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MyCujoo rebrand

Co-leading MyCujoo's rebrand and rolling out the new identity across every touchpoint, as the company's sole in-house designer.

Role
Sole in-house designer
Timeframe
2018–2019
Company
MyCujoo · football streaming
Scope
Rebrand process + full rollout
MyCujoo rebrand — the new mark on stickers
The rebranded MyCujoo mark.
Overview

The only designer, and the brand's steward

MyCujoo was a football streaming platform, later acquired by Eleven Sports. As the only graphic designer in the company, I was responsible for the brand system and guidelines across everything we produced, from marketing to internal materials.

That gave me end-to-end ownership of how the brand looked and held together, day to day.

Challenge

Land a rebrand, then make it stick everywhere

The company was rebranding. The new identity had to be defined together with marketing and an external agency, then applied consistently across every surface, by a one-person in-house design function.

A rebrand only pays off if it lands everywhere, not just on the logo.

My role

Co-leading the process, owning the rollout

The creative direction of the rebrand was led with an external agency. My role sat in two places that mattered.

The new identity

A sharper mark, applied with discipline

The rebrand set a bolder logo and visual language. I translated it into a working system the whole company could use without breaking consistency.

MyCujoo logo before and after the rebrand
The logo, before and after the rebrand.
The MyCujoo mark
The mark
Branded kit and tote bag
Kit & tote
Branded mug
Everyday items
Applications

Rolled out across every touchpoint

Once the direction was set, I rebuilt the brand's day-to-day materials on the new identity, so everything the company shipped spoke with one voice, across social channels, matchday graphics, print, and events.

MyCujoo matchday post on Instagram
Instagram · matchday post
MyCujoo Instagram profile
Instagram · profile
MyCujoo channel on YouTube
The YouTube channel.
Matchday graphic
Matchday
Fixtures graphic
Fixtures
Matchday graphic
Matchday
MyCujoo flyer
Flyers
MyCujoo flyer
Flyers
MyCujoo business cards
Business cards and stationery.
MyCujoo Live football 24/7 campaign banner
Brand campaign · Live football 24/7.
MyCujoo Offside event branding
Event branding · MyCujoo Offside, Lisbon 2019.
MyCujoo Offside roll-up banner
Event banner
MyCujoo at the event
On the ground
Branded football kits
Branded football kits.
Reflection

What I took from it

Being the sole steward of a brand taught me that identity lives or dies in the application. A rebrand is only as strong as the discipline behind every template, post, and document that carries it. That mindset, systems over one-off assets, is the same one I bring to design systems today.

The same steward's eye runs through my brand work since, up to growing a full identity system for FanTeam from a bare logo.