JOSÉ LYON — Integrated & Product MarketingNew YorkAvailable for roles and projects
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Case study · Product Marketing

Making premium banking feel earned.

Reframing Oriental's premium relationship account from status to recognition.

Client
Oriental Bank, via Yonder Consulting
My role
Strategy lead
Year
[confirm]
Scope
Positioning, messaging architecture, benefit hierarchy, packaging and tier structure, creative brief, partner management

The challenge

Seven balance levels and a long benefits list made Oriental’s premium relationship account difficult to explain and sell.

The shift

I shifted the proposition from status to recognition: the more of your relationship you bring, the more value you unlock. A legible progression of combined balances made the offer easier to understand, while three need-based segments organized the messaging.

Relationship to benefit

Messaging organized around three need-based segments instead of seven balance tiers.

Fig. 02 Illustrative messaging · Based on the documented need-based segments

Messaging organized by customer needs

My role

As strategy lead, I developed positioning, the benefit hierarchy, packaging and tier structure, and messaging across awareness, consideration, conversion, and deepening. I also created sales materials explaining how combined balances determine benefits, wrote the creative brief, and managed partners.

Campaign layouts with the original messages
Fig. 03Retrospective layout adaptations · Original campaign messages and replacement photography
Original English print execution
Fig. 04Original print execution

The result

“Maximize your finances” carried the proposition in English and Spanish. Elite and My Biz together generated more than $57M in combined deposits in early 2025.

Campaign idea
Maximize your finances.

Results

  • $57M+

    in combined Elite and My Biz deposits in early 2025 (shared result, not additive)

Concept extension · 2026 · Everything counts

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  • Everything counts key visual
    Fig. 05Concept extension · 2026 · Campaign connection
  • World Elite key visual
    Fig. 06Concept extension · 2026 · Key visual
  • Benefit and relationship explainers
    Fig. 07Retrospective concept extension · 2026 · Benefit and relationship explainers
  • Phone story creative
    Fig. 08Concept extension · 2026 · Story
  • Phone insight story creative
    Fig. 09Concept extension · 2026 · Insight story
  • Phone steps creative
    Fig. 10Concept extension · 2026 · Steps