CRAFTING YOUR STORY

Brand Strategy & Identity for Growing Startups

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Logo Tazfood in white.
Logo Atosa in white.
Logo Limonero in white.
Logo Gamba 1918 in white.
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Black staff pass badge with MAF logo and white text reading 'STAFF' clipped to a black lanyard with white icons and 'MAF 10' text, over blurred background of a silhouetted crowd and stage with warm lighting.
Three smartphones displaying marketing images for Argie Skin Sidekick pillowcases against a pink background; left phone shows a smiling woman in pink pajamas holding a retro phone, text reads 'For a better skin in your sleep'; center phone shows a close-up of a woman resting on a pillow with text 'The best pillow case'; right phone displays a collage of smiling people's photos with text 'A dream for your skin'.
Tablet held by a hand with another hand's finger pointing at the screen showing a full-length image of a young man standing barefoot on a pebbly beach wearing a long-sleeve grey sweatshirt and white pants against a clear blue sky and sea background.
Historic hilltop town with stone buildings and a tall bell tower, connected to the surrounding land by a narrow pedestrian bridge over a deep ravine, surrounded by green vegetation under a cloudy sky.
Close-up of textured orange fabric with two white labels: one says 'ALTROCHE' and the other partially visible says 'PENSATO IN ITALIA'.
Smartphone displaying an email from TAZFOOD about a closure notice from August 10 to 24 with a photo of a striped tablecloth holding a glass of water, an open book, sunglasses, and a small plate of orange slices, and a black 'Order Now' button below.
Set of business presentation slides for Alltech Integrated, featuring themes like customer segmentation with pie chart and percentage circles, roadmap for 2020-2025, satisfaction guarantee statistics, building needs coverage, regional map, and company certification logos, all using a blue, orange, and white color scheme with clean modern typography and building illustration.
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Luxury packaging design for Tazfood
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Person wearing a light gray sweatshirt and beige pants holding a black tote bag with turquoise handles, featuring the word 'shop' in large white letters with a stylized shopping cart icon inside the letter 'o' and small text that reads 'wise groceries shopping' near a QR code.
Historic hilltop town with stone buildings and a tall bell tower, connected to the surrounding land by a narrow pedestrian bridge over a deep ravine, surrounded by green vegetation under a cloudy sky.
Close-up of textured orange fabric with two white labels: one says 'ALTROCHE' and the other partially visible says 'PENSATO IN ITALIA'.
Smartphone displaying an email from TAZFOOD about a closure notice from August 10 to 24 with a photo of a striped tablecloth holding a glass of water, an open book, sunglasses, and a small plate of orange slices, and a black 'Order Now' button below.
Black staff pass badge with MAF logo and white text reading 'STAFF' clipped to a black lanyard with white icons and 'MAF 10' text, over blurred background of a silhouetted crowd and stage with warm lighting.
Three smartphones displaying marketing images for Argie Skin Sidekick pillowcases against a pink background; left phone shows a smiling woman in pink pajamas holding a retro phone, text reads 'For a better skin in your sleep'; center phone shows a close-up of a woman resting on a pillow with text 'The best pillow case'; right phone displays a collage of smiling people's photos with text 'A dream for your skin'.
Tablet held by a hand with another hand's finger pointing at the screen showing a full-length image of a young man standing barefoot on a pebbly beach wearing a long-sleeve grey sweatshirt and white pants against a clear blue sky and sea background.

good things come in small packages

Now that creating decent visuals is easier for everyone, having an original logo and a recognisable colour palette is no longer a benchmark. World-building is.

The real challenge is creating a loyal community of users that loves your story and that will trust your product more than anything new your competitors might come up with.

Whit us you get creative direction + production by a 2-person team with 15+ years of combined experience.

AI-native, brutally honest.

Our Branding Process

Discovery Phase

To craft any story, the “why” always comes before the “what”. Through in-depth video calls, we ask you to describe your startup in your own words and tell us why your product exists and what makes it unique to distill your true voice and identity.

