Thiago ROCHA

Founder, CD & Lead Designer

Salvador, BR

Sara Lawrence headshot

Contact

Email

thiago@rocha.com

Linkedin

Instagram

Work Experience

2021 — Now

Founder at ROCHA Branding

Salvador, Brazil Bespoke branding studio for fashion-led and innovation-driven founders. I design what a company stands for before it says a word: strategy, identity, and story, cut to measure.

50+ projects across technology, fashion, hospitality, health, and education. Founders use the work to raise money and launch. I rebranded Sympatient and designed its pitch deck; the company closed a €7.5M Series A soon after. I built the identity for Artemisia Labs, an AI company, as it left stealth. I led brand and creative direction for Veronica Di Santo, a bridal label that showed at New York Bridal Fashion Week and appeared in WWD.

2025 — Now

Lead Designer at WKNDHRS

Freelance, RemoteRunning Gopuff's design across in-app, social, and CRM, and I work on the X Games, Powerade, and BodyArmor accounts.

I inherited a scattered pipeline and rebuilt it to ship on time. The briefs are exact and the deadlines are short, so I learned Figma Weave and Claude Code and built tools that cut the turnaround on AI image work. I helped build the Lucci Lambrusco x Gopuff billboard in Times Square and the seasonal Starbucks x Gopuff series, working with their senior marketing manager. I also helped redesign the onboarding so first-time users understand Gopuff without drowning in it.

Selected Projects

2025 — Now

WKNDHRS / Gopuff

Leading design on the account

WKNDHRS brought me on in early 2025 to run Gopuff's in-app, social, and CRM design. The account moves fast. I built the workflows, learned how the company operates, and turned a scattered pipeline into one that ships on time.

Building AI workflows

The pace runs fast and the bar sits high. Gopuff sends exact briefs on tight deadlines: this product, dropped into that scene, pixel-correct. To meet that, I track every shift in AI image generation. I learned Figma Weave and Claude Code and built tools that automate the grunt work and cut turnaround.

Campaigns

Times Square: Lucci Lambrusco x Gopuff

Gopuff partnered with Lucci Lambrusco, and the campaign ran on a billboard at the Midtown Financial building in Times Square.

Seasonal Starbucks x Gopuff

I help build the seasonal campaigns for the long-running Starbucks and Gopuff partnership, working straight with their Senior Marketing Manager.

Plus a stack of holiday and seasonal promotions, each with its own identity and its own problems to solve.

Experience design

Redesigning the new-user journey

Helped redesign the onboarding flow so first-time users learn what Gopuff actually is, without drowning in it.

2026

Animae Mundi

Brand identity, creative direction, and website for a transdisciplinary cultural platform weaving Eastern and Western thought into new modes of knowledge, perception, and world-building.

Visual example 2 of design work - wall of paintings
Visual example of design work - rainbow sculpture
visual example 3 of design work - two tone sculptures

2026

Destroy 2 Rebuild

Brand strategy, identity, and website for a DC streetwear brand repositioning around intentional reinvention, for those who've rejected inherited aesthetics on purpose.

2026

INKON

Brand positioning, identity, and photography direction for a men's temporary tattoo brand entering a crowded category. With Isabele Almeida.

visual example 3 of design work - two tone sculptures

2026

Veronica Di Santo

Creative direction, brand strategy, and identity for a new bridal collection under the Ines Di Santo house, positioning it as a distinct label within an established luxury brand. Brand featured in the New York Bridal Fashion Week, WWD, and others.

2025

Artemisia Labs

Rebrand for an AI company exiting stealth ahead of a major partnership announcement. With Isabele Almeida.

Visual example 2 of design work - wall of paintings
Visual example of design work - rainbow sculpture
visual example 3 of design work - two tone sculptures

2025

Davartos

Naming and brand identity for a Brazilian multidisciplinary studio focused on narrative games. With Guilherme Dossantos.

Visual example 2 of design work - wall of paintings
Visual example of design work - rainbow sculpture
visual example 3 of design work - two tone sculptures

2025

Ritual Graze

Up and coming Charcuterie board brand, Sonoma-based, the business

2025

CAU/BR

Branding proposal for the Brazilian Council of Architecture and Urban Planning's public design competition. Not selected. Picked up 2 Behance features anyway. With João Maximiano.

Visual example 2 of design work - wall of paintings
Visual example of design work - rainbow sculpture

2024

Morinel Studio

Branding for a competing agency.

Visual example 2 of design work - wall of paintings
Visual example of design work - rainbow sculpture

2021

Sympatient

Rebrand and pitch deck for a German medical startup. Leading the company to closing a €7.5M Series A shortly after.

Visual example 2 of design work - wall of paintings
Visual example of design work - rainbow sculpture

Education

2024-2025

Brand Strategy & Design Business Course at Marcados

Brazil

2024

PNAC (Positioning, Niche & Client Attraction) at Marcados

Brazil

Certifications

Thiago ROCHA

Founder, CD & Lead Designer

Salvador, BR

Sara Lawrence headshot

Contact

Email

thiago@rocha.com

Linkedin

Instagram

Work Experience

2021 — Now

Founder at ROCHA Branding

Salvador, Brazil Bespoke branding studio for fashion-led and innovation-driven founders. I design what a company stands for before it says a word: strategy, identity, and story, cut to measure.

