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BEANZ

Social - 2026

Beanz is a modern coffee platform connecting people with their favourite cafés through a simple digital experience. I had the opportunity to work on the redevelopment of its social media presence and digital brand image, with a clear focus on making the brand feel more relevant to Gen Z and modern coffee culture. The objective was to move towards a cleaner, more premium, energetic visual language while communicating the convenience of discovering, ordering, and enjoying coffee through the Beanz app. AI also became an important creative tool for developing engaging visual stories around the app experience, coffee culture, and fast delivery.

CHALLENGE

The challenge was to make Beanz feel more modern, distinctive, and socially relevant in a highly competitive coffee and lifestyle category. The brand needed to communicate technology and convenience without losing the emotional appeal of coffee culture. The social content had to speak naturally to a younger audience while remaining premium and visually consistent. Another key challenge was simplifying the app experience—showing how users can quickly find their favourite café, place an order, and get their coffee delivered through engaging visual storytelling rather than relying on conventional product communication.

RESEARCH

I explored Gen Z visual culture, contemporary coffee branding, social media design trends, digital-first brands, lifestyle photography, 3D visual language, motion design, and AI-generated content. I studied how modern brands use minimal layouts, bold typography, expressive imagery, clean compositions, and short-form storytelling to capture attention on social platforms. I also looked at the behaviour of digital-first coffee consumers and how convenience, discovery, personalisation, and speed can be transformed into simple social media narratives.

CONCEPT

I led the creative and social visual direction for Beanz, developing a cleaner, contemporary identity designed to connect with a younger audience. My role covered Creative Direction, Social Art Direction, Visual Concept Development, Campaign Design, AI Art Direction, AI Visual Creation, 3D-Style Development, Storytelling, Content Ideation, and Final Execution. I used AI to transform features such as café discovery, app ordering, quick pickup, and delivery into engaging social-first stories. The creative approach positioned Beanz as a modern digital coffee ecosystem, combining technology, convenience, café culture, and contemporary visual storytelling.

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