Services
Brand, website and marketing design in Bahrain.
I am an independent designer in Manama. I take on branding, websites and marketing for small and growing businesses — and I do the research, the design and the build myself, so the person you brief is the person who makes it.
Branding
Look credible to someone who has never heard of you.
Branding is the part a customer judges before they have spoken to anyone. It decides whether a business looks like it can be trusted with the job, and it is the difference between being remembered and being one of several.
I build it as a system rather than a logo: positioning first, then the mark, the colour, the type and the voice, then the applications the business actually uses — signage, vehicles, documents, social, packaging. A mark that only works on a business card is not finished.
Who it is for: Businesses launching, businesses that have outgrown the identity they started with, and businesses whose look no longer matches what they now sell.
Scope of work
- Brand strategy & positioning
- Visual identity & logo systems
- Art direction
- Guidelines & applications
- Campaign direction
Websites
Turn attention into enquiries.
A website is where interest either becomes a message or evaporates. Most of the ones I am asked to replace are not ugly — they are unclear: the visitor cannot tell in five seconds what is on offer, who it is for, or what to do next.
I design and build them end to end. That matters more than it sounds: when the same person does both, the built site is the design rather than an approximation of it, and there is nobody to hand the blame to when it is not.
Who it is for: Businesses with no site, businesses whose site does not bring enquiries, and businesses whose site was built before the business changed.
Scope of work
- Website strategy
- UX & UI design
- Design & build, end to end
- Responsive implementation
- Launch support
Marketing & advertising
Be the one they think of, and the one they call.
Branding makes a business recognisable. Marketing is what puts it in front of people often enough for that to matter. I direct campaigns as one system — the idea, the creative, and the channel it runs on — rather than producing posts to fill a calendar.
That includes advertising creative: film, motion and stills, art-directed rather than assembled from a template. The reel on the homepage is that work.
Who it is for: Businesses already trading who need consistent presence, campaign creative, or someone to run the channel properly.
Scope of work
- Campaign strategy & art direction
- Advertising creative — film, motion, still
- Social brand system & content direction
- Paid campaign creative
- Channel management
How it runs
Research first. Always.
01
Research, before we speak
For a substantial project I do the exploration, research and analysis before the first call — so I arrive already understanding the business rather than asking you to explain it.
02
The call
What is actually getting in the way, in your words. This is the part I cannot do on my own.
03
Exploration
Directions worked up against what I heard, not against what I had prepared.
04
Analysis
SWOT, market and competitor analysis, and whatever else the scope calls for. Nothing here is a guarantee — the analysis is what narrows the odds and takes the guesswork out of the decision.
05
Planning and building
Designed and built to an agreed timeline, by me.
06
Hand-off
Every asset you need, and a meeting that leaves you able to carry it on yourself — plus templates and extra assets. You own everything.
Questions
What people ask before they call.
How much does branding cost in Bahrain?
My branding work starts from BHD 250, websites from BHD 400, and marketing and advertising from BHD 100. Those are starting points rather than quotes — the figure for a specific project depends on scope, which we agree before anything is designed.
Do you design and build websites yourself?
Yes. Strategy, UX, UI and the build are all mine. There is no handover between a designer and a developer, which is the stage where most sites quietly stop looking like the design.
Can I take one service without the others?
Yes. Branding, websites, and marketing and advertising are separate engagements with their own scope and their own starting price. They work well together because a website carries the brand and the marketing spends it — but nothing here requires buying all three.
Who do you work with?
Small and growing businesses. The clients on this site run across logistics, energy, fabrication, family entertainment, food and beverage, and creative services.
Do I own the work when it is finished?
Yes. Everything is handed over at the end, along with a meeting to make sure you can use it without me.
How long does a project take?
The timeline is agreed at the planning stage, once the scope is settled, and it is set for the specific project rather than quoted from a template. I would rather commit to a date I have thought about than a number that sounds fast.
What if you think my idea will not work?
I will say so, in the exploration stage, before either of us has spent money on it. Every design decision I make has to be pointed at a result — if I think something will not get one, taking the brief anyway wastes your budget and my time.
Taking on new work
Tell me what you’re building.
A first conversation is a conversation — what the business is, where it’s going, and whether the way it looks is keeping up.
Ali Aljardabi — Manama, Bahrain