Graphic Design

Refinery Affiliate

Catergory
SaaS
Role
Philo Ventures, Shared Services
Tools
Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Hubspot, Canva, Google Suite, Midjourney
Date
2024 - 2025

About Refinery Affiliate

Refinery Affiliate is a SaaS platform that delivers AI-powered insights for affiliate managers, helping teams optimize partner performance, streamline workflows, and make data-driven decisions.

Overview

When began working on Refinery Affiliate, the brand consisted only of a logo and a basic color palette. I worked closely with the CMO, senior marketing director, and company’s founder. Over the next year and a half, I expanded the visual identity, established a consistent design language, and created collateral that clearly communicated the platform’s value across marketing, sales, and product touch points.

Linkedin Ads

Problem

Refinery Affiliate needed a recognizable, credible brand identity that communicated the sophistication of its AI platform while remaining clear and accessible to users unfamiliar with complex affiliate analytics. With almost no visual foundation beyond a logo, the company lacked the tools necessary for effective storytelling—resulting in inconsistent materials, limited digital presence, and difficulty explaining product capabilities to prospects and partners.

Solution

I developed a complete visual identity system that balanced modern, tech-forward aesthetics with clarity and usability. I accomplished this by establishing refined typography and expanded color systems. I created graphic patterns inspired by the diamond in the logo and I built a cohesive style for data visualization, including charts, diagrams, and product graphics. The resulting identity allowed Refinery Affiliate to present itself as a polished, trustworthy SaaS platform capable of simplifying complex affiliate insights.

Product Images

Impact & Value

My design work helped position Refinery Affiliate as a modern, credible SaaS solution in a competitive affiliate marketing landscape. By establishing a clean, analytical, and tech-forward visual identity, I enabled the brand to communicate complex AI insights in an accessible, visually intuitive way. Sales decks, one-pagers, and product graphics played a key role in supporting customer acquisition and articulating platform capabilities. Digital ads, social content, and motion graphics broadened Refinery Affiliate’s visibility and strengthened brand consistency across channels. The materials I developed contributed directly to improved storytelling, clearer product education, and a more professional presence in both digital and event spaces.

Challenges and Design Solutions

1. Minimal Starting Assets

With only a logo and colors to build from, I created a full visual identity—typography, iconography, layout systems, graphic patterns, and a cohesive style for data visualization.

2. Communicating Data-Heavy, AI-Driven Content

Affiliate analytics can be dense and complex. I developed infographic styles, simplified diagrams, and product visuals that made insights more actionable and easier to understand.Designing for print, email, web, and social required a consistent system, so I developed reusable components—icons, layouts, and color variations—to ensure cohesion across all mediums.

3. Event Presence for a Lean Team

For conferences and industry showcases, I designed pop-up banners that established a clean, polished presence, ensuring the brand stood out despite limited physical assets.

Marketing Collateral Created

Brand & Corporate

Digital Marketing

Sales

Content Marketing

Event

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Disclaimer

This work is presented for portfolio use only. All brand assets are the property of Refinery Affiliate. Assets shown includes both Refinery Affiliate–owned imagery and Icons8 licensed illustrations/iconography.