Tineyi / Strategic Design + Creative Direction

Making Complex Things Clear.

Brand systems, campaigns and digital experiences built from the idea out.

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The Work Starts
Before the Layout.

Strategy, creative direction and
systems built to move.

Selected work 01/15
Specialist Healthcare / Digital Experience

Making Specialist Care Easier to Understand.

Strategy, website and visual system shaped around trust, prevention and patient understanding — turning complex heart care into a clearer digital experience.

Sandton Heart Inc · Tineyi
See the Live Site
Sandton Heart Inc — homepage, Above All Guard Your Heart
Sandton Heart Inc — Find the Care or Guidance You Need Sandton Heart Inc — Patient Education guides
Sandton Heart Inc — One Practice, Multiple Locations Sandton Heart Inc — Services page hero
Sandton Heart Inc — mobile view, cardiologist portrait
Gold Reef City / Retained Social & Digital

Turning a Destination Into Something You Could Feel.

The pitch-winning Come Play platform let people feel Gold Reef City before they arrived, then became almost two years of daily content across park, hotel, casino and dining.

Creative Director · One Over One
Gold Reef City Come Play campaign world Gold Reef City casino — Dream Chaser
Gold Reef City dining — 4 x Yummy Meals Gold Reef City weekend stay — Can't Wait Gold Reef City seasonal — Planning the Year-End Gold Reef City Mine Tour social campaign
Identity / Positioning / Brand Systems

Building Brands People Can Actually Use.

Identity systems designed to move beyond the logo — giving businesses a clear visual language they can apply consistently across physical and digital touchpoints.

Strategy, Identity & Design · Tineyi
Salute Salon — logo system, horizontal and stacked versions
Salute Salon — pattern system Salute Salon — colour system
Salute Salon — A Fresh Start Feels Good, campaign poster
Nic & Nic — brand system, packaging application
Nic & Nic — brand guidelines, colours Nic & Nic — brand guidelines, typography
Digital Learning / WhatsApp Experiences

One Language for a Learning Ecosystem.

Visual direction across learning bots, characters, illustration, modules and partner materials — bringing separate experiences into one coherent system.

Digify Africa
Digify Africa — When we grow together, our roots stay strong Digify Africa — Your mind is your garden Digify × Kitso — Building sustainable AI habits systematically can go a long way
Digify Africa — Care creates culture Digify Africa — Notice. Care. Connect.
Digify × Kitso — From Consumer to Leader Digify × Kitso — When the Lights Came On
Digify × Kitso — Your challenges, your AI solutions Digify × Kitso — It's a partnership, not a replacement. You're still in the lead
Digify × ZaziZandi — Knowing letters isn't the same as reading Digify × ZaziZandi — Right challenge equals maximum learning Digify × ZaziZandi — Accurate sounds create accurate readers for life Digify × ZaziZandi — Your journey to literacy success begins today
HiFi Corp / Incredible Connection / Everyshop

Building Coherence at Retail Speed.

Campaigns, ecommerce, in-store and partner work across consumer-tech retail, including vendor campaigns for Apple, Microsoft, Huawei, Garmin and Kindle.

In-house Creative Direction · JD Group / now Pepkor Lifestyle
Incredible Connection — 26 years of leading tech HiFi Corp — say hi and goodbye to your opponent Incredible Connection × Intel — partner mailer
Tech on Contract — Vodacom, Telkom, MTN Everyshop — Low'vember
Estée Lauder Companies / CRM & Ecommerce

One System, Many Luxury Voices.

CRM and ecommerce emails, designed and hand-coded for Estée Lauder, MAC, Bobbi Brown, Clinique and Jo Malone, each luxury voice intact inside one shared system.

Creative Direction, Design & Code · Dentsu Isobar
Estée Lauder — 20–30% off sitewide email MAC — Cult shades give full-face attitude email Bobbi Brown — Party of Five email Estée Lauder Re-Nutriv — Black Friday email Jo Malone London — Escape the everyday email
Selected Participatory Campaigns

Making People Part of the Idea.

Social mechanics, shopper experiences and digital platforms that gave audiences something to enter, explore, support or share across sport, FMCG, retail and social impact.

