BMJ Group brand guidelines

Brand architecture

Brand architecture Our brand architecture is designed to clarify our range of products and services and to illustrate their relationships within the broader BMJ Group. Follow naming and logo guidelines We avoid creating new brands for individual products. Instead, we use the BMJ prefix where appropriate, adhering to a standardised logo design protocol managed by the UX team. This approach helps maintain consistency, sets clear customer expectations, and adds value to our products and services. Restrict sub-brand straplines To maintain the integrity of the overall Group brand, we do not allow sub-brands to have their own straplines that are locked to the logo. This ensures that the majority of sub-brands align visually and conceptually with the BMJ Group brand. Exclude internal department logos We do not create logos for internal departments, maintaining a clear distinction between public-facing products and services and internal branding. Requesting logos Logos are produced on a case-by-case basis. A firm rule is in place: no one should create their own logos. While some flexibility is allowed, all logos must remain consistent with the overall brand guidelines set out in this document.

BMJ Group

Lines of business

Publishing and Events

Careers and Learning

Digital Health

BMJ Journals (collective core brand) BMJ Impact Analytics BMJ Where Is My Paper

BMJ Learning BMJ Portfolio BMJ Careers

BMJ Best Practice BMJ Clinical Intelligence

BMJ Health Careers BMJ Course Finder BMJ OnExam

BMJ branded sub brands

BMJ Leader Live BMJ Future Health

International Forum Research to Publication

Non BMJ-branded sub brands

Sub brands with generic product examples

BMJ OnExamination MRCGP (text only, only core logo used)

BMJ Best Practice Patient Information (text only, only core logo used)

Research to Publication (endorsed by BMJ Group / UCSF) Gut, Heart, Thorax (standalone logo) (endorsed by BMJ Group)

Endorsed product examples

The BMJ Student BMJ

BMJ Medicine BMJ Opinion

PACES (powered by SIM Converse) Diabetes course (endorsed by BMJ Group, RCP, Fortis etc)

The BMJ (family) portfolio (separate logo treatment)

Journals portfolio (series)

BMJ Connections [specialty]

BMJ Case Reports BMJ Quality & Safety BMJ Leader

BMJ Open BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care

Interface text

Events (unbranded stand alone logos, separate treatment)

International Forum on Quality & Safety

BMJ Research Forum BMJ Leader Live

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