Creative Direction Services
One clear idea.
Every touchpoint.
We turn brand and campaign priorities into a creative direction that travels across channels. Message, imagery, typography and layout work from the same idea, with practical guidance for the people producing and adapting your assets.
Creative strategy / Concept development / Art direction
Somerset West, Cape Town Working globally
A few of the brands we’ve worked with
Selected work / 01
Coffy
A recognisable idea.
Across physical and digital.
Coffy’s brand system connected cups, packaging and the online store. The project demonstrates how a shared visual approach can carry through different formats while keeping the customer’s experience of the brand consistent.
Brand system and applications across packaging and eCommerce.
A shared direction for the work
Bring the message
and the making together.
Individual assets can look polished while the wider brand feels disconnected. A clear creative direction helps everyone understand the story, the audience and the decisions that should carry through the work.
We connect the brief to concepts and practical visual guidance. The direction is considered across the formats in scope, so production teams have a useful reference for both the main idea and its adaptations.
What we can direct
A clear creative brief.
A consistent expression.
Shape the direction for a campaign, a brand application programme or ongoing creative production. We define what needs directing, what needs producing and who is responsible for each part.
01
Creative strategy
We translate positioning, audience understanding and communication priorities into a focused creative brief. A clear message and purpose give the team a useful basis for developing ideas and assessing what should move forward.
Creative brief / Audience and message focus / Communication priorities
02
Concept development
We explore ideas and assess how they can work within the channels, formats and constraints in scope. Concepts are discussed in relation to the brief and their practical application across the project.
Creative concepts / Application exploration / Direction rationale
03
Art direction
We define the visual approach to imagery, typography, motion and layout where those formats are required. The guidance connects creative decisions so different contributors can produce work with a recognisable shared direction.
Visual approach / Format guidance / Production references
04
Review and consistency
We review the resulting assets against the agreed brief and direction. Guidance for adaptations helps the team carry the same idea into further formats while responding to the practical needs of each channel.
Creative reviews / Adaptation guidance / Consistency checks
Selected work / 02
GASQ
A specialist offer.
One connected presence.
Our work with GASQ brought the identity, website and ongoing communications into a shared direction around its certification offer. Brand and digital activity remain connected through an ongoing relationship.
Website, brand, social and PR connected around the qualification offer.
Working together
A clear way
to work together.
We align the people who define the message with those producing the work. Review points give the direction a clear route from brief to application.
01
Understand the context
Review the brand, audience, communication goal and current creative work. Identify where the message or visual approach needs greater coherence.
02
Plan the project
Define the creative brief, formats and production boundaries. Agree who develops assets, who approves the direction and when reviews are needed.
03
Build together
Develop the concepts and visual approach, then guide the agreed applications. Review how the idea carries across formats and refine it with your team.
04
Review what comes next
Check the resulting work against the brief. Record useful guidance for adaptations and identify what needs ongoing creative oversight.
The wider picture
Keep the idea clear
as the work expands.
New campaigns and formats should still feel connected to your brand. Ongoing creative support can preserve that direction while adapting it to different messages, channels and production needs.
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Let’s talk about creative direction
What should all your
creative work have in common?
Show us the campaign or brand challenge and the places the idea needs to appear. We’ll discuss the direction and guidance that can bring it together.
A 30-minute conversation to explore your priorities and agree the next step. No finished brief needed.