Brand Portal.
Your brand guide shouldn't be a PDF that dies in someone's downloads folder. We build you a living brand portal: one link, always the latest, that your whole team and every supplier can reach in seconds.
The problem with the PDF brand guide
You spend real money getting your brand right, then it gets flattened into a PDF and emailed around. Within a month there are four versions, all called "final", and nobody knows which is current. The logo files sit in a zip somebody lost. A supplier uses last year's colour. The guide meant to protect your brand quietly stops matching it.
A brand portal that stays alive
Yours lives at one web address and becomes the single source of truth. Update it once and everyone sees the change instantly, your team, your printer, your other agencies, the designer who started yesterday. The logos, fonts and illustrations sit inside it, ready to use, in the right formats. It's on-brand itself, works on a phone, and we host it and keep it current. One source of truth, not ten stale files.
What you get
Everything your team needs to stay on-brand, in one place.
One living portal
Always current, at your own link.
Full asset library
Logos, colours, type, illustrations, templates.
Written standards
Clear do and don't guidance.
Hosted and maintained
We keep it current, so it never goes stale.
How it works
Three steps, start to live.
1. Build or use your brand
We build your brand, or work from the brand you have.
2. We build the portal
We turn it into a living portal and hand your team the link.
3. We keep it current
Anything changes, we update once and everyone has it.
Who it's for
Any brand with more than one person touching it: growing teams, franchises, multi-market brands, and anyone tired of emailing the logo for the hundredth time.
Consistency and freedom, together.
A brand only works when everyone uses it the same way, but locking it down kills the speed teams need. A brand portal holds the single source of truth, the logos, colours, type and rules, and hands it out live, so anyone can grab the right asset in seconds without breaking the brand. Consistency for you, freedom for them.
Brand Portal, in practice.
All work
OARTWebsite Design · Identity Design · Intelligent Systems · RSVP Solutions · Business HQView →
Rare Ritual SkincareWebsite Design · Creative Direction · Identity Design · Packaging · Campaign · Brand Story · Intelligent SystemsView →
Cape.It.Is!Website Design · Identity Design · Intelligent SystemsView →
The Sorted Brand PortalIdentity Design · Intelligent SystemsView →
Ritual HQIntelligent Systems · Business HQView →
Frequently asked questions.
How much does a brand portal cost?
It depends on how much content it needs to hold and how the admin should work. We scope every portal properly and give you a clear, itemised quote before we start, no guessing.
Who can access our brand portal, is it private?
Yes, it is private by default. We set up a login so only your team, and any partners or agencies you choose, can get in. Nothing is public unless you want it to be.
Can we update the brand portal ourselves after launch?
Yes. Every portal comes with a simple admin so your team can update files, wording and images without calling us for every small change. We are still on hand for anything bigger.
Where is the brand portal hosted?
We host it for you on reliable, secure infrastructure, so it is always online and backed up. You do not need your own server or any technical setup to run it.
Where are you based?
We are based in Cape Town and build brand portals for clients across South Africa and across the globe.
How long does a brand portal project take?
A straightforward portal can be live in a few weeks. Bigger ones with lots of assets, templates or multiple brands take longer. We will give you a realistic timeline once we know the scope.
Let's talk about yours..
Tell us about the brand guide that has gone stale, or read how we built our own in the case study.