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Smart City ConsultingBerlin, Germany

How SCTY Reduced Pitch Deck Creation Time by 60%

A boutique smart city consultancy needed to scale their output without compromising on their premium brand identity.

60%
Faster Creation
Time spent on deck creation reduced significantly.
100%
Brand Compliance
Zero off-brand colors or fonts in final deliverables.
15h
Saved per Consultant
Monthly hours saved per consultant on formatting tasks.
The Client

SCTY is a leading boutique consultancy based in Berlin, specializing in digital transformation for smart cities. They advise municipal governments and large infrastructure firms on future-proofing their urban environments.

The Context

As a high-end strategy firm, SCTY's deliverables are their product. Every slide needs to be pixel-perfect, on-brand, and delivered under tight deadlines. However, their team of 15 consultants was spending nearly 40% of their time on manual formatting and slide cleanup.

The Bottleneck of Manual Formatting

SCTY faced a classic scaling problem. Senior consultants were spending late nights fixing alignments and fonts instead of focusing on strategic insights. The 'formatting tax' was eating into project margins and employee morale.

  • Inconsistent branding across different project teams
  • High error rate in final deliverables requiring multiple review rounds
  • Junior staff overwhelmed by the steep learning curve of PowerPoint precision
  • Wasted billable hours on non-strategic tasks

Automating the 'Last Mile' of Presentation Design

SCTY deployed offgen to their entire consulting team. The goal was not to replace the consultant, but to give every consultant a virtual designer that lives inside PowerPoint.

Brand Enforcer

Automatically corrects fonts and colors to SCTY's style guide with one click.

Smart Alignment

AI-assisted positioning meant slides looked professional instantly, without manual nudging.

Slide Library

Integrated access to their best practice templates directly in the ribbon.

Implementation

The rollout took less than a week. offgen's team helped configure the 'Brand Guardrails' to match SCTY's specific fonts (Onest), colors, and spacing rules.

"offgen has completely transformed how we build our client presentations. It's like having a dedicated designer sitting next to every consultant, ensuring everything is pixel-perfect."
M
Markus Schneider
Managing Director, SCTY

Key Takeaways

Manual formatting can consume up to 40% of a consultant's time.
offgen's Brand Enforcer eliminates brand inconsistency risks.
ROI was achieved within the first two weeks of deployment.

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