Employee Welcome Video for Wheels' New Schaumburg Office
Simplistic Views partnered with Wheels to create a CEO-led employee communications video introducing the company's new workplace, its amenities, and the employee experience behind the move. Designed as a high-impact asset for HR and internal communications, the video welcomed current and future employees, showcased the office and its amenities, and demonstrated leadership's commitment to collaboration, wellness, and work-life balance.
Project overview
Simplistic Views partnered with Wheels to create a CEO-led employee communications video introducing the company's new workplace, its amenities, and the employee experience behind the move. Designed as a high-impact asset for HR and internal communications, the video welcomed current and future employees, showcased the office and its amenities, and demonstrated leadership's commitment to collaboration, wellness, and work-life balance. Simplistic Views produces corporate video for HR, communications, and marketing teams throughout Chicago, Schaumburg, and the surrounding northwest suburbs.
Challenge
Wheels was preparing employees for a significant workplace transition into a new Schaumburg office, and HR needed more than a standard announcement. The company needed a polished communication asset that could introduce the space, explain its benefits, and make leadership visible during the transition. The video also needed to present the office as more than a physical location. It had to communicate how the environment supported collaboration, employee wellness, workplace culture, and the company's next chapter.
Approach
Simplistic Views developed a CEO-led video that combined direct executive communication with visuals of the new office and its employee-focused amenities. By placing leadership messaging alongside footage of the workplace, the video gave employees both the strategic reason behind the move and a tangible view of what they could expect. The result was a more personal and visually engaging alternative to a written office announcement.
Deliverables
- CEO-led employee welcome video
- New office and amenities coverage
- Internal communications asset
- Reusable HR and onboarding content
Executive Visibility
A direct message from the CEO helped make the workplace transition feel intentional, personal, and supported by company leadership.
Workplace Storytelling
Visual coverage of the new environment allowed employees to understand the office experience before or during their transition into the space.
Reusable HR Communication
The finished video created an asset that could support employee communication, onboarding, recruitment, workplace orientation, and future company presentations.
A major Chicago-area workplace move
Wheels leased approximately 214,108 square feet inside the Zurich North America headquarters at 1299 Zurich Way in Schaumburg. Commercial real estate reporting identified the transaction as the largest Chicago-area office lease of 2024.
The new workplace was designed to bring Illinois employees together and support collaboration, innovation, wellness, sustainability, and an improved employee and client experience.
Sources: CoStar The Real Deal Daily Herald
Production frames
Where this type of video can be used
- Employee onboarding and new-hire orientation
- Recruiting and employer brand
- Internal communications and HR updates
- Workplace orientation and company presentations
The delivered value
The completed video gave Wheels and its HR team a polished, reusable asset for introducing the new workplace and communicating directly with employees.
- Welcome current and future employees
- Introduce the new office and its amenities
- Provide visible executive leadership during a workplace transition
- Reinforce the company's investment in employee experience
- Create a consistent message that can be reused across HR and internal communications
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