Including Pick n Pay and selected agency / in-house work
Pick n Pay — collect all 100 South African Super Animals
Castle Lager — Back the Boks PUMA — What Faas shoe should you wear? shoe finder
Rhino Fund — Rhinos in Crisis PUMA Social Club — All hands on deck, Volvo Ocean Race sweepstakes
Heineken Dropped / South Africa · 2013

Taking a Global Experiment Local.

Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam’s Dropped, adapted for South Africa: audiences followed contestants, voted on Twitter and shaped the journey. Heineken Global later showcased it as an example of local adaptation.

Creative Director, South African adaptation · M&C Saatchi Abel
Heineken Dropped South Africa — campaign landing experience Heineken Dropped South Africa — traveller passport and challenge system
Heineken Dropped South Africa — mobile contestant profile and Twitter challenge
Positioning / Launch / Bilingual Content

Giving a New Agency a Point of View.

Positioning, launch thinking and a bilingual content system built around cultural nuance, local context and market interpretation.

971 Digital · UAE
Visit 971 Digital
971 Digital — More Leads Start With a Better Message
971 Digital — Visibility Isn't Influence 971 Digital — Before You Spend More on Ads
971 Digital — Arabic campaign post, one target audience is not one community
971 Digital — Your Digital Presence May Be Costing You Trust 971 Digital — Arabic campaign post, consumers are not one pattern 971 Digital — Ideas Must Travel
Tembo / Strategic Presentations

Making Complex Propositions Easier to Believe.

Strategy, narrative and presentation systems for complex investment and technology propositions — turning technical, commercial and operational detail into clear executive stories.

Tembo Investment Group
Tembo × Standard Bank — Digitising the Last Mile of Access, cover Tembo × Standard Bank — Growth is local before it's global, quote slide
Tembo × SANBS — Donor Recognition Platform, product overview dashboard
Tembo × Standard Bank — The Opportunity Ahead Tembo × Standard Bank — Commercial Summary
Tembo × SANBS — Donor Recognition Platform, cover Tembo × SANBS — six-step user journey Tembo × SANBS — Controlled Digital Voucher Management
Financial Education

Turning Financial Education into a System.

A working learning deck transformed into a clear, repeatable visual system — bringing structure, hierarchy and brand consistency across every module.

For Nedbank · via Digify Africa
Nedbank — Finding Your Balance, learning deck cover
Nedbank — Your Financial Body, module overview Nedbank — What We'll Cover
Nedbank — Earning Money on Top of Money Nedbank — Building Your Emergency Fund Nedbank — Your Savings Have Three Jobs to Do
Capitec / Always-on Campaign Work

Making Banking Benefits Easy to Act On.

An always-on creative system translating consumer and business banking propositions into direct, human campaign work across switching, credit education, lending, rewards and everyday money decisions.

Fractional Creative Director · Capitec pod via One Over One
Capitec — your home loan but better Capitec Business — say thank you for business Capitec credit card — go ahead, you deserve it
Capitec and Shell — stand to win a BMW X3 Capitec — rates rising? Switch, it takes 5 minutes Capitec Live Better Academy — level up your credit score Capitec Business — run your business… well
MTN Home Fibre / Live Conversion Campaign

Making Fibre Feel Welcome.

A live conversion campaign built around the front door — turning price, flexibility, installation, router and delivery benefits into a warm, ownable welcome-mat system for MTN Home Fibre.

Creative Director / Campaign Concept · One Over One
MTN Home Fibre — Welcome to reliable fibre campaign lead
MTN Home Fibre — month-to-month payments MTN Home Fibre — free installation
MTN — What are we doing today?
MTN Home Fibre — free-to-use router MTN Home Fibre — free delivery
Satrix × Digify Africa / WhatsApp Learning Pathway

Making Investing Feel Possible.

A five-module WhatsApp course that turns inflation, ETFs, fees, tax-free savings and retirement products into 65 one-idea cards — carried by one character, Thandi, from the first question to a learner's own investment brief.

