Work — Manulife · BFS Studio, Ho Chi Minh City

Manulife— Tốt hơn mỗi ngày

Project details

Client
Manulife
Scope
Brochure · career path · recognition templates · Tết calendar 2026
Year
2023–2025
Credits
BFS Studio
The illustrated career map — an island with eleven milestones drawn along a winding path
( 01 )

THE BRIEF

Four internal pieces for Manulife’s agency force, made over two years: a leadership training brochure, an illustrated career-path map, a recognition template system and the 2026 Lunar New Year calendar. Internal communication usually reads as HR paperwork; this had to read as something an adviser would keep.

( 02 )

WHAT WE DID

We drew the career as a place. The path from financial adviser to senior vice president became an island with eleven milestones, so a ladder that is normally a table becomes somewhere you can see yourself standing. The recognition system was then built as templates rather than one-offs — five ranks, one stage — and the Tết calendar took the same optimism outdoors, twelve months, twelve ways to stay well.

( 03 )

OUTCOME

Internal communications delivered across four streams: career-path map, training brochures, recognition templates and a Tết 2026 calendar set.

( 04 )

THE WORK

Detail of the map — the starting point for a financial adviser
Starting point — FA
Detail of the map — the MBA Pro milestone
MBA Pro
Detail of the map — the MDRT milestone
MDRT
Detail of the map — the city at the end of the path
The destination — SVP
Training brochure cover
Brochure cover
Brochure inner spread
Inner spread
Brochure inner spread
Inner spread
Brochure inner spread
Inner spread
The career ladder page, step by step
The career ladder, step by step
Detail — the running figure used across the system
The running figure
MBA Pro brochure cover — the M cut in light
MBA Pro cover
The M device rendered in gradient
The M, in gradient
Achievement medals, first row
Medals — gold, platinum, silver
Achievement medals, second row
The full set
Recognition template — Top 5
Recognition template — Top 5
Recognition template — three categories
Recognition template — three categories
Recognition template — open background
Recognition template — open background
Laurel wreath element in gold
Laurel, five ranks
Star trophy element
Trophy
Tết 2026 calendar route one — the word Khoẻ built from a numeral wreath
Tết 2026, route one — Khoẻ, a number a day
The wreath element with the numbers of the year
The wreath
Key elements for the 2026 calendar
Key elements, 2026
Calendar cover — Khoẻ 2026
Calendar cover
Calendar month page — January
January
Calendar month page — April
April
Desk calendar, route one
Desk calendar
The gift box
Gift box
The full Tết gift set
The gift set
Tết 2026 calendar route two — an illustrated outdoor year
Tết 2026, route two — a year outdoors
Month page — January, route two
Month pages, route two
Month page — February, route two
Month pages, route two
Desk calendar, side A
Desk calendar, side A
Desk calendar, side B
Desk calendar, side B
Branded tote bag
Tote
Branded water bottle
Bottle
Branded notebook
Notebook
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