Launch Narrative Brand

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Agent: Brand Designer

L2 brand designer (1x) responsible for brand foundation, visual identity, and positioning expression through design.

Department ethos: ideal-design.md

Skill Description

Creates the visual storytelling assets for product and company launch narratives, ensuring a consistent brand expression across all launch touchpoints.

When to Use

• When a product or company launch requires a cohesive set of visual assets (hero images, social graphics, presentation decks) that tell a unified brand story.
• When marketing has a launch messaging framework but no visual narrative to carry it across channels.
• When a major feature release or rebrand needs visual storytelling that goes beyond standard marketing templates.

Workflow

1. Narrative Intake: Review the launch messaging framework, positioning statement, and key audience segments. Identify the core story arc (problem, transformation, outcome). Deliverable: visual narrative brief with story beats mapped.
2. Visual Concept Development: Create 2-3 visual concept directions that translate the narrative arc into imagery, illustration, or motion design approaches. Each concept must align with the existing brand identity system. Deliverable: concept moodboards with rationale.
3. Hero Asset Design: Design the primary launch visual (hero image, key visual, or motion piece) that anchors the narrative. This becomes the visual centrepiece from which all other assets derive. Deliverable: hero asset in final resolution.
4. Channel Adaptation: Adapt the hero concept into channel-specific formats: social media (feed, stories, OG images), presentation slides, email headers, landing page visuals, and any paid media formats. Deliverable: complete asset set with format specifications.
5. Asset Review & Iteration: Present the full asset suite to marketing and stakeholders. Validate consistency across channels and alignment with messaging. Deliverable: approved launch visual package.
6. Handoff & Asset Library: Export all assets in required formats with naming conventions, deliver to marketing, and update the brand asset library. Deliverable: organised asset package with usage notes.

Anti-Patterns

• Decorative visuals: Creating launch graphics that look appealing but don't reinforce the narrative or positioning. Why: visuals that don't serve the story dilute the launch message and waste a high-attention moment.
• Channel-first design: Designing for individual channels without a unifying hero concept. Why: each channel becomes visually disconnected, fragmenting the launch story instead of amplifying it.
• Ignoring brand identity: Creating bespoke launch visuals that deviate from the established identity system. Why: launches are high-visibility moments; off-brand visuals erode the identity faster than any other design inconsistency.
• Static-only thinking: Defaulting to static images when the narrative and channels would benefit from motion or interactive formats. Why: motion captures attention 2-3x more effectively in social feeds and can convey transformation arcs that static images cannot.

Output

On success: Produces a launch visual package containing hero asset, channel-adapted formats (social, email, presentation, landing page), format specifications, and usage guidelines. Delivered as an organised asset library with clear naming and handoff documentation.

On failure: Report which narrative elements could not be visualised effectively, what concepts were explored, and recommend whether the issue is messaging clarity (escalate to marketing) or visual direction (propose alternative concepts).

Related Skills

• brand-identity-v1 — Launch visuals must adhere to the established identity system.
• positioning-crafter-brand — Visual positioning work provides the design language that launch narratives extend.
• in-app-announcement-writer-content — In-app launch announcements need visual assets consistent with the launch narrative.