Portrait of Joey Tadiar

Creative Director
& Brand Designer

A digital storyteller who believes that well-produced content should leave a lasting impression. I create at the intersection of art and technology, bringing brands to life through thoughtful design and meaningful experiences that resonate.

10

years building brands

40+

brand projects

220M+

content impressions

WMG Bose Warner Records Kaluki Morph Kapsule Polydor Degen Distillery Universal Sony Music

What I do.

An in-depth overview of my services and delivery methods.

Creative Direction

I set the idea and hold it steady while everyone builds around it. In-house team, freelancers, an agency on the other side of the world. I brief it, then I trust people to make it theirs. I stay hands on from concept to final delivery.

Brand Design

Identity, type, colour, motion, all of it built as a system rather than a nice logo and a hope. If it only works in the deck, it doesn't work.

AI Workflows

I build production pipelines with generative tools so a team of two can output like a team of ten. Same character, same look, hundreds of variations, no drift.

Content Creation

My bread and butter. I was there at the boom of social media and I have made every format since, from memes to talking heads with scroll stopping hooks. I know what lands on social.

Process.

How the work actually gets made.

Research

Before anything gets made I want to know what the thing actually is. Who's it for? How do they talk? What do they scroll past? Most work fails here rather than at the design stage.

  • Brand audit
  • Audience and culture
  • Competitive landscape
  • Positioning
  • Creative territory

Storytelling

Then the story. One idea, said clearly, before a single frame gets designed. I write it and board it out so the shape is visible early, while it is still cheap to change.

  • Concept
  • Narrative
  • Script
  • Storyboard
  • Tone of voice

Creation

Then I make it. Identity, motion, film, social, built as a system rather than a set of one offs. I stay hands on through production, because the last ten percent is where it either lands or does not.

  • Identity systems
  • Motion and 3D
  • Video and edit
  • Social content
  • AI production

Tools.

The platforms and software I use every day to help me get the job done.

AI

  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Higgsfield
  • ElevenLabs
  • HeyGen
  • Cursor

Design

  • Figma
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • Procreate

Video

  • Premiere Pro
  • After Effects
  • Ableton
  • CapCut
  • Instagram Edits

Fun Facts.

  • Performed as the Crown Prince in The King and I at the London Palladium from 2000-2002
  • Wrote and published a children's book 'Remo's Mission to the Moon' in 2024
  • Still hold my base set of the original 151 pokemon cards from 1999
  • I'm still learning to swim

Design system · joeytadiar.com

Colour

Colour.

Palette balanced 60 · 20 · 15 · 5 · background, container, text, accent.

60%

Background

#F4F5F8

20%

Container

#FFFFFF

15%

Text

#182131

5%

Accent

#FF383A

Secondary #5B6472
Rule #DDE1E8
Dark #10161F

Typography.

Satoshi for display and body. JetBrains Mono for labels and metadata.

Display

Satoshi Medium · 500

clamp 48–96

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Body

Satoshi Regular · 400

18px

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

0123456789

Labels

JetBrains Mono · 500

13px · 0.08em

THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG

Components.

Core UI patterns, tool pills, corner radii and the spacing scale.

Buttons & status

Get in touch See my work About me OPEN TO CREATIVE DIRECTOR ROLES

Radius & spacing

16
24
pill
4
8
16
24
32
48

Pills · default

  • Claude
  • Figma
  • Premiere Pro
  • Cursor
  • ChatGPT

Pills · hover

  • Claude
  • Figma
  • Premiere Pro
  • Cursor
  • ChatGPT