We don't do ordinary.

Design and development studio. Irene, South Africa

Oh8 Digital is a design and development studio that takes startups and scale-ups from a first logo to a shipped product, from Irene, Gauteng, South Africa.

Oh8 Digital covers logo and branding, mobile app design, web design, marketing, development and public relations. One studio carries a company from the brand it launches with to the product its customers use.

That means an idea does not get handed between a brand agency, a development shop and a freelancer on the way to going live, and nobody has to re-explain it at each hop.

50+

Projects delivered

Years building

What Oh8 Digital does

Logo & Branding

A startup's brand has to hold up from the first pitch deck to the hundredth landing page. We design your logo and the visual identity around it, then write down the rules so your team can use it without us.

You end up with a logo, a visual identity and the written rules to use both, so your own team can keep the brand consistent without booking us.

Mobile App Design

We design mobile apps for startups and scale-ups, from the first user flow to the last screen. Every design comes with a clickable prototype and a handoff file your developers can build from.

You end up with a clickable prototype you can put in front of users or investors, and a handoff file a developer can build straight from.

Web Design

Your website is where customers, investors and future hires go to check you out. We design marketing sites and web apps around what those visitors come to find, and hand over designs that are ready to build.

You end up with a site built around what your visitors came to find, designed to load fast and ready to hand to a developer.

Marketing

Marketing for a startup starts with a clear message and the right people to hear it. We plan the campaign, make the creative and set up the tracking that shows what each channel is doing.

You end up with a campaign in market and the tracking behind it, so you can see which channel is earning its budget.

Development

We write the code behind websites, web apps and mobile apps, whether we designed them or you bring a design of your own. We document what we build and hand over the codebase, so your own team can take it forward.

You end up owning the codebase and the documentation for it, whether we designed the product or you brought your own design.

Public Relations

Coverage earns something ads cannot buy: someone else vouching for you. We shape the story, build the media list, do the outreach and get you ready for the interview.

You end up with coverage from people who write about your market, which is the one kind of endorsement an ad budget cannot buy.

What makes Oh8 Digital different

One studio from the first logo to the shipped build

The usual route is a brand agency, then a design studio, then a development shop, with the founder carrying the brief between all three. Oh8 Digital runs all six services in house, so the identity, the interface and the code are decided by the same people.

You work with the founders, not an account layer

Juanita Roos and Deon Roos founded the studio and work on the projects. There is no account manager relaying your feedback to someone you have never met.

Public relations sits alongside the design work

Most design and development studios stop at the launch and leave getting anyone to notice up to you. We shape the story, build the media list and do the outreach, so the build and the coverage are planned together rather than in sequence.

Handover is part of the job, not an extra

Brand guidelines, a design system, documentation and the codebase come with the work. You can take what we build to your own team or another studio, which is exactly the point.

80+ clients since 2021

That covers 50+ design and development projects alongside the branding, social and marketing work, for clients from listed retail and property groups to founder-run startups. The range is the track record: we have shipped for companies at very different sizes.

Who uses Oh8 Digital

Founders at pre-seed to Series A startups who need a brand and a product at the same time, and cannot afford to run two suppliers

Scale-ups replacing a first website or app that was built fast and has stopped keeping up

Established South African brands and franchise groups modernising a digital presence, in retail, property and professional services

Professional practices and consultancies whose credibility rests on how their site reads

Event, expo and launch teams who need brand, site and publicity moving to the same date

The team behind Oh8 Digital

Juanita Roos

Founder

Juanita is a marketer and designer with ten years behind her, working with some of the largest companies in South Africa and with clients abroad. Her public relations work has covered some of the biggest recording artists in the country alongside retail and expo brands. At Oh8 she leads branding, marketing and public relations.

Deon Roos

Founder

Deon co-founded Oh8 Digital in 2021 and leads the design and development side of the studio. He takes a project from the first wireframe through to the code that ships, across websites, web apps and mobile. The handover is his too: the design system, the documentation and the codebase a client's own team picks up and runs.

