A higher brand
Client: Apollo | 2019 | Brand voice, tagline. website messaging
Brief: Create a distinct brand voice and messaging system for Apollo, with the goal to position Apollo as the brand for explorers of consciousness and curiosity, not just casual consumers.
Insight: Most cannabis and hemp brands speak softly, leaning into earthy wellness, pseudo-science, or mellow calm. But a new generation of users sees THC differently: as a catalyst for creativity, play, and self-discovery. They don’t want to “chill out”; they want to lift off.
Idea: Build a voice with playful swagger and cosmic wonder, the high-energy pilot guiding customers toward a higher plane. Every line of copy would orbit that same gravitational pull — bold, elevated, and self-aware.

Core Brand Promise
Apollo speaks like a confident pilot inviting you into the cockpit. Every word is bold, smart, and a little mischievous. This isn’t wellness-speak or pseudo-science, it’s precise and pleasure-forward.

Audience Personas
Curious Explorer (Millennial, 25–40): Wants novelty and wellbeing. Cares about safety, ingredients, easy dosing.
Responsible Experimenter (Younger Millennial / Gen Z, 21–30): Social, values culture and shareable experiences, drawn to playful, confident brands.

Voice Pillars
Playfully bold: We say what others hint at. Getting high is part of the journey and we own it with confidence and humor.
Astronaut cool:
Chill under pressure. There’s swagger, but it’s earned
Aspirationally free:
The “higher” we promise isn’t just elevation, it’s expansion.

Brand Beliefs
Curiosity drives everything
Exploration doesn’t stop at the stars. It starts in the mind.
"High" isn't an escape
Our mission isn't to leave earth. It's to experience it more fully.
Precision matters
From dosage to design, we’re as exacting as a rocket launch.

Voice Dos
Talk with a little swagger
Celebrate the high
Use cosmic metaphors
Educate simply
Be aspirational

Voice Donts
Sound like a lifestyle guru
Use overly "clean" language
Overdo space puns
Get overly technical
Sound like a dare


Higher than you've ever been.
The tagline
