Brand identity designer · Norway
I am Jakaria Mahmud, a brand identity designer and logo designer working with founders and teams in Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger and Trondheim. I build brands with a business mindset: positioning first, then calm, functional identity systems that work in Norwegian and English and last for years.
- 80+ clients
- 5.0 on Google
- Your morning, my afternoon
The Norway market
What Norwegian buyers expect.
Norwegian buyers value honesty, modesty and function. A brand that shouts or overclaims feels out of place, while one that is clear, useful and well made earns trust quickly.
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Function first
Scandinavian design is calm and useful. Every element of the identity has a job to do.
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Honest claims
Sustainability and climate claims are checked closely in Norway, so the brand only says what you can prove.
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Norwegian and English
Names, taglines and type that work in both languages, including the letters æ, ø and å.
What you get
A brand system for Norway, not just a logo.
Every project starts with positioning and ends with a system your team can use for years without guessing.
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Positioning and messaging
A clear message for Norwegian and international buyers, written in plain English and ready to translate.
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Logo and brand marks
A simple, durable wordmark and symbol that work at every size.
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Identity system
Colour, typography and layout rules with Scandinavian restraint and a clear personality.
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Investor and partner decks
Decks and reports for investors, partners and export buyers in the new identity.
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Website direction
Landing pages in Norwegian and English with clean structure and fast load times.
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Brand guidelines
A guide covering type, colour, language versions and sustainability claims.
Start with a free brand audit.
Book a free 30 minute auditIndustries in Norway
Who I brand in Norway, with a guide for each.
The sectors where a stronger brand changes who says yes. Each links to a full guide on the journal.
- Energy
Energy and cleantech
Brands for renewables, EV and ocean energy companies that make technical value clear.
Clean energy branding guide - Maritime
Shipping and logistics
Identities for maritime, shipping and logistics firms that need to look reliable across borders.
Logistics branding guide - Fintech
Fintech and SaaS
Trust first identities for Oslo startups handling money and data.
Fintech branding guide - Export
Seafood and export brands
Brands and packaging direction that carry Norwegian quality into international markets.
What a brand package includes
How we work together
Four steps, one person accountable.
STEP 01
Audit call
A call in your morning and a teardown of your brand in Norwegian and English.
STEP 02
Positioning brief
Messaging agreed in writing and checked for how it reads in both languages.
STEP 03
Identity design
Type, colour and marks designed together and shown on real applications.
STEP 04
Rollout
Guidelines, Figma files and assets for each language, handed over with a walkthrough.
Pricing
Fixed scope, fixed price.
- $799Launch · one time
Logo and brand starter kit, plus one landing page designed and built.
- $1,999Partner · per month
Full brand identity and guidelines, website UX and UI, product design and development.
- $3,999Growth · per month
Everything in Partner plus sales systems, lead generation and paid growth.
See the full plans · Priced in US dollars, with a written brief before anything starts.
What clients say
Google review
Really impressed with Jakaria’s work. He has a great eye for design, communicates well, and pays close attention to detail. The final result was clean, professional, and exactly what I was looking for.
Case studies
Brand identity work, in detail.
Real projects with the brief, the thinking and the final system. See all of them on the work page.
From the journal
Branding notes, written down.
The full brand identity design process, week by week: timeline, deliverables and what you need to do
A full brand identity project, week by week: what happens, what you receive and what you need to provide, from the brief to brand guidelines, files and launch.
Read the article
Brand audit checklist: 30 questions to review your brand and find what is costing you sales
A brand audit shows what your brand really looks like to customers. Use these 30 questions across positioning, identity, website, reputation and consistency to find what to fix first.
Read the article
How to build a strong brand: the 7 traits strong brands share and how they turn into sales
A strong brand is clear, distinctive, consistent and trusted. Here are the seven traits strong brands share, how each one helps you sell, and a simple plan to build yours.
Read the article
Other markets
Brand identity design around the world.
Yes. Oslo mornings overlap with my afternoon in Dhaka, so feedback turns around the same day. Work runs on a shared Figma file with written weekly updates and calls when they help.
Yes. Names, taglines and the type system are checked in both languages, including æ, ø and å. Final Norwegian copy comes from your team or a professional translator.
Pricing is fixed in US dollars. The Launch plan is $799 one time for a logo, brand starter kit and one landing page. A full identity with guidelines and website is part of the Partner plan at $1,999 per month.
Yes. Energy, cleantech and logistics brands are designed to make technical value clear, and every environmental claim is approved by your team before launch.
A starter kit takes about a week. A full identity with guidelines and website usually runs three to five weeks.
You do. All files and rights transfer to you, with guidelines for each language version.
Keep exploring
More ways to build a brand that sells
Branding services
Recent work
30 brand identity case studies, from fintech to construction.
From the journal
- BrandingThe full brand identity design process, week by week: timeline, deliverables and what you need to do
- Logo designThe future of logo design: 8 shifts shaping logos from 2027 to 2030, and how to prepare your brand
- Logo designLogo file formats explained: which logo files you need and when to use each one
Next step
Start with a free brand audit.
Thirty minutes at a time that suits Norway, on what your brand says today, what it should say, and the order I would fix it in. You keep the plan whether you hire me or not.