Set of business presentation slides for Alltech Integrated, featuring themes like customer segmentation with pie chart and percentage circles, roadmap for 2020-2025, satisfaction guarantee statistics, building needs coverage, regional map, and company certification logos, all using a blue, orange, and white color scheme with clean modern typography and building illustration.

Market Analysis

We thoroughly analyze both your direct and indirect competitors to find weaknesses and points of advantage. At the same time, we investigate the hidden and emotional reasons that drive your current target audience and map your Ideal Customer Profile (ICP).

Messaging Definition

We identify your core mission and vision to craft a messaging strategy that includes specific words and key supporting themes. From there, a style and tone of voice are developed. During this stage, we’ll also build a narrative around your product that will guide your communication.

Two circular photos of people socializing: a pair of women sitting on grass outdoors with one holding a baguette, and a man and woman chatting at a table with food and drinks on a rooftop; text in large maroon letters reads 'Be Social for Real' with two small illustrations of people greeting and walking atop a globe.

Development of a Fundraising Narrative

Starting from the story we already built, we develop a tailored narrative for your fundraising rounds that will help you influence investors’ decisions. In other words, we set the foundations for your pitch deck.

Visual Identity

Depending on real needs, we create flexible visual identity systems that include a wide range of deliverables, from logotype and typography guidelines to a complete motion system, custom icons and illustrations, and brand aesthetic. In this phase, you’ll receive the first draft of your brand book.

Grid collage of beauty and skincare themed images and text panels including a woman with towel, avocado half, hands on soil, two women faces close up, skincare cream smear, woman with closed eyes, and a close-up of textured green leaves, with text phrases like 'Bio-Active Botanicals,' '100%,' 'Natural Beauty Day After Day,' and 'Hearth Cream' on burgundy and cream backgrounds.

Brand Book & Pitch Deck

In the end, you receive a complete brand book available in both printed and digital versions that comprises all the elements and assets of your new identity, including:

Timing: 3-5 weeks

Pricing: from €8k

What Your Branding Project Includes

Brand Strategy

The foundations of any brand lie in discovering how people perceive it, how you want others to perceive it, how it communicates, and which values it represents.

Messaging Framework

Defining your messaging allows you to craft a coherent story and find a unique voice that makes your brand unforgettable for your target audience.

Visual Identity

A visual identity includes all the visual elements that allow you to appear cohesively everywhere and be immediately recognizable, both online and offline.

proud to be generalists

Your Lean Team

We’re not hyper-specialized by choice. We know AI can learn new technical skills better and faster than us. So, we focus on the creative and strategic aspects, combining our knowledge of design and writing, our taste and experience with the latest tech to craft truly unique brands.

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Tommi C.

Brand, Visual & Web designer

At the tender age of 14, I started exploring visual design and photography, finding my first gig 2 years later. Over time, I’ve deepened my knowledge in branding, which is essential for strategy and structure, and web development to build complete websites. All this while getting a bachelor’s degree in design & multimedia and travelling all over the world.

10+ Years

working experience

30+

glasses of wine/month

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Pam A.

Copywriter + marketing specialist

I’ve always been fascinated by words, and that’s why I started my career as a ghostwriter, helping authors write and sell their books to an international audience. As my skills evolved, I began working with SMEs, focusing on copywriting and crafting tailored marketing strategies. But my real passion is one: finding the best place to have a delicious breakfast wherever I go.

5+ Years

working experience

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Facts That Speak

We work with a variety of SMEs and startups in different industries, from luxury and hospitality to health tech. Every time, we adjust our process and output to make sure each one of our partners achieves their specific goals.

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tazfood

Full-Scale Restyling for an Industry Icon

weeshop

Balancing Authority & Engagement

selfinvite

A bold identity to attract investors

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paolo mariani

A Fresh Image for a Made-in-Italy Icon

I enjoyed working with them and am happy with the experience. They were incredibly communicative and easy to talk to from start to finish. Not only did they deliver on time, but also kept me in the loop throughout the entire process. I highly recommend them to anyone seeking skilled and cooperative professionals.

