ABOUT BRANDHOUND
Good work starts with
understanding what matters.
Every organisation has something worth saying. Brandhound helps you find it, put it into words and bring it to life through thoughtful design.
OUR APPROACH
Listen carefully. Think clearly. Make it work.
01/ Understand
Ask the useful
questions.
We listen to you, explore your audience and look at what is working—and what needs attention. Sometimes that means a workshop. Sometimes a good conversation
is enough.
02 / Find direction
Agree what matters most.
We bring the key ideas into focus, shaping a clear message and a practical brief. You understand the thinking behind the direction before we develop the design.
03 / Bring it to life
Make it useful
We turn that direction into an identity, campaign or publication, refining it with you and preparing it for the places it needs to work.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
Find what matters.
Make it clear.
Clarity helps people understand you, believe in you and take the next step.
We start with what makes your organisation valuable: the people you help, the difference you make and the reasons someone should choose you.
Then we turn that understanding into clear messages and design with a purpose. Work that feels true to you, connects with your audience and earns its place in the world.
Curious by nature. Straight forward by choice
Experienced thinking.
A personal connection.
Brandhound is an independent brand and design consultancy led by Keith Swift, with 35 years’ experience across education, health, agriculture, commercial organisations and the
public sector.
Ten years at Reaseheath College brought first-hand experience of the demands on an in-house marketing team—from shaping a higher education brand to delivering prospectuses and student recruitment campaigns.
That experience shapes how we work today: listening carefully, making sense of complex subjects and helping people agree on a useful direction.
You work directly with Keith, from the first conversation through to the finished work
Our thinking on AI
Every project starts with understanding your organisation, your audience and what you want to achieve. We embrace AI where it helps us develop ideas, test different directions and work more effectively. We bring experience, curiosity and judgement to the process—asking useful questions, assessing what works and shaping a clear direction with you. We’re open about how we use AI and how AI helps us explore possibilities. Our job is to turn them into clear, effective communication that serves your organisation.