Oh8 Digital is run by its two founders, who take the work between them and bring in specialists for a project when it calls for one. The studio works from Irene, Gauteng, South Africa, with clients across South Africa and abroad.

They started it in 2021. They kept meeting startups buying their technology from one company and their design and marketing from another, then spending their own time carrying the brief between the two. Putting both under one roof was the whole idea.

How Oh8 Digital works

First contact

You send the project through the contact form or straight to hello@oh8digital.co.za. Tell us what you are building, roughly what the budget looks like and when it needs to be live. You hear back within one business day.

Scoping call

We talk through what you actually need, which is sometimes less than what was asked for. You leave the call knowing what we would do first and why.

Proposal and quote

You get the scope, the deliverables and a fixed price for them in writing before anything starts. Nothing begins on a handshake and a hope.

The work

You deal with the founders throughout, over email and calls. Work goes out in stages for review rather than landing in one lump at the end.

Handover

Files, guidelines, documentation and code come to you. What we built is yours to run, extend or take elsewhere.

Key facts

Company name: Oh8 Digital
Type: Design and development studio
Founded: 2021
Founders: Juanita Roos, Deon Roos
Offices: Irene, South Africa; Denver, Colorado, USA
Website: oh8digital.co.za
Core offering: Brand, design and build for startups and scale-ups
Services: Logo & Branding, Mobile App Design, Web Design, Marketing, Development, Public Relations
Pricing: Project based, quoted per scope. Project budgets run from under R100k to R500k and up.
Contract terms: Project work is contracted per project against a fixed scope and price. Marketing and other ongoing work runs on six-month terms.
Communication: Email and the contact form on this site, then calls through the project. Enquiries answered within one business day.
Notable clients: Dis-Chem Pharmacies, RE/MAX Infoglobe, tomorrowtoday Global, SafePad, NPA Powder Coating
Customers served: 80+ clients, across branding, design, social, marketing and development
Projects delivered: 50+ design and development projects
Serves: South Africa and international clients, remotely
Social: instagram.com/oh8digital

Frequently asked questions

What does Oh8 Digital do?

Oh8 Digital is a design and development studio in Irene, Gauteng, South Africa. We do logo and branding, mobile app design, web design, marketing, development and public relations for startups and scale-ups.

Where is Oh8 Digital based?

The studio works from Irene, Gauteng, South Africa. Clients are across South Africa and abroad, and projects run remotely.

Who runs Oh8 Digital?

Juanita Roos and Deon Roos founded the studio and work on the projects themselves. You deal with them directly rather than through an account manager.

How much does a project with Oh8 Digital cost?

Every project is quoted against its scope, so there is no list price. Budgets run from under R100k for a focused piece of work to R500k and up for a full brand and product build, and you get a fixed price in writing before anything starts.

Why does marketing run on a six-month term?

The first two or three months of a marketing engagement go into work that does not show up in the numbers yet: finding the voice, building the brand and getting the tracking honest. Six months is the shortest term where you see what the work did, rather than paying for the setup and leaving before the return. One-off design and development projects carry no term at all.

Can you build the product as well as design it?

Yes. Development is one of the six services, and we write the code behind websites, web apps and mobile apps. We also build from a design you already have.

Do we own what you make?

Yes. Brand guidelines, design systems, documentation and the codebase are handed over as part of the work, so your own team or another studio can pick it up.

What kind of companies does Oh8 Digital work with?

Mostly startups and scale-ups, plus established brands rebuilding a digital presence. Past work includes Dis-Chem Pharmacies, RE/MAX Infoglobe, tomorrowtoday Global and 13 other brands.

How do we start?

Send the project through the contact form on this site or email hello@oh8digital.co.za with what you are building, the budget range and the date it needs to be live. The next step is a scoping call.

Brands we've worked with

80+ clients since 2021. 16 of them here.

Got an idea?

Tell us what you are building, or email hello@oh8digital.co.za.

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