Brand Identity

Nova Financial

A complete brand overhaul for an ambitious fintech startup — transforming a generic logo into a bold, trustworthy identity system built for scale.

Client
Nova Financial Ltd.
Year
2024
Role
Lead Creative Designer
Duration
10 Weeks

The Challenge

Nova Financial had grown rapidly from a small startup to a Series B company, but their visual identity hadn't kept pace. Their existing branding felt generic, inconsistent across touchpoints, and failed to convey the trust and ambition required in the financial sector.

They needed a brand that could speak confidently to enterprise clients, attract top talent, and hold its own against established players — all while retaining a sense of innovation.

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The Process

01 — DISCOVER
Research & Audit
Competitive landscape analysis, stakeholder interviews, and brand audit across all existing assets.
02 — DEFINE
Brand Strategy
Defined brand pillars, positioning, tone of voice, and personality archetypes.
03 — DESIGN
Identity Creation
Logo system, colour palette, typography hierarchy, and iconography — tested across all formats.
04 — DELIVER
Brand Guidelines
A comprehensive 80-page brand book and Figma design system handed over to the in-house team.

The Outcome

The new Nova identity is anchored in a deep indigo and electric gold palette — evoking both trust and energy. The wordmark uses a custom-drawn geometric typeface, with a logomark derived from the letter N intersecting with an upward arrow — symbolising growth and direction.

↑ 64%
Brand recognition uplift (post-launch survey)
£2.4M
Series C raised within 3 months of rebrand
80pg
Brand guidelines delivered
Brand IdentityLogo DesignTypographyFigmaPrintBrand Strategy
Orbit App — Jack Mattison
UI/UX Design

Orbit App

End-to-end product design for a productivity app that hit 200,000 downloads in its first week — combining beautiful UI with deeply considered UX.

Client
Orbit Technologies
Year
2024
Role
Lead Product Designer
Platform
iOS & Android

The Challenge

The productivity app space is brutally competitive. Orbit needed to stand out not just visually, but functionally — offering a frictionless experience that felt intuitive from the very first tap.

The founding team came to me with a rough concept and a tight 12-week runway. My job was to take their vision from a napkin sketch to a fully shipped product.

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The Process

01 — RESEARCH
User Interviews
Conducted 24 user interviews and synthesised findings into jobs-to-be-done frameworks.
02 — STRUCTURE
IA & Flows
Information architecture, user flows, and wireframes for all core app journeys.
03 — DESIGN
UI & Prototyping
High-fidelity UI across 80+ screens, with interactive Figma prototypes for usability testing.
04 — ITERATE
Test & Refine
Three rounds of usability testing with real users, iterating on pain points each cycle.

The Outcome

Orbit launched to extraordinary reception — hitting the #2 spot in the App Store Productivity category within 48 hours. The design was praised for its clarity, depth of customisation, and the seamless onboarding flow that achieved a 91% completion rate.

200k+
Downloads in first week
4.8★
App Store rating
91%
Onboarding completion rate
UI/UXFigmaPrototypingUser ResearchiOSAndroid
Bloom Cosmetics — Jack Mattison
Campaign Design & Art Direction

Bloom Cosmetics

Art direction and campaign design for a luxury cosmetics brand's global rebrand — spanning digital, print, OOH, and retail environments across 12 countries.

Client
Bloom Cosmetics Group
Year
2023
Role
Art Director
Scope
Global Campaign

The Challenge

Bloom had built a loyal following in the UK but was preparing for a major international expansion. Their existing visual identity felt dated and inconsistent — charming at small scale, but unable to carry weight across global OOH placements and luxury retail environments.

The brief was to elevate the brand to sit comfortably alongside the world's most prestigious cosmetics houses, without losing the warmth and authenticity that made Bloom special.

The Process

01 — IMMERSE
Brand Immersion
Deep dive into Bloom's heritage, customer community, and competitive luxury positioning.
02 — CONCEPT
Creative Concepting
Developed three distinct campaign directions, each tested with focus groups across four markets.
03 — DIRECT
Art Direction
Led photography shoots across London and Paris, directing a team of 14 creatives.
04 — ROLL OUT
Campaign Delivery
Adapted the campaign across 60+ formats — from billboard to social to in-store POS.

The Outcome

The campaign — titled "In Full Bloom" — launched simultaneously across 12 countries and was featured in Wallpaper* and Dezeen. The redesigned retail packaging won a D&AD Pencil in 2023, and the campaign drove a 38% increase in international direct-to-consumer revenue in Q1.