50+ projects across technology, fashion, hospitality, health, and education. Founders use the work to raise money and launch. I rebranded Sympatient and designed its pitch deck; the company closed a €7.5M Series A soon after. I built the identity for Artemisia Labs, an AI company, as it left stealth. I led brand and creative direction for Veronica Di Santo, a bridal label that showed at New York Bridal Fashion Week and appeared in WWD.

2025 — Now

Lead Designer at WKNDHRS

Freelance, RemoteRunning Gopuff's design across in-app, social, and CRM, and I work on the X Games, Powerade, and BodyArmor accounts.

I inherited a scattered pipeline and rebuilt it to ship on time. The briefs are exact and the deadlines are short, so I learned Figma Weave and Claude Code and built tools that cut the turnaround on AI image work. I helped build the Lucci Lambrusco x Gopuff billboard in Times Square and the seasonal Starbucks x Gopuff series, working with their senior marketing manager. I also helped redesign the onboarding so first-time users understand Gopuff without drowning in it.

Selected Projects

2025 — Now

WKNDHRS / Gopuff

Leading design on the account

WKNDHRS brought me on in early 2025 to run Gopuff's in-app, social, and CRM design. The account moves fast. I built the workflows, learned how the company operates, and turned a scattered pipeline into one that ships on time.

Building AI workflows

The pace runs fast and the bar sits high. Gopuff sends exact briefs on tight deadlines: this product, dropped into that scene, pixel-correct. To meet that, I track every shift in AI image generation. I learned Figma Weave and Claude Code and built tools that automate the grunt work and cut turnaround.

Campaigns

Times Square: Lucci Lambrusco x Gopuff

Gopuff partnered with Lucci Lambrusco, and the campaign ran on a billboard at the Midtown Financial building in Times Square.

Seasonal Starbucks x Gopuff

I help build the seasonal campaigns for the long-running Starbucks and Gopuff partnership, working straight with their Senior Marketing Manager.

Plus a stack of holiday and seasonal promotions, each with its own identity and its own problems to solve.

Experience design

Redesigning the new-user journey

Helped redesign the onboarding flow so first-time users learn what Gopuff actually is, without drowning in it.

2026

Animae Mundi

Brand identity, creative direction, and website for a transdisciplinary cultural platform weaving Eastern and Western thought into new modes of knowledge, perception, and world-building.

Visual example 2 of design work - wall of paintings
Visual example of design work - rainbow sculpture
visual example 3 of design work - two tone sculptures

2026

Destroy 2 Rebuild

Brand strategy, identity, and website for a DC streetwear brand repositioning around intentional reinvention, for those who've rejected inherited aesthetics on purpose.

Visual example 2 of design work - wall of paintings
Visual example of design work - rainbow sculpture
visual example 3 of design work - two tone sculptures

2026

INKON

Brand positioning, identity, and photography direction for a men's temporary tattoo brand entering a crowded category. With Isabele Almeida.

Visual example 2 of design work - wall of paintings
Visual example of design work - rainbow sculpture
visual example 3 of design work - two tone sculptures

2026

Veronica Di Santo

Creative direction, brand strategy, and identity for a new bridal collection under the Ines Di Santo house, positioning it as a distinct label within an established luxury brand. Brand featured in the New York Bridal Fashion Week, WWD, and others.

Visual example 2 of design work - wall of paintings
Visual example of design work - rainbow sculpture
visual example 3 of design work - two tone sculptures

2026

Wadha AlHarban

Personal brand relaunch for a photographer returning to the industry after a multi-year break.

2025

Artemisia Labs

Rebrand for an AI company exiting stealth ahead of a major partnership announcement. With Isabele Almeida.

Visual example 2 of design work - wall of paintings
Visual example of design work - rainbow sculpture
visual example 3 of design work - two tone sculptures

2025

Davartos

Naming and brand identity for a Brazilian multidisciplinary studio focused on narrative games. With Guilherme Dossantos.

Visual example 2 of design work - wall of paintings
Visual example of design work - rainbow sculpture
visual example 3 of design work - two tone sculptures

2025

Ritual Graze

Up and coming Charcuterie board brand, Sonoma-based, the business

2025

CAU/BR

Branding proposal for the Brazilian Council of Architecture and Urban Planning's public design competition. Not selected. Picked up 2 Behance features anyway. With João Maximiano.

Visual example 2 of design work - wall of paintings
Visual example of design work - rainbow sculpture

2024

Morinel Studio

Branding for a competing agency.

Visual example 2 of design work - wall of paintings
Visual example of design work - rainbow sculpture

2021

Sympatient

Rebrand and pitch deck for a German medical startup. Leading the company to closing a €7.5M Series A shortly after.

Visual example 2 of design work - wall of paintings
Visual example of design work - rainbow sculpture

Education

2024-2025

Brand Strategy & Design Business Course at Marcados

Brazil

2024

PNAC (Positioning, Niche & Client Attraction) at Marcados

Brazil

Certifications