Brand strategy

A brand that customers remember and choose.

You're competing on more than price. A strong brand tells a story, builds trust, and charges premium prices. We build the positioning, identity, and messaging that makes customers choose you over everyone else.

  • Strategic positioning that beats commodities
  • Logo and visual identity that stands out
  • Brand guidelines so your team stays on-brand
★★★★★ Trusted by LA startups, beauty brands, and restaurants
Deliverables

What's in a full brand

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Positioning Strategy

We define your competitive advantage, target customer, and core message. This is the foundation — everything else flows from positioning.

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Naming

If you're stuck with a bad name or starting fresh, we workshop options that are memorable, available, and reinforce your positioning.

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Logo & Visual Identity

Hand-crafted logo design, primary and secondary marks, icon system. Designed to work at any size — from favicon to billboard.

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Color & Typography System

Primary and accent colors with WCAG accessibility checks. Font pairing for headlines, body copy, and UI. Tested across light and dark modes.

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Voice & Tone Guidelines

How your brand speaks to customers. Tone examples for emails, social, support, and copy. Keeps messaging consistent across channels.

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Brand Guidelines Document

50+ page living document. Logo usage, color specifications, typography, imagery style, tone examples, and what not to do.

How we work

The branding process

Discovery & Research

Deep dive into your business, competitors, customers, and market. We interview stakeholders and uncover what makes you different.

Positioning

We define your unique value, target customer, and competitive positioning. Written as a strategic brief that guides all design decisions.

Design & Iterate

Logo concepts, color explorations, and typography. Multiple rounds of feedback and refinement until we nail it.

Launch & Document

Final assets, brand guidelines, rollout support, and team training. You're ready to use your new brand across all channels.

Real results

What a strong brand delivers

Beauty Startup

Rebrand → 4.1x site conversions

Old brand looked commodity. New positioning, logo, and brand guidelines made them premium. Upgraded visuals on Shopify and ads drove conversion rate from 1.2% to 4.9%.

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Restaurant Group

New identity saved $84k/year

8 restaurants, no brand guidelines. Each location used different logos, fonts, colors on menus, signage, social. New unified brand system cut vendor costs and design overhead by $84k annually.

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Real Estate Brokerage

Positioning shift unlocked enterprise

Repositioned from "boutique broker" to "off-market luxury specialist." New brand messaging and visuals landed 6 enterprise clients ($2.1M in commissions).

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Why we're different

Strategic branding vs. logo templates

Commodity Design

  • No strategy: Just a logo that looks nice
  • Generic: Logo could fit 5 different companies
  • No positioning: Nobody knows why you're different
  • Inconsistency: Everyone uses the logo differently
  • No leverage: Brand doesn't help you sell

Strategic Brand

  • Research-backed: Positioning guides all design
  • Distinctive: Logo is unique, memorable, you
  • Clear positioning: Customers get why you're different
  • Full guidelines: Everyone stays on-brand, always
  • Sells premium: Strong brand = higher prices
Investment

Branding packages

All packages include strategy, design, and deliverable documents. Brand guidelines always included.

Brand Sprint

$2,500

  • Positioning workshop & brief
  • Single logo concept
  • Color & font selection
  • Simplified guidelines
  • Delivered in 2 weeks
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Full Brand

$12,000–$30,000

  • Full discovery & positioning
  • Multiple logo concepts, refinement
  • Complete visual system
  • Voice & tone guidelines
  • 50+ page brand book
  • 4–6 week timeline
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Identity Refresh

$4,500–$8,000

  • Logo redesign or refinement
  • Color & typography updates
  • Quick positioning statement
  • Updated guidelines
  • 3 week timeline
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Common questions

About branding

How long does branding take?
Brand Sprint: 2 weeks. Full Brand: 4–6 weeks. Refresh: 3 weeks. Timeline depends on feedback cycles and revision rounds. Expedited timelines available for rush projects.
Who owns the brand files?
You own 100% of everything. Logo files, color specs, fonts, guidelines, and all design files are yours. We'll deliver in all formats (AI, PDF, PNG, etc.).
How many logo concepts do you show?
Brand Sprint: 1 direction with iterations. Full Brand: 3–5 initial directions, we narrow down and refine the winner. We don't do design by committee — we recommend the best direction based on strategy.
Is the brand guidelines document included?
Always. Even the $2,500 Sprint includes simplified guidelines. Full Brand includes a 50+ page guidebook. Guidelines are how your team stays on-brand when we're not around.
Do you offer retainer design for ongoing work?
Yes. After launch, we offer monthly retainers ($800–$699/mo) for social templates, collateral updates, new marketing materials, and brand evolution.

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