Foundation Medicine · Brand Strategy & Content
The science was extraordinary.
The brand had to match it.
Senior Marketing Manager, Content & Brand Strategy
Challenge
Every company in precision oncology said the same thing. Foundation Medicine had the science to stand apart, a lean in-house team still building its marketing muscle, and a bold ask: make the brand's proprietary technology impossible to ignore in a category where everything looked the same.
Work
Built the messaging architecture and brand voice from the ground up, working across medical affairs, agency partners, and executive leadership to earn the trust that let disruptive creative survive legal review intact.
That same voice carried through a full digital campaign — native advertising, LinkedIn and social, email, contextual — and out onto the conference floor, where it shaped booth design and sales collateral. Sales reps were brought into that rollout deliberately, adopting the same voice in their own presentations so the brand showed up the same way everywhere it appeared.
Outcome
A brand that finally sounded like itself. Distinct, in a market where that's hard to earn.
Specific messaging frameworks are proprietary. Visual samples available on request.
Also for Foundation Medicine · Message Map & Campaign Strategy
Before the words, the architecture.
Challenge
A category where every message blurred together needed an anchor: what Foundation Medicine actually did differently, said plainly enough to build a year of content on, across audiences who each cared about something different.
Work
Built the message map from the ground up: defining the narrative pillars, the audience segments, and the key messages underneath each one. That architecture became "Unveiling Blind Spots" — the throughline for the brand's proprietary technology story, from translational research to regulatory strategy.
The Approach
Each narrative pillar opened with the fear keeping a specific buyer up at night, then answered it in one confident, benefits-first paragraph — proof points held in reserve for the sentence right after.
Paraphrased structure — exact language is proprietary to Foundation Medicine
The full message map — four pillars, four audiences
Also for Foundation Medicine · The Memorable Presentation
People remember ten percent.
Make it count.
Challenge
The VP of Marketing knew a hard truth about presentations: audiences retain a fraction of what they hear. Slides packed with data and detail were forgettable by design, no matter how strong the science underneath them.
Work
Rebuilt the deck around one repeated idea instead of forty scattered ones. Paired it with a single striking image per slide, cut away anything that didn't earn its place, and made sure the phrase that mattered most opened the deck and closed it.
The Ten Percent
"Unveil blind spots others can't see."
Opening slide and closing slide — the ten percent this deck was built to make unforgettable
Full deck available on request — not shared publicly out of respect for Foundation Medicine's proprietary content.
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Opening and closing slide — the line, bookending the deck
Also for Foundation Medicine · APAC Conference Presentation
Slides they didn't have to read from.
Challenge
A VP of biopharma sales was tired of watching his team read slides word for word. Flat. Forgettable. Not the entrance Foundation Medicine needed for its first real push into APAC. He wanted imagery that carried the story instead of the copy.
Work
Wrote the narrative and full talk track, giving reps a structure and a point of view to build from instead of a script to recite. Partnered with an outside art director to bring it to life, guiding them through the brand and how far it could be pushed, then trusted their execution to carry the story across Japan and China.
Outcome
"It gave them a story to tell, not a slide to read from."
The Narrative
"Imagine a world where every cancer patient receives a tailored treatment plan, not just based on their diagnosis, but on the unique genetic makeup of their tumor..."
Opening line, from the talk track
Full deck available on request — not shared publicly out of respect for Foundation Medicine's proprietary content.
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Slides 1–2 — the opening transformation