Illuminate Education
M&A: 5-Way “Mega-Merger” Celebrated by Education Industry
Goals
To announce Illuminate Education’s merger with IO Education, SchoolCity, Alpine Achievement and Key Data Systems, CB&A facilitated a brand management campaign to foster positive public perception of the merger. CB&A’s marketing strategy focused on discussing how the merger improves learning outcomes and enriches student opportunities by shifting from singular to multiple measures that give insight into the whole child.
Strategic Planning
Website Strategy
Brand Messaging
Media Training
Media Relations
Social Strategy
Measurement and Evaluation
Website Strategy
Brand Messaging
Media Training
Media Relations
Social Strategy
Measurement and Evaluation
Strategy
- Create M&A communications rollout strategy
- Develop brand messaging highlighting the merger’s benefits to internal and external audiences
- Advise on brand updates for website and social media pages
- Consult on customer and company team merger FAQs
- Facilitate embargoed stories with key target media outlets
- Distribute news release to education trade and business publications
- Conduct media training and facilitate interviews with company spokespeople, including newly appointed CEO, Christine Willig
Results
CB&A successfully announced the five-way merger and communicated benefits of the combined entities for educators and students. The public relations efforts secured 14 earned media placements in key outlets such as EdSurge and EdWeek Market Brief.
Recognition
2019 PRSA Alchemy Best in Show
2019 PRSA Alchemy Award of Excellence
1.25M
TOTAL EARNED IMPRESSIONS
100%
POSITIVE OR NEUTRAL COVERAGE SENTIMENT
286
SHARES ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
14
TOTAL EARNED PLACEMENTS
6
FEATURE STORIES
Testimonials
Illuminate Education
“The merger was an important moment for all five organizations involved and CB&A created a strategic communications campaign that resonated with our key audiences. With CB&A’s help, we saw positive reaction to the news in our target media outlets, on social media and internally in each organization.”
