Sovendus

Sovendus

Sovendus

EXEC. SUMMARY

Seventeen years on the market, successful in fourteen countries, and a brand that looked like e-commerce from ten years ago. A three month sprint for strategy, design and website.

Brand Direction Sprint

Brand Direction Sprint

Brand Direction Sprint

Full Remote

Full Remote

Full Remote

Q4 2025

Q4 2025

Q4 2025

EXEC. SUMMARY

Seventeen years on the market, successful in fourteen countries, and a brand that looked like e-commerce from ten years ago. A three month sprint for strategy, design and website.

A group of people around the table with their laptops.
A group of people around the table with their laptops.

THE SITUATION

Sovendus runs a partner network across fourteen markets, working with brands most people know. The brand did not show it. Too reserved, too old school, built for a different decade. The briefing: make it modern, contemporary and bold. The complication: fourteen markets with their own marketing leads and no shared language. Whatever we built had to be carried by all of them, not imposed on them.

THE SITUATION

Sovendus runs a partner network across fourteen markets, working with brands most people know. The brand did not show it. Too reserved, too old school, built for a different decade. The briefing: make it modern, contemporary and bold. The complication: fourteen markets with their own marketing leads and no shared language. Whatever we built had to be carried by all of them, not imposed on them.

THE APPROACH

Fourteen markets in the room.
No silo work with the CEO. We ran a three part workshop series, fully remote on Miro, with the market leads and the CEO. Round one collected input, with prep tasks sent ahead. Round two presented an interim result and had everyone challenge it, down to single words. Round three closed with a final version that needed only small iterations. Everyone uses it now because everyone was part of it.

Sharpen the words.
The old category language was abstract post-purchase jargon that buried the real strength. We rewrote the core: category and descriptor, hero statement, promise, primary and secondary value propositions, the full homepage copy. A real tone of voice with three writing rules and examples. And seven narrative layers for sales, from what is Sovendus to why trust them to European specifics, so every touchpoint can pick the right depth instead of saying everything at once.

Modern and Bold.
Medium budget, two and a half months, no room for a full new brand. So we kept what worked and updated the rest. The harsh dark blue and orange world became soft glacier gradients with a glowing orange, unusual for B2B tech and exactly why it stands out. The website moved to Framer so the team can change things themselves. And a small MVP art direction on top: AI generated 3D gradient shapes that carry the new look.

THE Outcome

“The work was iterative, thorough and the final result is genuinely strong. What I didn't expect was how well they'd handle the process side: getting stakeholders from 14 markets aligned and walking away with a positioning the whole team believes in. The visual world they created is distinctive and bold. The website reflects exactly what we agreed on in strategy. Clients have noticed. We'd work with them again.”

Sebastian Legler

CEO @ Sovendus

One positioning that fourteen markets stand behind, in use since launch. A brand that finally looks like the company behind it. And a website the team runs on its own, at a fraction of the previous development and hosting costs.

One positioning that fourteen markets stand behind, in use since launch. A brand that finally looks like the company behind it. And a website the team runs on its own, at a fraction of the previous development and hosting costs.

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Markets aligned on one positioning

Markets aligned on one positioning

“The work was iterative, thorough and the final result is genuinely strong. What I didn't expect was how well they'd handle the process side: getting stakeholders from 14 markets aligned and walking away with a positioning the whole team believes in. The visual world they created is distinctive and bold. The website reflects exactly what we agreed on in strategy. Clients have noticed. We'd work with them again.”

“The work was iterative, thorough and the final result is genuinely strong. What I didn't expect was how well they'd handle the process side: getting stakeholders from 14 markets aligned and walking away with a positioning the whole team believes in. The visual world they created is distinctive and bold. The website reflects exactly what we agreed on in strategy. Clients have noticed. We'd work with them again.”

“The work was iterative, thorough and the final result is genuinely strong. What I didn't expect was how well they'd handle the process side: getting stakeholders from 14 markets aligned and walking away with a positioning the whole team believes in. The visual world they created is distinctive and bold. The website reflects exactly what we agreed on in strategy. Clients have noticed. We'd work with them again.”

Sebastian Legler

CEO @ Sovendus

THE WORK

Brand strategy focused in three workshops across fourteen markets / Category, descriptor, hero statement and promise / Primary and secondary value propositions / Homepage copy / Tone of voice with writing rules and examples / Seven narrative layers for sales and communication / All hands material for the internal rollout / Visual modernisation of colour world, typography, shapes and gradients / Website rebuilt in Framer including structure and UX / Team enabled to edit without an external developer / MVP art direction with AI generated 3D gradient graphics

A small taste of how WE actually work

A small taste of
how WE actually work

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Fixed fee CHF 1,400

I will look at your brand the way I would on day one of a real project: your positioning, your messaging, your visual identity. What's working, what's holding you back, and what I'd fix first.

Here's how it works: we start with a short call so I understand your brand, audience and challenges. Then I take a maximum of 3 working days to go through everything. You get a written report plus a call where we go through it together and you can ask questions.

Then it's up to you: keep what you have, or let's build the next version together.

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