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

Ranking
#13 Ranked Design Director
Recommendations
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Currently No Recommendations
Availability
Looking for work
Achievements
studiopro:Sophie was verified as a studiopro on 24th February 2022
Top 25 Design Director Project featured:NOTHS Product Shoot + Lookbook
on 27th June 2016
Project featured:Smile for London: Identity
on 7th October 2020
Contract
Freelance, Temp-Perm, Part time, Remote
Location
London, United Kingdom
Skill Level
Senior, Director
Languages
English
Creativepool member since 20 June 2016