Brand Strategy & Identity · Professional Networking · 2020–2023
Relatus
Building a visual identity for a new professional networking platform.
- Discipline
- Brand Strategy & Identity
- Role
- Design Director
- Timeline
- 2020 to 2023
- Scope
- Identity · Creative Direction · Digital Brand · Investor Communications
The Brand Challenge
When I joined Relatus there was no visual identity. The platform was centered on professional relationships, networking and personal goals, and it needed a recognizable, cohesive identity that could carry that ambition across every touchpoint.
Identity Development
The identity work began with exploration: sketches, logo directions and symbol construction, testing how the idea of connection could read as a simple, ownable mark.
Final Brand Identity
The final identity paired a distinctive mark with a warm orange brand color, built to feel optimistic and human in a category dominated by corporate blues.
Brand Guidelines
The brand guidelines documented the full system: logo construction and clear space, the color palette, typographic hierarchy, and how the identity applied across product, marketing and communications.

Digital Brand Experience
The identity extended across the marketing website and branded digital communications, keeping the product story visually consistent from first impression to sign-up.

Investor Storytelling
I designed all pitch materials, investor decks and partnership presentations, translating the product vision into a clear narrative for investors.
The approximately $2M the company raised was a team achievement. My contribution was the story: the materials that made the vision legible to the people funding it.
