medallion
LPL Employee Promise
LPL Employee Promise
LPL Technology Year in Review 2022
LPL Technology Year in Review 2022
Year in review, data strategy
Year in review, data strategy
LPL Financial · Internal communications

Top Results and Outcomes 2020

I designed this year-end recognition deck for the marketing and communication teams. Each project slide pairs one result with the one word that describes it.

Title slide
Title slide
Project slide. Inspiring.
Project slide. Inspiring.
Section opener. Executive communication.
Section opener. Executive communication.
Project slide. Connection.
Project slide. Connection.
Section opener. Marketing operations.
Section opener. Marketing operations.
Thank you
Thank you
Capital Group · International Women's Day

One campaign, many faces

A presentation cover and a set of breakroom flyers built from one bold W, each featuring a Capital Group associate.

Presentation cover
Presentation cover
Breakroom flyer
Breakroom flyer
Breakroom flyer
Breakroom flyer
Breakroom flyer
Breakroom flyer
Capital Group · Corporate communications

Giving, community and culture

Campaigns for Capital Cares, the associate giving program, plus community sponsorships and culture pieces for the intranet, email and social channels.

Giving Tuesday. Who needs you?
Giving Tuesday. Who needs you?
Giving Tuesday. Three things to know.
Giving Tuesday. Three things to know.
Giving Tuesday flyer
Giving Tuesday flyer
Investing in our communities. Metropolitan Museum tribute ad.
Investing in our communities. Metropolitan Museum tribute ad.
The Associates Program. Social post.
The Associates Program. Social post.
Data breach awareness infographic
Data breach awareness infographic
Tips for managing holiday stress
Tips for managing holiday stress
Capital Cares results. Intranet article image.
Capital Cares results. Intranet article image.
Capital Group · HR and benefits

Benefits people actually read

Benefits guides, newsletters and careers site panels that turn plan details into something associates and candidates want to read.

2018 Benefits at a Glance
2018 Benefits at a Glance
Open enrollment newsletter. Find your balance.
Open enrollment newsletter. Find your balance.
Spring 2018 benefits newsletter
Spring 2018 benefits newsletter
Open enrollment newsletter spread
Open enrollment newsletter spread
Spring 2018 newsletter spread
Spring 2018 newsletter spread
Master Retirement Plan by the numbers
Master Retirement Plan by the numbers
How does the MRP make you feel? Poster.
How does the MRP make you feel? Poster.
Careers site panel. Development.
Careers site panel. Development.
Careers site panel. Benefits.
Careers site panel. Benefits.
Careers site panel. Benefits.
Careers site panel. Benefits.
Careers site. Meet our associates.
Careers site. Meet our associates.
Careers site, mobile
Careers site, mobile
Capital Group · Infographics

Numbers with a point of view

Workforce demographics, giving results and org structures, drawn so the headline number reads first.

Workforce demographics. Gender.
Workforce demographics. Gender.
Workforce demographics. Race and ethnicity.
Workforce demographics. Race and ethnicity.
Workforce demographics. Generational.
Workforce demographics. Generational.
Business continuity at a glance
Business continuity at a glance
Capital Cares. Associate giving.
Capital Cares. Associate giving.
Internal candidate process
Internal candidate process
Investment group project detail
Investment group project detail
North America distribution structure, detail
North America distribution structure, detail
Capital Cares results, full length
Capital Cares results, full length
Demographics, full length
Demographics, full length
Anniversaries list
Anniversaries list
Investment group structure
Investment group structure
Capital Group · Editorial and guides

Stories and standards

Feeling a turbo boost. Retirement plan feature spread.
Feeling a turbo boost. Retirement plan feature spread.
Social media guidelines
Social media guidelines
International Volunteer Day poster
International Volunteer Day poster
Native American Heritage Day
Native American Heritage Day