When Growth Demands Clarity: Inside myTapp’s Brand Evolution

Goal

Clarify long-term positioning and build a scalable brand and communication system to support growth.

Our role

Led brand strategy, voice & tone development, visual identity design, and website structure.

Outcome

A cohesive brand system, strategic communication framework, and scalable website foundation aligned with product growth and market positioning.

Year

2026

Since 2015, myTapp has been redefining self-service experiences in Food & Beverage industry by combining intelligent design, operational efficiency, and real-time insights. As the company evolved, the leadership team recognized the need for greater clarity in positioning, communication, and long-term vision.

Growth exposed critical gaps: an inconsistent visual system, informal messaging, and unclear audience focus. As myTapp shifted from a B2C mindset to a B2B communication model, redefining tone, terminology, and value propositions became essential to align the brand with decision-makers and strategic partners.

This was not a cosmetic rebrand. It was a strategic restructuring of how myTapp understands itself, and how it shows up in the world.

Building Strategic Clarity

From the beginning, we aligned on three core objectives:

  • Clarify long-term vision and market positioning

  • Define a cohesive communication system (internally and externally)

  • Build a scalable design infrastructure to support growth

Through collaborative workshops and leadership alignment sessions, we established a shared strategic foundation that would guide product, marketing, and decision-making moving forward.

Understanding Users Beyond Demographics

Rather than relying on generic profiles, we facilitated structured persona workshops to map behavioral patterns, motivations, decision triggers, and emotional drivers. The process revealed three strategic market segments: resorts & water parks, bar and breweries entrepreneurs, and major events & festivals.

We developed actionable personas representing each segment and its pain points, from hospitality operations leaders focused on efficiency and premium guest experience, to bar entrepreneurs seeking operational control and differentiation, to large-scale event producers prioritizing flow, scalability, and sponsor value.

These profiles marked a clear shift from previous B2C-oriented communication aimed at beer enthusiasts toward decision-makers responsible for operations, revenue performance, and visitor experience.

By repositioning the brand to speak directly to institutional buyers and high-volume operators, myTapp expanded its strategic reach beyond independent bars and end consumers. This shift unlocked new high-volume opportunities and increased the potential for recurring revenue by more than 60%, aligning communication with the stakeholders who drive long-term contracts and scalable growth.

They directly informed our next steps on the project:

  • feature prioritization

  • messaging hierarchy

  • website structure

  • content tone

Defining the Jobs to Be Done

To shift the narrative from features to outcomes, we worked with myTapp to define clear Jobs To Be Done for each persona:

What real progress are users trying to make?

By articulating functional, emotional, and social jobs, we clarified:

  • why customers choose myTapp

  • which anxieties must be reduced

  • which outcomes should be highlighted

This reframed the product narrative from technical to outcome-driven, a key shift in positioning. For example, moving from equipment specifications to business impact: eliminating queues and protecting guest experience during peak demand, reducing labor dependency while maintaining service quality, and delivering real-time consumption data that strengthens operational decisions and sponsor reporting.

Brand Archetypes, Voice & Tone

To bring clarity and consistency to how myTapp presents itself, we defined a personality framework rooted in three complementary archetypes: the Creator (innovation and differentiation), the Hero (operational performance), and the Sage (clarity through data). This combination reflected the company’s real value — transforming service experiences through technology while enabling operators to perform better and make confident decisions.

Rather than remaining a conceptual exercise, this framework was translated into a practical communication system.We replaced informal, consumer-oriented language with terminology aligned to the three personas, emphasized measurable outcomes over technical features, and structured messaging to balance inspiration with operational credibility.

The resulting voice [mature, clear, and innovative] allows myTapp to speak consistently across product UI, sales materials, and institutional communication, expressing authority without rigidity and efficiency without losing approachability, totally aligned with their clients.

Visual Identity: Designed for Scale

With strategic clarity established, we translated the brand into a visual system built for scalability. Highlights included:

  • modular logo system

  • simple yet powerful color architecture

  • digital-first typography

  • iconography aligned with product language

  • component-driven visual guidelines

Rather than delivering a static brand book, we established a design system mindset, witch goes beyond technical aspects to encompass both internal procedures and tools as well as assets libraries. This approach makes our contribution more culturally and tactically significant.

The identity was built to function seamlessly across the website, product UI, landing pages, commercial decks, and marketing campaigns.

Website: Translating Strategy into Conversion

With positioning clarified and identity defined, we moved into the website phase with a clear objective: transform a previously consumer-oriented digital presence into a structured B2B platform capable of communicating strategic value, building institutional trust, and supporting long-term contracts.

We restructured the narrative flow to address operational pain points upfront, clarify differentiated value, and reduce friction in the decision process. Credibility signals, real-world applications, and outcome-driven messaging were prioritized to guide visitors from understanding to action. Go to the website, click here.

myTapp's website hero mockup

UX & Design System Integration

Rather than designing isolated pages, we developed a modular system aligned with the brand voice and conversion goals:

  • a scalable component library

  • clear hierarchy rules

  • conversion-focused landing structures

  • reusable sections aligned with brand voice

This approach enables faster execution and long-term consistency, allowing new pages to be deployed in days or even hours instead of weeks.

Internal Alignment & Vision Clarity

One of the most meaningful outcomes of the project was not visual, but strategic. Through workshops and structured decision frameworks, the myTapp team gained clarity around their long-term vision and a shared understanding of positioning, reducing internal friction and accelerating decisions. Communication between leadership, marketing, and product became more aligned, while clear guidelines strengthened confidence in design choices and creative execution. With a shared language and direction, the team now communicates and delivers with greater consistency, speed, and confidence.

The Impact

The transformation moved myTapp from fragmented messaging to clear market positioning, from a feature-based narrative to outcome-driven communication, and from reactive decisions to structured strategic alignment.

Today, myTapp operates with:

  • a clearly defined B2B positioning

  • aligned leadership and communication principles

  • a deep understanding of high-value market segments

  • a modular, conversion-oriented website

  • a brand and design system built to scale with growth

Final Thoughts

This project reflects how we approach branding at our studio: clarity before creativity, positioning before visuals, and systems over isolated deliverables.

Strong brands are not built through aesthetics alone. They emerge from strategic alignment, structured thinking, and the confidence that comes from knowing exactly who you are speaking to (and why).

And that foundation is what now supports myTapp’s next stage of growth.

® Estúdio KA'A 2026.

From Brazil, working worldwide.

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® Estúdio KA'A 2026.

From Brazil, working worldwide.

English

® Estúdio KA'A 2026.

From Brazil, working worldwide.

English