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Tom Salley - Brand identity & website

Creating a coherent brand and digital presence from the ground up

Category Brand Identity
Client Business coach
Mode New brand
Scope Identity · site · comms
Drop the hero — Tom’s identity, site and cards together
Where we started

The challenge

The business was taking shape, but the brand was not.Tom had already started communicating and had quickly created a website, but there was no clear identity connecting everything. The challenge was to create a presence that felt like him and made sense to the clients he wanted to reach.

01

Define what the brand should express

Before designing anything, we needed to understand his positioning, audience and the impression he wanted to create.

02

Build credibility without losing personality

The identity needed to feel professional enough for prospective clients while still feeling genuinely like him.

03

Bring everything together

The website, social presence, print materials and messaging needed to feel like one coherent brand.

What we did

The Method

Started with the foundation, not the visuals.

01 Research

Get the foundation right

+ Started with a survey To understand his business properly: what he offers, what he wants to be known for, who his clients are, and what he’s drawn to visually.
+ Researched his niche His corner of coaching and the visual language his prospective clients already trust, so the identity would feel credible to them, not just to him.
+ Three mood boards Presented as distinct directions; Tom marked what worked on each, which sharpened the direction fast.
02 Design the elements

Build it, piece by piece

+ Wireframed the site Mapping the architecture while the visual direction settled, so structure and look came together rather than one waiting on the other.
+ Designed the logo and identity Once the direction was validated.
+ Built and iterated the website A first version close to final, then several rounds to get it right (WordPress, with a developer).
+ Shaped the copy Helped Tom decide what to say page by page and how to sequence it, so the storytelling made sense for his clients.
What we made

On the Plate

Lay the system out first — logo, palette, type — then the applications.

Logo and visual identity system
AIdentity

Logo and visual identity

The core system tying it all together — logo, palette and type, built to feel like him.

The website — live
BWebsite

The live site

A site with a real identity behind it, built and iterated to final (WordPress).

Business cards
CPrint

Business cards

The first thing people hold, finally on brand.

Social templates + LinkedIn banner
DSocial

Social templates & LinkedIn banner

Templates so he stays consistent online without designing from scratch each time.

What it changed

A brand that finally feels like him

A coherent presence he can stand behind — prospects now land on a site and materials that match the level he actually works at, instead of a piecemeal setup that undersold him.

Now hasA site that matches his level
ConsistentFrom logo to LinkedIn
Feels likeHim
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