Branding & web design for Gulf brandsBRAND IDENTITY, PACKAGING, WEBSITES AND INSTAGRAM GRIDS, DESIGNED AS ONE SYSTEM.
Alkeme
Premium on shelf, premium on feed, premium on web!
Brand identity, packaging and Arabic–English websites for businesses across the Gulf.
Branding, logo design and web design for companies in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and across the Gulf. Brand identity, packaging, websites, Instagram grids and ad creative, designed as one system, delivered fast. Bold, unconventional work for founders and brands.
Strategy, a logo in Arabic and Latin with all its variants, bilingual typography and colour, motion and a brand manual.
We start from strategy: who you are, who you speak to and what sets you apart from the rest. Then comes the logo with all its variants, the typography, the colour palette and the motion design. We gather it into a brand manual anyone working with you can use, from the printer to the person making your posts. All so your brand is recognised at a glance.
An audit, a new or refreshed identity, communication, a transition plan and an updated manual.
We start with an audit of the brand you have now: what works and what holds you back. We create the new identity or refresh the one you already own, rethink how the brand speaks to the client and write the transition plan. You get the updated manual and your presence rebuilt on instagram, facebook, google maps and linkedin, consistent across platforms, so they all communicate the same brand entity. All of it meant to let the brand evolve, stay memorable and make sense to everyone.
Artwork in Arabic and English, structure and dielines, print-ready files, a system for the whole range.
We design the packaging, from artwork to structure and dielines. We work on a single product or on the whole range, and when it is a range we create the system that holds it together on the shelf. We prepare the print-ready files and talk to your printer directly, so you do not lose time on corrections. We also design for the moment the client opens the box, because that is where it is decided whether they buy a second time.
A website created from scratch, in Arabic and English, with motion, speed and SEO built in, online stores included.
A website created from scratch, designed around the need and the goal of the project. Your site will not look like the other sites, it gets a unique and interactive design. Interaction and motion where they help, real speed, correct on the phone and SEO built in from the start. The price follows the needs, the detail and the functionality: a presentation site is cheaper, an interactive one or one with an online shop costs more.
monthly subscriptionThe visual system of the feed, the content structure, highlights and profile.
How does your business speak visually? Does it carry trust? We create the visual system of the feed: what a post looks like, how one connects to the next and what a person sees in the first three seconds on the profile. Do they stay, follow, or leave? The profile is where someone checks whether you really exist, after seeing an ad or hearing about you from somebody else. If every post looks like something else, that is where you lose them. Your brand has to communicate consistency and professionalism, and that is what creates trust and a decision.
monthly subscriptionStatic banners, video and motion ads, carousels, variants for testing.
Ad creative design: static banners, video and motion ads, carousels and native formats for every platform. We deliver several variants, because an ad is tested, not guessed. We work on the message that sells, not on the decoration, and we hold the brand identity in every format. All so the ad budget brings clients, not just impressions.
The technical side, the page content, the structured data and optimisation for AI answers.
We take care of the technical side of the site, of the page content and of the structured data, so Google understands exactly what you do. We also work on the AI answers: how ChatGPT finds you, where it takes its information about you from and how it comes to recommend you. You get monthly reporting on what moved. All so your business shows up where people search for what you sell.
Web design portfolio · landing pages in motion
four components, one project
Pucca Diana · makeup artist and academy · Bacău
brands that have come through the studio
on the shelf and in the hand
Packaging and label design that reaches the shelf. Box, pouch, tube, label, designed as one system, not as separate pieces.
how we work, not what we say
On the grid · Instagram
The person behind it
Ovidiu Tărbuc · Founder, Alkeme Design
Where engineering meets creativity. An engineer turned designer, building brand systems for product brands.
More about Ovidiu → →Instagram →LinkedIn →Facebook → Email →
Send your brand: website, Instagram or packaging. We record a 15-minute Loom pointing out what's holding it back and what a unified system would change. No pitch deck, no strings.
Write an about page with real roles, a clear offer and supported examples. Plan photographs, bilingual facts, a contact route and an owner for updates.
Read →PerspectiveReview an AI logo beyond the mockup: Arabic and English lettering, vector structure, small-size use, permissions and the files a business actually needs.
Read →PerspectivePlan an animated logo around real uses: website, video and presentations. Define static alternatives, reduced motion, export requirements and the scope of work.
Read →PerspectivePlanning an animated website: project examples, CSS and video, WCAG criteria, mobile use, Arabic right-to-left layouts and measurable acceptance criteria.
Read →Straight answers on prices, timelines and how we work, for brands in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and across the Gulf.
Pricing & budget
Our websites start from $2,400 (about AED 8,800) for a focused Starter site, $6,400 (about AED 23,500) for a multi-page Business site and $12,000 (about AED 44,050) for a Premium interactive build. Most Dubai quotes run from AED 1,000 for a template to AED 50,000 and more for a custom build; the difference is whether the site is designed for your brand or adapted from a theme. Every price is fixed in writing before we start.
Our Logo & Brand Essentials package starts from $1,400 (about AED 5,150): a full logo suite in Arabic and Latin, colour palette, base typography, mini-guidelines and ready-to-use files. It is a fixed price, not an hourly estimate.
A complete brand identity with us runs from $4,400 to $24,000 (about AED 16,150 to 88,150), depending on how many products, channels and languages the system has to cover. Strategy, logo, bilingual typography, colour, motion and guidelines are all included in the scope we agree upfront.
Packaging design starts from $3,200 (about AED 11,750) for the first product with the system, plus $800 for each additional SKU in the same range. Printing and materials are paid to your printer directly.
