Desiree Braido
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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.

Relatus brand identity in motion.

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.

Relatus diagonal brand guidelines deck collage
Relatus brand guidelines.

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.

Relatus website presentation collage
Relatus website.

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.

Relatus pitch deck
Investor deck.