SIR / BRAND

CLARITY

AT PIVOTAL

MOMENTS

I’m S I Rautenbach, a brand and design director / I work with brands at moments of change, when growth or complexity starts to create drift. As businesses evolve, clarity can erode. Visual language fragments, teams lose alignment, and decisions become harder to make. What once felt instinctive starts to feel uncertain. I help founders and leadership teams re-centre their brands, bringing clarity and coherence back into focus before bigger decisions are made. My work combines strategic judgement with hands-on design, turning complexity into systems that can adapt and endure.

As brands expand, clarity blurs. Messages fracture, visuals lose cohesion, and what once felt distinct starts to dissolve.
I help founders and teams re-establish the centre, defining what still holds true, refining what’s changed, and designing systems built to adapt.
A brand that feels coherent again. Confident in its direction. Ready for what’s next.

Recent work

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1/6

TRISHA HEWITT COMMS / BRAND CREATION

Brand identity system for a communications consultancy working in high-stakes, people-first contexts.

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2/6

DAISYLINK / BRAND CREATION

Developed a modern identity and digital system for a cross-border payments start-up

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3/6

PGI / BRAND REFRESH

Repositioned a cyber-intelligence consultancy with a confident, systems-led identity rooted in discretion and authority.

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5/6

4/6

6/6

OCEAN BOTTLE / BRAND EVOLUTION

Evolved the identity and digital system to scale a purpose-led start-up with coherence and cultural relevance.

Coming Soon

FACEBOOK / BRAND ROLLOUT

Embedded design support across multiple projects, focused on clarity, speed, and consistency within complex internal marketing environments.

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CALLALY / BRAND ROLLOUT

Refined and extended the identity to strengthen a new category in period care through clear, expressive design.

I help teams see through brand confusion, cut to the core, then rebuild with clarity, intelligence, and focus

How to start

A short, paid engagement designed to create clarity fast. This is for founders and teams who sense their brand has drifted, but are not ready to commit to a large project without first understanding what actually needs fixing.
What this includes:
- A 90-minute working session on a live call, reviewing your brand in its current state
- Clear diagnosis of where clarity has broken down
- Practical recommendations on what to do next
Outcome:
A concise direction document that stands alone or provides a confident foundation for deeper work.

Investment: £750
Remote. Limited availability.
BOOK A BRAND DIAGNOSIS
Strategic clarity and visual identity designed together as a single system. This work defines what your brand stands for, how it behaves, and how it shows up visually, creating a coherent foundation that supports recognition, consistency, and long-term scale as the business evolves.
Turning strategy and identity into lived reality. This phase embeds the work into the organisation, translating thinking into practical tools, assets, and guidance so teams can apply the brand confidently and consistently across real-world touchpoints and day-to-day decision making.