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Social Design2024

Restaurant Brand Social Kit

A social media visual kit for a Cambodian restaurant chain. Menu highlights, daily specials, and customer testimonial graphics with a warm, appetite-driving aesthetic across Facebook and Instagram.

Restaurant Brand Social Kit
Client

Local restaurant chain

Role

Social Media Designer

Duration

2 weeks

Team

Solo

Process4 phases
01

Visual Direction

Established a warm, editorial food-photography style: natural light, shallow depth of field, and charcoal backgrounds to make dishes pop. Selected a serif display face for menu names and a clean sans for prices and details.

02

Template Library

Built 8 Canva templates the restaurant's marketing team can edit themselves: daily special, new menu item, customer review, behind-the-scenes, and holiday greeting. Each template locks brand colors and fonts while allowing photo and text swaps.

03

Photography Direction

Shot 30+ dish photos following the style guide. Created a shot list template the restaurant can use for future shoots, ensuring new content stays consistent with the established aesthetic.

04

Team Handoff

Trained the restaurant's marketing staff on using the Canva templates. Recorded a 10-minute walkthrough video and created a one-page brand guide for social posts.

Challenges & Solutions

Self-Service Sustainability

The restaurant needed to post daily without a designer. Solved with Canva templates that lock brand elements but allow easy photo and text edits, plus a recorded training session for new staff.

Appetite Appeal

Food photography on social needs to trigger craving in under 1 second. Used warm color grading, steam effects, and close-up compositions to maximize scroll-stopping appeal.

Outcomes

8

Templates Delivered

30+

Dish Photos Shot

Daily

Posting Frequency

+45%

Follower Growth

Deliverables
Menu HighlightsDaily SpecialsTestimonial CardsStory TemplatesBrand Frames
Tags
SocialF&BTemplates
Skills & Tools
PhotoshopCanvaFood PhotographyLayoutTypographyBrand Consistency