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Branding · Social

Social media branding that stops the scroll

Avatars, post templates, story templates, reel motion systems. Identity engineered for the feed — recognisable at thumbnail size, fast for your team to produce, consistent across every platform.

Overview

Why social branding is its own discipline

A brand identity designed for a marketing site rarely translates to social. The constraints are completely different: a 24×24 avatar instead of a banner, a 1080×1080 square instead of a 1920×1080 hero, a moving reel instead of a static image. Designed without those constraints in mind, your social presence ends up looking like a watered-down version of the brand — not the brand at full strength.

Social media branding is the discipline of building an identity layer specifically for those formats. Avatars that read at 24 pixels. Post templates that hold up against algorithm-favoured competing content. Motion systems that move with intent. Done well, it makes social production fast, on-brand, and effective without your team needing a designer for every post.

What's Included

What ships in a social branding engagement

Six systems your team will use every week.

01

Avatars + profile assets

Avatar designed to read at 24×24, cover images for every platform, profile bio text patterns, link-in-bio template.

  • Avatar tested at all platform sizes
  • Cover images (LinkedIn, Twitter / X, Facebook, YouTube)
  • Bio + link-in-bio templates
02

Post templates

Square, portrait, landscape post templates for the 4-5 content types you publish most. Editable in Figma or Canva by your team.

  • 1080×1080 / 1080×1350 / 1080×566 variants
  • Editable Figma + Canva templates
  • Type, colour, image-handling rules
03

Story + reel templates

Vertical story templates, reel cover designs, end-card motion. The formats your team produces most, made fast.

  • 1080×1920 story + reel cover templates
  • Reel motion principles + transitions
  • Type-on-motion safe areas
04

Carousel systems

LinkedIn / Instagram carousels with cover / body / CTA slide patterns. The format that drives most B2B social reach in 2026.

  • Cover + body + CTA slide templates
  • Pattern guidance (8-12 slides, type ratios)
  • Worked examples for 2-3 content types
05

Voice + caption patterns

How your brand sounds on social — different from your marketing site. Caption length, emoji policy, CTA patterns.

  • Per-platform voice notes
  • Caption-length + structure patterns
  • Hashtag + tagging policy
06

Social guidelines

A short, usable doc your team can reference weekly. Covers what to post, what not to post, who approves what.

  • One-page-per-platform summary
  • Approval workflows defined
  • Crisis response patterns
Why It Matters

What good social branding earns

Measured in production speed and recognition, not just impressions.

Production speed

Templated systems mean your team produces 3-5x faster than designing every post from scratch. The same team ships more, and more consistent.

Recognition at thumbnail

Posts recognisable as yours at scrollthrough speed. Recall builds; competitors blur into background noise.

Algorithm-friendly composition

Templates tuned to what each platform's algorithm currently rewards — first-second hook, save-bait carousels, watch-time-optimised reels.

Brand consistency at scale

Whether posts come from your social manager, your agency, or your CEO's phone — they look like one brand.

How We Work

From audit to live system

Faster than full identity work. Focused on the formats your team actually publishes.

01

Week 1 · Audit + scoping

Audit your current social presence, your team's production workflow, your top 5 content types. Pick the formats that earn the most attention.

02

Week 2 · System design

Avatar + cover, post + story + reel templates, carousel patterns. Two distinct directions explored.

03

Week 3 · Refine + worked examples

One direction selected. We produce 8-10 real posts using the system — proof it works at production speed.

04

Week 4 · Handover + training

Figma + Canva templates handed over. Live training session for your team. Short guidelines doc.

Built for the Feed

Brand identities that stop the scroll

A social brand lives or dies in the first half-second. Each identity below was built to hold up at thumbnail size — a mark, palette and type system that stays unmistakably yours across every post, story and profile. Hover any piece to bring it forward.

Power Your Fitness Journey brand identity

Power Your Fitness Journey

High-performance fitness branding designed to inspire strength, energy, and unstoppable motivation for modern gym enthusiasts.

  • Fitness performance
  • Strong identity
  • Power & motivation
Luxury Pools Crafted to Perfection brand identity

Luxury Pools Crafted to Perfection

Premium pool design and construction services that combine elegance, durability, and modern outdoor living experiences.

  • Custom pool design
  • Luxury outdoors
  • Quality craftsmanship
Why Us

Why brands hire us for social work

Social is changing fast. We change with it.

Thumbnail-first design

Every template tested at thumbnail size. If it doesn't work at 200×200 in a feed, we redesign it.

Built for your team's tools

Figma + Canva templates because that's what real social teams use. Not "you can edit in Illustrator" templates.

Algorithm-aware

We update templates and patterns as platform algorithms shift. The 2024 pattern that's now suppressed gets retired.

Real-team workflows

We design around the workflow you actually have — solo founder, in-house team, agency partner — not a hypothetical one.

FAQ

Common social branding questions

Does the template work in Canva, not just Figma?

Yes — we ship Canva versions for every template. Most social teams use Canva for speed and the Figma versions for advanced work. Both work, both stay on-brand.

How do we keep the system fresh over time?

Most clients move to a quarterly retainer for new templates, motion variants, and pattern updates as platforms evolve. Roughly $2-4K/quarter; not required, but useful.

What if our existing brand identity doesn't translate to social?

Common situation. We bridge the gap — adapting the existing palette, type, and voice for social-format constraints without contradicting the master identity.

Can you produce ongoing posts as well as the system?

No — we design the system; your team or your social agency produces the posts. We can recommend social production partners, but we don’t want to be one (production agencies make poor system designers, and vice versa).

Which platforms do you cover?

LinkedIn, Instagram, X (Twitter), YouTube, TikTok by default. We add others on request — Threads, Pinterest, Reddit, sector-specific platforms — based on where your audience actually lives.

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Tell us about your social brief

Free 30-minute consult — a senior designer audits your feed and replies with an honest scope and timeline within 24 hours. No sales pitch.

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Social presence that looks like one brand

Free 30-minute call. We'll audit your current social, ask about your team, and recommend the system shape that fits.

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