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Brand support Since 2024 SMM · POS · digital 28 categories of work

MONIN® brand design support

MONIN® is a world-renowned French brand of syrups, liqueurs and fruit purées for hotels, restaurants and bars: a family business that has been making its products since 1912. We provide ongoing design support for the brand in Russia — from social media visuals and marketplace cards to catalogs, retouching and POS materials.

MONIN® · production in Russia
MONIN® factory

01 / scope

Not a one-off order, but ongoing brand design support

28categories of work — from social media and marketplaces to POS materials and packaging.
547layouts produced in total across all categories.
22months of continuous collaboration: August 2024 — May 2026.

02 / types of work

One steady stream of tasks — from social media and e-commerce to print and events

Design support for MONIN® is a regular, varied stream of tasks: the brand ships content, products and events every day, and each one needs its own format. We keep a consistent style across 28 categories at once — from marketplace cards and social media visuals to catalogs, retouching, POS materials and print for exhibitions.

  • 1Van branding
  • 46Label adaptation and editing
  • 95Social media post visuals
  • 31Drink menu design for partners and events
  • 2Telegram sticker pack
  • 8Counter/stand design for exhibitions and events
  • 1Annual calendar design
  • 26Web banner design
  • 14Retouching product photos for new flavors
  • 17Catalog design
  • 4Invitation design for events and exhibitions
  • 6Table tent design
  • 5Price list design
  • 7Branded merchandise design
  • 50Masterclass poster design
  • 15Documentation design
  • 11Email newsletter design
  • 62Product card design for Ozon and Wildberries
  • 40Promo banner design
  • 1Notebook design
  • 2Winder display design
  • 15Roll-up banner design
  • 2Certificate design
  • 2Packaging design
  • 9Flyer and booklet design
  • 4Video editing
  • 70Other web materials: site banners, landing pages
  • 1T-shirt design

03 / work examples

Examples of finished materials across different categories

From merch and masterclass staging to price lists, recipe cards and product photography — a selection of real materials made as part of the brand's design support.

04 / catalog retouching

Every cocktail in the catalog gets its own dedicated product retouch

Photos of finished drinks for catalogs and product cards aren't pulled from a generic photo bank — each recipe gets its own retouch: cleaning the glass and ice, balancing the syrup color, removing glare, and adding the result to a shared photo library for further use in social media, on the website and in printed materials.

Retouch · 2026 photo library
Retouching MONIN cocktail photos for the catalog
01 — Catalog retouchingA library of finished shots: from raw frames on a white background to final styled photography.

05 / cocktail journal

A MONIN & Notails cocktail journal with signature recipes

A joint project with the alcohol brand Notails — a journal of signature cocktails built on MONIN syrups and Notails drinks: a cover and recipe spreads with ingredients, volume and preparation technique for each cocktail.

Notails × MONIN — journal cover
Notails and MONIN cocktail journal cover
02 — CoverNotails Rum and MONIN Mulled Berries — the stars of the journal cover.
Pink Spritz · Garden Tini
Recipe spread: Pink Spritz and Garden Tini
03 — SpreadPink Spritz and Garden Tini — seasonal berry recipes.
Berrye's Punch · Basil Smash Twist
Recipe spread: Berrye's Punch and Basil Smash Twist
04 — SpreadBerrye's Punch and Basil Smash Twist — rum and basil recipes.
Virgin Hugo · Basil Sour
Recipe spread: Virgin Hugo and Basil Sour
05 — SpreadVirgin Hugo and Basil Sour — non-alcoholic recipes on Notails.
Herball Highball · Cosmo Club
Recipe spread: Herball Highball and Cosmo Club
06 — SpreadHerball Highball and Cosmo Club — recipes with Notails, MONIN Matcha and MONIN Raspberry.

06 / apps

The MONIN Cocktails recipe catalog — a separate mobile case study

As part of the design support, we also designed a mobile app with a catalog of 799 recipes and 91 MONIN syrups and purées — the full app case study, with onboarding, search and a recipe card, is covered separately.

MONIN Cocktails · React Native + Expo
MONIN Cocktails mobile app screens
06 — Mobile appOnboarding, recipe and syrup catalog, favorites, recipe card. View case study →

07 / social media rules

Guidelines for running the brand's social media pages

A separate 24-slide document for the SMM team: promotion goals and objectives, the weekly content plan concept, text and formatting rules, and photo content recommendations.

Promotion goals

Drive sales and increase revenue Increase brand awareness Attract new audiences

Promotion objectives

  • Creating and publishing quality content that showcases the products
  • Running promotions and contests to engage the audience
  • Using influencer marketing to build trust in the brand
  • Monitoring and analyzing promotion results to refine strategy
  • Engagement through interactive posts: polls, quizzes
  • Reputation management and responding to reviews online

Weekly content plan concept

MonHealthy Monday
TueSweet Tuesday
WedEnergy Boost
ThuGastronomic Thursday
FriFun Friday
SatBuzzing Saturday
SunQuiet Sunday

Posting rules

Where to buy — at the end of every flavor post Links to other social media Event announcements Partner posts 1–2 times a month Real reviews, including from marketplaces Themed and evergreen hashtags Bold / italic / underline / spoiler text Up to 10 media files, up to 4096 characters

08 / website SEO

The official MONIN website — on the first lines of search

Besides the design, I did the SEO of the official site moninsyrup.ru: an audit, a 64-task brief, new metadata, headings and Schema.org markup. According to the check on 25 September 2026, the site stands on the first lines for brand, B2B and recipe queries.

5 / 5brand queries — in 1st place in Google: "monin", "monin россия", "monin официальный сайт россия" and others.
1place in Google for "поставщик сиропов monin" and in Yandex for "стать партнером monin".
5 / 5recipe queries — in 1st place in Yandex, for example "лимонад с сиропом monin".
15queries in Google's top 3, 6 more on the first page.
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