Digital InkProposalSignNow
Proposal for SignNow

A sharper digital
identity for SignNow

Translating your existing strategy into a more distinct visual system, a designed homepage experience refined with your team, and practical brand assets your internal team can extend.

SignNow has strong recognition, a proven product, and a clear place in the eSignature market. The opportunity now is not to reinvent the brand. It is to make the brand feel more vivid, differentiated, and memorable across the digital moments that matter most.

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02Understanding the Assignment

You do not need a generic rebrand. You need a visual system that can work harder.

Based on our conversation, SignNow has already done the strategic groundwork. Your team has invested in user research, internal interviews, ICP definition, and positioning. The next step is creative translation.

The goal is to take that existing strategy and turn it into a visual identity system that feels clear, ownable, and built for a crowded SaaS market.

01

Existing strategy

SignNow is not starting from scratch. The strategic foundation is already in place.

02

Digital-first impact

The homepage is a key conversion point for SMB and mid-market buyers, so the visual system needs to show up strongest online.

03

Internal team usability

Your internal design team should be able to take the system and extend it with confidence.

04

Focused scope

The engagement should stay concentrated on high-value creative direction, not unnecessary execution volume.

03Why Digital Ink Fits

Our role is to connect brand thinking, SaaS storytelling, and web execution.

Many branding agencies can create polished identity concepts. The better fit for SignNow is a partner that understands how a visual identity needs to perform across a real SaaS website, homepage, email, digital campaigns, internal templates, and future product-adjacent marketing.

01

Brand systems with practical application

We create identity systems that are clear enough to guide internal teams and flexible enough to support ongoing marketing execution.

02

Website and UI/UX experience

We understand how visual direction, page hierarchy, storytelling, and conversion paths come together on a homepage.

03

SaaS and technology market fluency

Our team has deep experience working with software, technology, and digital transformation brands, supported by our broader exposure to technology audiences through Reboot Magazine.

05Proof Point

Proof Point 1: SaaS visual identity and website transformation

StrataVision shows how we turn complex technology into a clearer, more ownable digital brand.

StrataVision homepage screenshot

StrataVision is one of the most relevant examples for SignNow because it sits in a technology and software environment where differentiation matters. The work required more than surface-level design. It required translating a complex platform into a visual identity and website experience that felt sharper, more credible, and easier to understand.

What we are pulling forward
  • Visual identity development
  • Website design and development
  • Brand identity guidelines
  • Technology storytelling
  • Homepage and digital presence
  • Before and after transformation
Why this matters for SignNow

SignNow operates in a crowded eSignature market where many competitors make similar functional claims. The visual system needs to help the brand feel more distinct, not just more polished. StrataVision demonstrates our ability to take a technology platform and create a digital identity that is easier to recognize, easier to understand, and easier to remember.

06Proof Point

Proof Point 2: A brand book built for internal adoption

Mortgage365 is most relevant as a brand book and guideline system example.

Mortgage365 brand book spread

For SignNow, the brand book cannot be a static document that gets reviewed once and forgotten. It needs to serve as a working reference for the internal design team as they create future assets across the website, emails, newsletters, social, and internal materials. Mortgage365 is a strong example of how we organize brand strategy, visual identity, messaging, personality, and audience direction into a practical brand book.

What we are pulling forward
  • Brand book structure
  • Visual identity system
  • Typography and color usage
  • Brand personality
  • Messaging hierarchy
  • Audience clarity
  • Internal team usability
Why this matters for SignNow

Because SignNow's internal team will implement much of the downstream work, the system needs to be clear, replicable, and easy to apply. Mortgage365 shows how we can package brand thinking into a guide that supports consistency without limiting future creativity.

07Proof Point

Proof Point 3: Making abstract technology easier to understand

ISAM shows how a complex technology service can become a memorable visual and messaging system.

ISAM homepage screenshot

Many technology brands struggle because their services are important but abstract. The creative challenge is to make the value easier to understand without oversimplifying the expertise behind it. For ISAM, the visual and messaging direction uses the concept of solving complexity and bringing order to software asset management. That gives the brand a clearer point of view and helps the website communicate value faster.

What we are pulling forward
  • Technology platform storytelling
  • Homepage visual hierarchy
  • Iconography and visual metaphor
  • Brand book quality
  • Digital-first visual direction
  • Complex service simplification
Why this matters for SignNow

eSignature and document workflow software can quickly feel transactional if the brand expression is too generic. ISAM demonstrates our ability to create a stronger visual concept around a complex digital service and carry that concept into the homepage experience.

09Reboot Magazine and SaaS Market Perspective

A broader view into the technology market.

