4/8/2025

Taking Delectus AI from a complex product demo to a brand enterprise buyers understand in 30 seconds.

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Brand system, landing page, dashboard UI

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Built for enterprise credibility

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Snapshot:
Delectus AI is an AI-powered recruitment platform built for staffing agencies, enterprise hiring teams, and in-house talent acquisition. The product was technically advanced. The brand was communicating features, "AI-driven ATS," "candidate matching," "workflow automation" to buyers who think in time-to-hire, compliance risk, and candidate quality. Enterprise procurement teams were landing on a product that felt complex when it needed to feel essential. The brand wasn't losing on capability. It was losing on first impression.
Client
Delectus AI · ENTERPRISE
Service
Design Sprint
Industry
B2B SAAS · AI
Year
2025
Services
Brand messaging framework
Visual identity system & art direction
Tone of voice & copy direction
Social media assets & web templates
The challenge:
Delectus AI had a product that genuinely worked. Customers were using it. Results existed. The problem was the brand was built for a technical audience that was already convinced, not for the enterprise buyer who needed to be convinced first. The homepage explained what the AI does. It didn't explain what the recruiter gets. The visual identity read like an early-stage startup, not a platform an enterprise procurement committee would approve. Every conversation started with a product demo because the brand couldn't carry the weight of the first impression on its own.

What we did:

01 — Repositioned around recruiter outcomes, not AI features


Before designing anything, we reframed the core message. Not "AI-powered ATS with candidate matching"  but "Hire smarter. Move faster. Lose fewer great candidates." Every visual and copy decision that followed was built on that foundation. The brand started speaking to what the buyer is evaluated on internally, not what the product does technically.

02 — Visual identity built for enterprise credibility


A complete visual identity system: logo and logo variations, color palette, typography, design elements, illustration direction, and photography style. The direction balanced precision and trust, the visual language of a platform that belongs in an enterprise stack, not a startup pitch deck. Everything defined before a single execution was designed.

03 — Landing page — desktop and mobile


Conversion-focused layout built in Figma. Hero section leading with the outcome, not the feature list. Social proof and trust signals positioned where procurement buyers look first. Mobile version designed in parallel  not adapted after the fact.

04 — Dashboard and core product screens


Key SaaS dashboard screens and core product pages designed to match the new brand direction. The product needed to look as advanced as it actually was. These screens gave sales teams assets that matched the credibility of the pitch.

05 — Design system foundations


Component library and design system foundations ready for development handover. The sprint ends, the team can build without starting from scratch.

The result:

Prospective clients understood what Delectus AI does, why it matters, and why it's different, without reading a technical spec. The shift from "AI features" to "faster hiring, better candidates, less manual work" changed how the product landed at first contact. The sales team had a brand that could carry the weight of the first impression before the demo was even booked.

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