About me
I'm S I Rautenbach, a design director who crafts visual identities with intent. With over a decade of experience, I've worked across sectors and scales, from B-Corps to global brands. I bring systems-thinking and sharp intuition to every brief, combining design leadership with strategic rigour. My work is grounded, flexible, and future-aware, drawing on both traditional craft and generative tools to help brands show up with coherence and clarity.
Skills
adobe cc, Advertising, After Effects, Art Direction, B2B, Brain storming, Brand / Logo Design, Brand Management, Branding, Campaign Planning, Creative Direction, Digital Art, Email Design, Experiential Marketing, Film, Graphic Design, Illustration, indesign cc, Rendering, Typography, Visual Layout, Visualising, Web Design
Sector Experience
Accounting & Finance, Advertising, Animation, Architecture, Arts, Audio / Visual, Books & Periodicals, Branding, Charity / Not for profit, Computing (Hardware), Consulting Services, Creative Services, Design, E-Commerce, Film (Short / Documentary), Galleries & Studios, Internet, Music, New Media, PR, Public Sector, Retail, UI / UX
Clients
Abel Partnership, American Express, Anatomicals, AOL, AOL Huffington Post Media Group, ASOS plc, blanche pictures, Breton, British Airways, Bunch Design, Cancer Research UK, Candid Arts Trust, Capital One, Clarks, Deageo, Echo Architecture, Eco Warriors Solar, Emerald Faerie, Foyles, Heineken, HMX Media, Input Media, Ivanov + Chan, Kasms, Lenovo, Macmillan Education, Maverick Media, MEC, Meme Partnership, MyDaily, Natoora, Nomas Creative, not on the high street .com, ODL Markets, One Financial Markets, Panasonic, Run Productions, Shift! Magazine, Škoda, Smile for London, Sony, Strange Torpedo records, Studio Weave, UK Government, Virgin Media
#13 Ranked Design Directoron 27th June 2016 Project featured:Smile for London: Identity
on 7th October 2020