Learning Design / Illustration System · Digify Africa
Satrix Lesedi — Knowing isn't enough, doing changes everything Satrix Lesedi — the decision you make at 28 is the life you live at 58 Satrix Lesedi — buying one ETF is like buying a slice of 40 companies
Satrix Lesedi — protect yourself and you protect others Satrix Lesedi — more money means more options Satrix Lesedi — a little less anxious, a little more hopeful
Residential / Commercial / Industrial Solar

Making Energy Easier to Picture.

A daily content system translating solar products and propositions into clear, usable stories across homes, farms and businesses.

Creative Direction · One Over One
Livoltek — all-in-one product highlight Livoltek — energy icon visual
Livoltek — Reliable Industrial Power Livoltek — solar carport case study Livoltek — Partner With Us Livoltek — Farm With Solar Power
Supersonic / Home Internet

Making the Offer Impossible to Miss.

A modular campaign system turning dense product, pricing and benefit information into bold, immediately scannable communications across social and display.

Creative Direction · One Over One
Supersonic — unlimited 5G home internet offer Supersonic — reliable uncapped fibre responsive display
Supersonic — uncapped fibre carousel offer Supersonic — month-to-month payments Supersonic — free delivery Supersonic — free-to-use router Supersonic — free activation and installation
Weelee / Integrated Megastore Launch

Making a Move Feel Mega.

A phased launch platform built on “We’re Making Mega Moves.” The central idea went live across social, film, PR and retail; the out-of-home stayed concept work.

Creative Direction & Campaign Concept · One Over One
Weelee — oversized covered W travelling to the new Megastore
Weelee — Need to keep an eye on these guys, nosy-neighbour concept Weelee — These guys mean business, nosy-neighbour concept Weelee — sticker-led We’re Making Mega Moves teaser Weelee — 4 November Megastore Midstream launch announcement

Different industries. Same clear thinking.

  • Capitec
  • Gold Reef City
  • Montecasino
  • MTN
  • Supersonic
  • Samsung
  • Nedbank
  • Satrix
  • Pick n Pay
  • Takealot
  • Sanlam
  • Puma
  • Honda
  • Estée Lauder
  • M·A·C
  • Clinique
  • Bobbi Brown
  • Virgin Active
  • Heineken
  • Castle Lager
  • Edgars
  • JD Group
  • MWEB
  • Incredible Connection
  • HiFi Corp
  • Huawei
  • Garmin
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Kindle
  • Mercure Hotels
  • Jo Malone London
Capabilities

From the Idea
to the
Experience.

Strategy, creative direction and digital craft held together by one clear system.

01

Positioning & Brand Systems

Find the organising idea, then build the identity, language and rollout logic around it.

02

Campaigns & Content Systems

Turn the idea into campaigns, narratives and repeatable content that stay coherent in market.

03

Websites & Digital Experiences

Design and build websites and digital experiences where the interaction carries the same thinking as the brand.

About the practice

Senior
Thinking
Close to
the Work

Tineyi is an independent creative practice led by Nathan Tineyi Sigauke. Twenty years across agency, in-house and independent creative direction — now bringing strategy, design and digital execution closer together.

Based in Johannesburg.
Experience across Johannesburg, Cape Town and London.
UAE & GCC partnership through 971 Digital
Agency experience: TBWA · Ogilvy (Gloo Digital) · M&C Saatchi Abel · Dentsu Isobar · VML (Native) · One Over One

The Tineyi method

How Complex
Becomes Clear.

Find what matters. Give it structure.
Build trust through consistency.

  1. 01
    Signal

    Find the thing that matters beneath the brief: the real problem, opportunity or shift.

  2. 02
    Sense

    Give the signal structure: a clear proposition and a creative system that can carry it.

  3. 03
    Trust

    Build continuity across time, channels and teams so the idea becomes recognisable and compounds.

boldly simple
20+
Years of practiceStrategy / Design / Creative direction
03
PerspectivesAgency / In-house / Independent
01
Senior creative leadClose to every project
Get in touch

Bring the
Complex Thing.
Let's Make
It Clear.

Strategic projects · retained creative partnerships · fractional creative direction.

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