A rebrand is priced like a brand identity, from $4,400, because it rebuilds the same system while keeping the recognition you already have. A lighter refresh of logo and colour sits at the lower end.
We publish them. Most agencies in Dubai and Riyadh only quote after a meeting; we show the starting price on every service page and on the pricing page, then fix the final number in writing after a short call about your scope.
We invoice in US dollars. The UAE dirham and the Saudi riyal are pegged to the dollar, so the price you see is the price on the invoice. No VAT is added by us; business clients in the GCC account for local VAT under reverse charge. In Saudi Arabia, if your company withholds the 5% tax on services, we accept it within the same price.
Timelines
A full brand identity usually takes 3 to 6 weeks from kickoff, including strategy, design and revisions. First directions arrive in about 48 hours, so you see where it is going in the first week.
Most brand websites take 6 to 12 weeks from kickoff to launch. Simple sites can go live in 2 to 4 weeks; e-commerce and interactive builds take longer. A bilingual Arabic and English site adds time for writing the Arabic, not for translating it.
A complete rebrand typically takes 6 to 12 weeks, depending on how many touchpoints change: identity, packaging, website and rollout. A focused refresh can be done in 3 to 4 weeks.
The same working day, by email or WhatsApp, including Sundays on WhatsApp. First design directions arrive in about 48 hours after the kickoff call.
Choosing a branding agency
The best one is the one that can show work in your category and tell you the price before the meeting. Look at three things: real projects with results, who will actually design your brand (a senior or a junior team behind an account manager), and whether Arabic is designed with the brand or added at the end. Clutch and Sortlist list the larger agencies in Dubai; we are a senior studio where the founder designs every project.
Ask for the price range upfront, ask who designs your work, ask to see Arabic and Latin used together in a past project, and ask what files you receive at the end. An agency that cannot answer these four questions in the first call will not answer them later either.
A freelancer or an online logo maker gives you a file. A studio gives you a system: the logo, the Arabic and Latin type, colours, packaging and website designed together, so everything a customer sees looks like the same company. If you only need a quick mark for a test, a freelancer is the rational choice.
By people. Every logo, identity and website is designed by a senior designer, not generated from a template or an AI tool. We use AI where it saves time on production, never to decide what your brand looks like.
It is a rule of thumb about first impressions: people form a view of a brand in about 3 seconds, decide whether to engage in about 7, and need around 27 encounters before they remember it. The practical lesson is consistency: the same logo, colours and voice everywhere, so every one of those encounters counts.
Working with us
Yes. We work with companies in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman, in English, on video calls and WhatsApp, with written updates at every stage.
Yes, and for the Gulf we always do. The Arabic logo and type are drawn to sit next to the Latin, not translated from it, and the website works right to left as well as left to right. See Smalț: an 87-page website in three languages, with a complete right-to-left Arabic version.
Yes, we work with companies only, which is why the contact form asks for your company name. That is also what makes reverse-charge VAT work for you.
Four stages, each with a checkpoint: discovery, strategy, design and delivery. You see the thinking and the work as it develops, with structured feedback rounds at every stage.
Each deliverable includes structured revision rounds at defined stages, typically two to three. Because we start from strategy and show directions early, projects rarely need more, and extra rounds are always available.
On final payment you get a perpetual licence to use your finished brand assets everywhere, organised and ready to use with guidelines. Your brand keeps a small "Made by Alkeme Design" credit, and a white-label licence removes it for a separate fee. Editable source files and a full copyright transfer are available as a separate agreement if you need them.
Usually 50% at the start and 50% on delivery, by bank transfer in US dollars or by card, agreed in writing before we begin.
Our services in depth
Strategy, a logo suite in Arabic and Latin, a bilingual type pairing, colour palette, motion and a brand guidelines document. Depending on scope we add packaging, social templates and web direction, so the brand identity is ready to launch everywhere.
Yes. Products sold in the GCC carry Arabic on the pack, so we design the packaging in Arabic and English from the start, with dielines and print-ready files for your printer. The mandatory label content follows your local regulator and is confirmed by your distributor before print.
Both. You get a finished, launch-ready website with custom motion, fast loading on the phone and SEO built in, including online stores. If you have a developer, we can hand off design-ready files instead.
Yes. An e-commerce site is part of our web design work: product pages, checkout and the brand carried through to the order confirmation, in Arabic and English if you sell in both.
Instagram grid design treats your feed as one visual system rather than separate posts: templates, layouts and rules that keep the profile consistent. In the Gulf, Instagram is often where a customer meets your brand first, so the grid works like a shop window.
Rebrand when your identity no longer matches where the business is going: a new market, a new audience, growth, or when it looks dated next to newer competitors in Dubai or Riyadh. A rebrand evolves your look without losing the recognition you have built.
Visibility on Google and in AI
By being easy to retrieve and easy to quote: clear, factual pages, the same details about your company everywhere on the web, FAQ and structured data, and third-party confirmation like reviews. AI assistants compose an answer from sources that agree with each other, in English and in Arabic.
Usually because it cannot be read: slow loading, content that only appears after JavaScript runs, or pages that say nothing specific. Less often it is indexed but has nothing that matches what people in Dubai or Riyadh actually type. A short audit tells you which one it is.
For Saudi Arabia, Arabic first: most searches for design services there are in Arabic. For the UAE, English first, with Arabic for the Arabic-speaking customers. A bilingual site with real Arabic pages, not a translation plugin, reaches both.
Both, built together. SEO and GEO are part of how we design a site, because structure, speed and copy are design decisions before they are search decisions.
Last updated: October 2026
