Brand strategist and creative director for technology companies.

I work at inflection points — new markets, renames, repositionings — when the brand has to catch up with the business.

Marta Hajłasz

Co-founder North Star

Trusted at the inflection point

approach

The strongest brands are built on two things: what is true about the company, and what is relevant in the culture around it

The strongest brands are built on two things: what is true about the company, and what is relevant in the culture around it

The strongest brands are built on two things: what is true about the company, and what is relevant in the culture around it

One without the other falls short — truth without relevance goes unnoticed, relevance without truth doesn't hold.

That's why every strategy starts with diagnosis: how the company actually operates, and where the market, the category, and culture are heading.

Everything the brand later says and does is measured against those two questions.

SERVICES

How we can work together

How we can work together

How we can work together

Strategy

The full arc: diagnosis, positioning, and implementation across brand identity, website, and product. Scope and team tailored to the engagement.

Strategy

The full arc: diagnosis, positioning, and implementation across brand identity, website, and product. Scope and team tailored to the engagement.

Strategy

The full arc: diagnosis, positioning, and implementation across brand identity, website, and product. Scope and team tailored to the engagement.

Creative Direction

Leading the visual and verbal execution — identity, website, product — so what ships matches what was decided

Creative Direction

Leading the visual and verbal execution — identity, website, product — so what ships matches what was decided

Creative Direction

Leading the visual and verbal execution — identity, website, product — so what ships matches what was decided

Advisory

Regular working sessions with founders and leadership teams — so brand, offer, and communications decisions get made with strategy in the room. When a decision needs the whole team, the session becomes a workshop.

Advisory

Regular working sessions with founders and leadership teams — so brand, offer, and communications decisions get made with strategy in the room. When a decision needs the whole team, the session becomes a workshop.

Advisory

Regular working sessions with founders and leadership teams — so brand, offer, and communications decisions get made with strategy in the room. When a decision needs the whole team, the session becomes a workshop.

Mentoring

One-on-one work with founders on positioning and brand strategy. For those who want to build the muscle, not outsource it.

Mentoring

One-on-one work with founders on positioning and brand strategy. For those who want to build the muscle, not outsource it.

Mentoring

One-on-one work with founders on positioning and brand strategy. For those who want to build the muscle, not outsource it.

About

The work, in practice

Scaling brands into the US, South America, Asia, and the Middle East. Renaming companies. Bringing order to portfolios of products, services, and sub-brands. Repositioning around a new core market. Rebuilding identities that had gone generic — and working on the digital products themselves, not just the brands around them.

newsletter

Brand strategy,
in writing

Brand strategy,
in writing

Brand strategy,
in writing

Essays on positioning and brand strategy in technology companies. Sign up and the first issue will find you.

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Tell me what you're working on

A short email is enough. If I can help, I'll tell you how — and if I can't, I'll tell you who can.

Tell me what you're working on

A short email is enough. If I can help, I'll tell you how — and if I can't, I'll tell you who can.

Let’s talk

For projects, advisory, mentoring, or anything else — email me, or find me on LinkedIn.

Marta Hajłasz

Co-founder North Star

Let’s talk

For projects, advisory, mentoring, or anything else — email me, or find me on LinkedIn.

Marta Hajłasz

Co-founder North Star

Let’s talk

For projects, advisory, mentoring, or anything else — email me, or find me on LinkedIn.

Marta Hajłasz

Co-founder North Star