Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants Social Rebrand

Branding | Design | Social Content









Role
Senior Designer
Art Director

Challenge
After Nickelodeon’s external rebrand, the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise style guide needed to be updated to align with the new look — with an emphasis on being social-first. To do so, I needed to pare down and bring together over two decades of accumulated graphic assets to form a cohesive identity to guide the SpongeBob accounts.

Solution
To thrive on the “smallest” screen, high contrast colors and rich textures that call back to the franchises’ iconic stars were chosen for their ability to “stop scrolling” on social feeds. This diverse visual palette exists seamlessly within the larger Nick social ecosystem and highlights the endless fun of Bikini Bottom.





Animated titlecards





Color palette and color combinations




Typography



Endpages




Textures and composed backgrounds





Social templates



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