Julie M.
Founder

I worked with them for 3+ years now, redesigning my websites and working with several clients on projects spanning from branding to digital and printed design.
I appreciate the speed, creativity and the clear communication throughout the process. The best partner I have ever had!

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Checco Luzi
Luxury Artisan

Tommi supported us in redefining a brand identity and social media with original and creative ideas. Furthermore, he has always proven to be a reliable and high-quality professional in the creation of static and motion graphic content. I definitely recommend him.

Devin Visani
CEO & Founder, Weeshop

Small By Design

We’re not a big agency. We’re just one brand designer with dev experience and a copywriter who knows how to sell a product.

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All-in-Two

No need for a huge team when two pros handle all the creative tasks neatly.

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Direct Contact

However you contact us, you will never get an answer from a middleman or chatbot.

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100% Flexibility

We adjust our process based on real timelines and your needs.

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AI-Supercharged

We integrate AI into our workflows, using our judgement to challenge it.

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You're probably wondering

First and foremost, we’re just two creatives. So, no middleman passing information between you and us with the risk of losing context, relevant info, or important details. Plus, we don’t follow a rigid approach but prefer maintaining a consistently collaborative and open relationship, sharing our work methods and processes with you.

Over time, we’ve worked with many SMEs in different industries such as food and beverage, luxury hospitality, and cosmetics. We’ve also collaborated with early-stage and funded startups in the field of health tech, food tech, social networking, and hospitality tech. Our clients are mainly from the EU and US.

Our experience dealing with premium brands provides us with all the skills needed to elevate your product to something more than “just a new app.” We certainly aim for the same professionalism and quality as a traditional agency, but we also breathe the same startup ecosystem every day, which allows us to prioritize a flexible and lean approach above any tedious method or process.

On the one hand, we use AI tools in our daily life and support inventive startups that tap into new tech advancements to create original products. On the other hand, we try to set boundaries around AI usage specifically for our work, for different reasons:

  • it’s not really more imaginative or original than us
  • the risk of getting dumber and less adaptable is real (and we don’t want that)
  • our taste and judgement always come first

So, we surely use it to brainstorm ideas, find trends, explore different content variations, and generate images and videos. But we never use it to craft full brand or content strategies or vibe-code websites.

Slack is our main channel: send updates, feedback, or new tasks anytime. If you need to talk things through, you can also book a video call. Prefer emails? We've got that too. And if you're really old-school, carrier pigeons are also welcome.

Yes, just send us an email 10 days before the beginning of the next billing cycle (check our T&Cs for all the details). If you forget to send the email, you’ll be doomed to work with us for all eternity. Just kidding. We’re flexible. We’ll figure it out.

If you’re considering joining our retainer program, you have the opportunity to test our skills and see if we’re a good fit for you before committing long-term. Send us an email saying that you want to do the trial, and we’ll send you back a Stripe link with all the details.

The payment will be processed only at the end of the 7th day and only if you decide to continue the collaboration. Once we receive confirmation from Stripe, your 7 days officially start. Depending on your needs, you can work only with Tommi or with both of us on small tasks such as 5-7 logo drafts, 3-4 social media posts, or homepage header design + copy.

Refunds
We care about your experience and will do our best to make things work. But because our work is creative and custom, we can’t offer refunds after the trial.

Discounts
Cultural associations and non-profits, we root for you! If you run a museum, organise cultural events or similar, let’s talk. We’d love to offer you a custom, discounted plan.

25+

brands helped in Europe and beyond

85%

client retention rate over one year

16+

years of combined industry experience

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What Are You Up To?

Tell us about your next project and what you’re looking for. We’ll personally examine your request and give you an answer within 1 business day.

Or send us an email at hello@nicejourney.agency

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