Our SaaS and technology perspective is not limited to client work. Through Reboot Magazine, Digital Ink stays close to the conversations shaping technology, SaaS, AI, cybersecurity, cloud strategy, automation, and digital transformation. That perspective matters because visual identity for a software company cannot be created in a vacuum. It needs to reflect how technology buyers think, what they respond to, and how brands differentiate in crowded digital categories.

Reboot Magazine cover

Technology buyer awareness

We understand the language, expectations, and decision-making environment of modern technology audiences.

Digital transformation storytelling

We are constantly exposed to how companies explain complex technology in clearer and more compelling ways.

SaaS market relevance

This perspective helps us create brand and website systems that feel current, useful, and built for software buyers.

10Scope of Work

Recommended scope for SignNow.

A focused engagement designed to give your team the creative direction and system assets needed to move forward.

01
Scope

Visual Identity System

Develop a refined visual direction for SignNow that builds on the existing strategy and creates a more distinct digital presence.

Includes
  • Color palette refinement and usage direction
  • Typography recommendations
  • Visual language and graphic system
  • Iconography and supporting visual elements
  • Image and illustration direction
  • Digital application guidance
02
Scope

Brand Book and Guidelines

Create a practical brand book that documents the visual system in a way SignNow's internal design team can understand, apply, and extend.

Includes
  • Brand system overview
  • Logo and identity usage guidance, if applicable
  • Color and typography standards
  • Graphic and iconography guidance
  • Photography or illustration direction
  • Digital application examples
  • Do and do not usage examples
03
Scope

Homepage Redesign

Design the SignNow homepage using the refreshed visual identity system and refine it through a collaborative revision process with your team. The goal is to create a homepage design that SignNow is excited by and that can serve as the foundation for future website design decisions.

Includes
  • Homepage UI/UX strategy
  • Visual hierarchy exploration
  • Creative layout direction
  • Conversion-focused page flow
  • Responsive design approach
  • Revision and refinement rounds
  • Figma design system alignment
  • Development-ready Figma file
04
Scope

Digital Application Examples

Show how the identity can extend beyond the homepage into the digital channels that matter most for SignNow.

Includes
  • Email or transactional email direction
  • Newsletter visual example
  • Social media application example
  • Motion or animated design direction
  • Internal template direction
  • Visual asset examples for future use
05
Scope

Internal Team Handoff

Package the system so SignNow's internal design team can continue building with consistency after the engagement.

Includes
  • Approved homepage design in Figma
  • Final brand book and guidelines
  • Digital application examples
  • Organized design files
  • Reusable visual elements
  • Clear usage guidance
  • Internal team implementation support
  • Recommendations for future rollout
  • Development-ready design assets
11Process and Timeline

A focused process built around alignment, speed, and usable output.

We are confident we can deliver the full scope of work over a focused 6 to 8 week engagement.

  1. 01
    Phase 1
    Week 1

    Discovery Alignment and Creative Intake

    Review SignNow's existing strategy, ICP research, stakeholder insights, current website, competitor landscape, and internal creative goals. Confirm the visual problems we are solving before design begins.

  2. 02
    Phase 2
    Weeks 2 to 3

    Visual Direction Exploration

    Develop initial visual identity directions that translate the existing strategy into a more distinct design language. Explore color, typography, visual system, imagery, iconography, and overall creative approach.

  3. 03
    Phase 3
    Weeks 4 to 5

    Brand Book and System Finalization

    Build the brand book and organize the system into clear guidelines for internal use. Finalize assets, application examples, and design direction.

  4. 04
    Phase 4
    Weeks 6 to 7

    Homepage Design and Digital Applications

    Apply the selected visual direction to the SignNow homepage and develop a designed homepage experience for review. We will collaborate with your team through revisions to refine the layout, visual hierarchy, storytelling flow, and conversion areas until the homepage design feels aligned, polished, and ready for website development.

  5. 05
    Phase 5
    Week 8

    Handoff and Review

    Walk through the final system with SignNow's team, answer questions, and provide recommendations for internal implementation and future rollout.

12Investment

A focused scope aligned with the discussed budget range.

Project Investment
$22,000

All inclusive, fixed-fee engagement.

Payment Structure
50% deposit to begin
50% due upon final presentation
Included
  • Visual identity system
  • Brand book and guidelines
  • Homepage redesign
  • Homepage revision process
  • Digital application examples
  • Internal team handoff
13Why This Approach Works

Why this approach fits SignNow now.

It respects the strategy already completed

We are not proposing to restart the brand process. We are building on the work SignNow has already done.

It focuses on the highest-value creative outputs

The scope prioritizes the visual system, a designed homepage experience refined with your team, and digital examples that will guide future execution.

It supports your internal team

The final deliverables are designed to help your team create future assets with consistency and confidence.

Next Steps

Ready to help SignNow create a more distinct digital identity.

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