Design service
Branding
Logo, colour, typography, and usage rules built as a system — so your brand looks intentional on a pitch deck, a product UI, and a conference banner alike.
Quick facts
- Response timeWithin 24 hours
- Typical timeline2–6 weeks
- PricingFixed, no surprises
- Track record75+ projects · 4.93 ★
What working together actually looks like
A logo is not a brand. A brand is the system that keeps you looking intentional across a pitch deck, a product UI, a social post, and a conference banner, and that system is what most identity work forgets to deliver. I design the whole thing: a flexible mark, a real color and type scale, and usage rules people can actually follow without a designer in the room.
Because I also design and build products and websites, your identity does not stop at a PDF, it carries straight into the live interface, so there is no gap between the brand book and the thing customers actually use.
You get the logo and mark, the color and typography system, written guidelines, and a social and collateral kit, delivered as editable source files you own. This suits startups that need a credible identity before a launch or raise, founders whose current brand looks DIY next to competitors, and teams who want branding and their website designed as one coherent system rather than by two vendors who never speak. The result is a brand ready to signal credibility to the customers and investors you are trying to win.
Want the identity designed and put live by one person? You can hire a brand designer and launch it on a $1,999 website.
Built for
SaaS and AI products preparing for launch, a raise, or a redesign
Built for
Founders who need senior product thinking, not just polished screens
Built for
Teams whose current UI is costing them conversions and demo calls
What you get
How we'll work
A process built for speed
Scope
A short call or brief; you get a fixed quote and timeline within 24 hours.
Design
Direction first, then high-fidelity screens in fast review loops.
Build
The same hands that designed it write the code. No drift.
Launch
QA, performance, SEO, and a handover your team can own.
Why this works
Why startups pick me for branding
Senior-only, always
No juniors, no outsourcing — the expert you hire is the expert who delivers.
Days, not months
First designs within days; most projects live within 2–6 weeks.
One accountable owner
Design and development under one roof means one timeline and one name on the result.
“Shaheer was very responsive in his communication and easy to work with to bring our vision to life. He delivered the project along with a handoff meeting to ensure our team has the skills to make any future edits desired.”
Justin Sinclair · CEO, Epiphany EducationRecent work
Proof in production
Branding, in short
Branding from me is a working identity system: logo and mark, a colour and type system, written guidelines and a social and collateral kit, as editable source files you own. It is quoted fixed within 24 hours. For comparison, Clutch says most branding projects it reviews cost $10,000 to $49,999.
What a brand system includes
| Part | What you get | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Logo and mark | A logo and a flexible mark, for light and dark backgrounds | It has to work at favicon size and on a banner |
| Colour system | Brand colours plus the tints and neutrals an interface needs, checked for contrast | A palette that fails contrast cannot be used for text |
| Type system | Typefaces and a size scale for headings, body and small print | Consistency across deck, site and product |
| Guidelines | Written rules for spacing, use and misuse | So people who were not in the room apply it correctly |
| Social and collateral kit | Templates for the social posts and collateral you use most | The places people see the brand first |
All delivered as editable source files you own at handover.
What branding costs elsewhere
| Who | Typical price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Branding agencies on Clutch | Most projects $10,000 to $49,999 | Clutch branding pricing guide, updated 21 September 2026 |
| Agency hourly rates | $100 to $149 an hour | Same guide, for strategy, messaging, naming and product branding |
| Me | A fixed quote within 24 hours of a brief | Scoped on its own or with a website or product |
Clutch figures read on 29 October 2026. They cover full agency projects, often including research and naming.
Colours that pass accessibility from day one
Most brand palettes are chosen on a mood board and fail the first time they meet a button. Each colour is checked against WCAG 2.1 AA before it is signed off:
- Text colours reach 4.5:1 contrast against the backgrounds they sit on
- Buttons, form borders and icons that carry meaning reach 3:1
- Every colour that fails gets a darker or lighter partner for text and UI use
- Meaning is never carried by colour alone, so status and charts still read in greyscale
When you do not need a full brand yet
- Before you know who buys: a clean wordmark and one colour carry a landing page while you find out.
- When the product is changing every month: brand the company once the positioning settles.
- When the budget is one or the other: a credible website usually earns more than a brand book nobody sees.
What to prepare
- Who the customers are, and the two or three competitors they compare you with
- Words you want people to use about you, and words you never want to hear
- Anything that must stay: a name, a colour customers know, an existing mark
- Where the brand will appear first: the website, the product, a deck or a stand
Common questions
Branding, answered
Every branding project is quoted fixed before work starts — most engagements land between $1,900 and $10,000 depending on scope. Send a brief and you'll have a number within 24 hours.
Typically 2–6 weeks from kickoff to delivery. Focused engagements (a single page, flow, or sprint) can ship in as little as one week.
One senior expert handles both design and delivery — no handoff, no drift. 75+ projects shipped, 4.93★ across 32 Contra reviews, and clients including YC-backed Unlayer.
Yes — most clients are SaaS and AI startups in the US and Europe. Based in Dubai, I overlap comfortably with US, EU, and GCC working hours.
Clutch says most branding projects it reviews cost $10,000 to $49,999, with agencies at $100 to $149 an hour (guide updated 21 September 2026). Mine is a fixed quote within 24 hours of a brief, scoped on its own or with a website.
Yes. Each colour is checked against WCAG 2.1 AA before sign-off: 4.5:1 contrast for text and 3:1 for buttons, borders and meaningful icons, with darker or lighter partners for any that fail.
Yes. The website sprint is $1,999 for 14 days, so the identity goes live on a real site instead of stopping at a PDF.
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