Branding
Look as credible as you already are.
Scope of work
- Brand strategy & positioning
- Visual identity & logo systems
- Art direction
- Guidelines & applications
- Campaign direction
Not a style. A standard.Because I design it, then I build it.
Branding, websites and marketing for small businesses in Bahrain — researched, designed and built by one person.
Ali Aljardabi
Anyone can post more.Fewer can make it worth seeing.
( The long look )
Most of this work is decided before anything is drawn. What the business actually sells, who is already buying, and what a stranger reads in the first four seconds. The design is the last step, and it is short, because by then there is only one sensible answer.
WORKS
Being rememberedis cheaper than being advertised.
Selected work
Art direction — Campaign film, cut one — under sail
Directed end to end.
Art direction
Campaign film, cut one — under sail
Art direction
Campaign film, cut two — the watch itself
Art direction
Campaign film — a fragrance
Businesses I’ve built brands for
Petrolas
Energy & sustainability
Delivery Point
Logistics
Kids Island
Family entertainment
Qobban
Fabrication & metalwork
Nextshoot
Creative agency
Shawarma & Sauce
Food & beverage
What it’s like to work with me.
Petrolas · Energy & sustainability
“Ali built Petrolas into a clear, recognizable brand across every physical and digital touchpoint. His research-led, precise execution helped us launch with confidence, strengthen awareness, and attract valuable supporters and investors.”
Delivery Point · Logistics
“Ali gave Delivery Point a clearer and more competitive position in the logistics market. His branding and marketing strategy helped differentiate us locally and internationally, increased our reach by approximately 20%, and contributed to approximately 5% sales growth in the first month.”
The full three-month plan was not completed; those figures cover the implemented period.
Shawarma & Sauce · Food & beverage
“Ali created a distinctive identity that captures Shawarma & Sauce’s focus on great taste, quality, and generous family portions. His work made a major difference in how the brand stands out and helped build stronger customer trust.”
Kids Island · Family entertainment
“Ali helped transform Kids Island into a recognizable brand with a strong social presence. His branding and campaign work gave the business a clearer identity and contributed to stronger customer enquiries.”
Nextshoot · Creative agency
“Ali gave Nextshoot a more distinctive and premium identity, replacing its previous template-driven presentation with a clear, results-focused brand system. The rebrand strengthened trust and positioned us competitively without losing the personality of working with Nextshoot.”
What I do
I research.I design.I build.
01From BHD 250 02From BHD 400 Websites
Turn attention into enquiries.
Scope of work
- Website strategy
- UX & UI design
- Design & build, end to end
- Responsive implementation
- Launch support
03From BHD 100 Marketing & advertising
Be the one they think of, and the one they call.
Scope of work
- Campaign strategy & art direction
- Advertising creative — film, motion, still
- Social brand system & content direction
- Paid campaign creative
- Channel management
What changes for your business.
The promise
People remember who you are.
One identity, used the same way everywhere you appear — so someone who runs into you twice knows it is you both times. Recognition is the cheapest advantage a small business can buy, and most are still paying full price for the lack of it.
Your website starts doing the selling.
It stops being a brochure you send people to and starts answering the things that were quietly stopping them. Fewer reasons to leave means more of the people who arrive actually get in touch.
The enquiries get better, not just more.
Saying clearly what you do filters as much as it attracts. The people who write to you already understand the work and what it is worth, so the conversation starts further along.
What I actually believe about this.
Point of view
Branding
Most businesses look worse than they are.
The gap between how good a business actually is and how good it looks is the cheapest gap in business to close — and the one that costs the most while it stays open.
Websites
A website’s job is to remove doubt.
Nobody reads a homepage. They scan it for reasons to leave. Design is mostly the work of removing those reasons one at a time.
Social
Social media is the brand, not an advert for it.
For most small businesses the feed is the only place a customer ever sees them. Post by post it is either building something recognisable or quietly spending it.
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