12
Countries launched simultaneously
↑ 38%
International DTC revenue increase
D&AD
Pencil winner, Packaging 2023
Art DirectionPrintOOHCampaignPackagingPhotography Direction
Terra Collective — Jack Mattison
Web Design & Motion

Terra Collective

An immersive, award-winning website for a sustainable fashion label — bringing their ethos of slow fashion and natural beauty to life through organic motion and earthy visual storytelling.

Client
Terra Collective
Year
2023
Role
Web Designer & Motion
Award
Awwwards SOTD

The Challenge

Terra Collective is a sustainable fashion label with a deeply held philosophy: buy less, buy better. Their website needed to embody that ethos — unhurried, textural, and deeply considered — while still converting visitors into customers.

The challenge was balancing a high-design, editorial experience with practical e-commerce needs, without letting commercial pressure compromise the brand's integrity.

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The Process

01 — EXPLORE
Creative Direction
Mood boarding and creative direction sessions to establish the visual language and motion principles.
02 — DESIGN
Web Design
Full-site design in Figma, from homepage to product pages, with a bespoke editorial layout system.
03 — ANIMATE
Motion Design
Designed all scroll-triggered animations and transitions — slow, organic, and intentional.
04 — LAUNCH
Handoff & QA
Worked closely with the development team through to launch, QA-ing across all devices and browsers.

The Outcome

The site won Awwwards Site of the Day two weeks after launch and was featured in Siteinspire and The FWA. Conversion rate on the new site was 2.4× higher than the previous version, and average session duration increased by over 3 minutes.

SOTD
Awwwards Site of the Day
2.4×
Conversion rate vs previous site
+3min
Increase in avg. session duration
Web DesignMotionFigmaE-commerceEditorial
Pulse Design System — Jack Mattison
Design System

Pulse Design System

A comprehensive, scalable design system built from scratch for a fast-growing SaaS platform — 300+ components, full token architecture, and a living documentation site.

Client
Pulse Analytics
Year
2024
Role
Design Systems Lead
Team
Solo + 3 Engineers

The Challenge

Pulse had scaled from 5 to 40 engineers in 18 months. The result was a product riddled with visual inconsistencies, duplicated components, and a design-to-dev handoff process that was slowing everyone down.

The ask was clear: build a single source of truth that the entire product org could work from — designers and engineers alike — and do it without halting the product roadmap.

The Process

01 — AUDIT
Component Audit
Full audit of the existing product — identified 200+ UI patterns, de-duplicated, and categorised them.
02 — TOKENS
Token Architecture
Built a multi-tier design token system covering colour, spacing, typography, elevation, and motion.
03 — BUILD
Component Library
Designed 300+ components in Figma with auto-layout, variants, and interactive states throughout.
04 — DOCUMENT
Documentation
Wrote usage guidelines, accessibility notes, and do/don't examples for every component.

The Outcome

Pulse reduced their design-to-dev cycle by 60% within the first quarter of adoption. The system is now used daily by 12 designers and 40 engineers, and has become the foundation for two new product lines. It was shortlisted for the Design Systems Award 2024.

300+
Components delivered
↓ 60%
Design-to-dev cycle time
52
Designers & engineers using it daily
Design SystemTokensFigmaDocumentationAccessibilitySaaS
Apex Sports — Jack Mattison
Motion Design

Apex Sports

Motion identity and animated brand assets for a major European sports brand — bringing energy, speed, and power to every screen, broadcast, and social channel.

Client
Apex Sports Europe
Year
2024
Role
Motion Designer & Director
Deliverables
120+ Motion Assets

The Challenge

Apex had a strong static brand but their motion presence was inconsistent — different agencies had produced conflicting styles across broadcast, social, and in-stadium screens. The brand felt fractured in motion.

They needed a unified motion identity: a single set of principles, templates, and hero animations that any partner agency could pick up and use consistently at scale.

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The Process

01 — AUDIT
Motion Audit
Reviewed all existing motion assets across every channel to understand the inconsistencies and opportunities.
02 — PRINCIPLES
Motion Principles
Defined Apex's motion language — easing curves, timing guidelines, transitions, and energy scales.
03 — CREATE
Asset Production
Produced 120+ motion assets in After Effects — intros, lower thirds, social templates, and broadcast packages.
04 — SYSTEMISE
Motion Guidelines
Delivered a comprehensive motion guidelines doc and AE template library for partner agencies.

The Outcome

The Apex motion system brought immediate coherence across all brand touchpoints. The broadcast package debuted during the European Championships and was praised by sports media for its kinetic energy and production quality. Partner agencies reported a 70% reduction in revision cycles.

120+
Motion assets delivered
↓ 70%
Reduction in agency revision cycles
8
Partner agencies now using the system
Motion DesignAfter Effects3DBroadcastBrand SystemSocial