NSW Tollway Ombudsman

Word, PowerPoint and Excel

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The NSW Tollway Ombudsman (NTOL) is a not-for-profit, independent body that helps NSW toll road customers resolve complaints about tolling services and products that haven't been settled with the toll operator or provider.

The brief

As an ombudsman serving the public, NTOL needs its communications to be clear, credible and usable by everyone. This meant its Microsoft templates had to meet WCAG 2.2 accessibility guidelines, so documents created by staff would be accessible to all readers.

NTOL also needed brand realignment work to bring its identity into a consistent and implementable visual brand identity, resulting in a similar look and feel across all the deliverables.

The outcome

NTOL's existing visual identity relied heavily on dense, dark colours, which made applied materials feel heavy. We realigned the palette by introducing lighter colours to balance the darker brand tones.

We designed all of the templates, which were then built to WCAG 2.2 accessibility guidelines. The suite covers NTOL's everyday documents, from letterheads, agendas and minutes to fact sheets, newsletters, reports and internal corporate policies. Colour combinations were tested for contrast, and the templates use structured heading styles, a logical reading order, alt text and accessible table formatting.

We also designed a 16-page Corporate Plan that sets out NTOL's direction in a clear, accessible format, along with email signatures and Teams backgrounds to carry the realigned brand into daily communication.

NTOL now has a consistent, accessible brand system that reflects its role as a fair and independent public service.

Deliverables

►   Brand realignment
►   Word templates: Agenda, Fact Sheet, Internal Corporate Policies, Letterhead, Minutes, Word Newsletter, Report
►   PowerPoint Presentation template
►   Excel charts and graphs template
►   16pp Corporate Plan
►   Email signatures
►   Teams backgrounds

Front cover of the Corporate Profile with an image of a NSW tollway road with cards on it, then the title down the bottom.Inside page of the Ntol Corporate Plan, with text at the top and an image down the bottom.Word Agenda template with banner at top and a table at the bottom.Newsletter Word template front cover with banner at top, feature panel on left and text on right.

NSW Tollway Ombudsman

Word, PowerPoint and Excel

Image of a car's dashboard with hands on the wheel as the top image of this PowerPoint front cover. Dual coloured strips at bottom to contain the logo and title.NTol quote page with deep purple colour and the pyramid graphic in the top left corner. Wording in the bottom right corner.PowerPoint slide in a 3-piece checkerboard fashion with text and images taking up each square.PowerPoint slide with a Sydney traffic image across four image placeholders, and a vertical banner at the top for the text.PowerPoint slide design with four faces with short bios underheath.Back page of PowerPoint slide deck with address, logo and the deep purple colour background with pyramid graphics.

Audience

►   NSW toll road customers and the wider community
►   Toll road operators and toll service providers
►   Government, regulators and industry stakeholders

The brief

The NSW Tollway Ombudsman (NTOL) is a not-for-profit, independent body that helps NSW toll road customers resolve complaints about tolling services and products that haven't been settled with the toll operator or provider.
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As an ombudsman serving the public, NTOL needs its communications to be clear, credible and usable by everyone. This meant its Microsoft templates had to meet WCAG 2.2 accessibility guidelines, so documents created by staff would be accessible to all readers.

NTOL also needed brand realignment work to bring its identity into a consistent and implementable visual brand identity, resulting in a similar look and feel across all the deliverables.

The outcome

NTOL's existing visual identity relied heavily on dense, dark colours, which made applied materials feel heavy. We realigned the palette by introducing lighter colours to balance the darker brand tones.

We designed all of the templates, which were then built to WCAG 2.2 accessibility guidelines. The suite covers NTOL's everyday documents, from letterheads, agendas and minutes to fact sheets, newsletters, reports and internal corporate policies. Colour combinations were tested for contrast, and the templates use structured heading styles, a logical reading order, alt text and accessible table formatting.

We also designed a 16-page Corporate Plan that sets out NTOL's direction in a clear, accessible format, along with email signatures and Teams backgrounds to carry the realigned brand into daily communication.

NTOL now has a consistent, accessible brand system that reflects its role as a fair and independent public service.

Deliverables

►   Brand realignment
►   Word templates: Agenda, Fact Sheet, Internal Corporate Policies, Letterhead, Minutes, Word Newsletter, Report
►   PowerPoint Presentation template
►   Excel charts and graphs template
►   16pp Corporate Plan
►   Email signatures
►   Teams backgrounds

Front cover of the Corporate Profile with an image of a NSW tollway road with cards on it, then the title down the bottom.Inside page of the Ntol Corporate Plan, with text at the top and an image down the bottom.Word Agenda template with banner at top and a table at the bottom.