Plenty of brands are easy to ignore. Easy to replace. Easy to come off as just more noise. And some are impossible to forget. We are strategists, designers, developers who brand for irreplaceability.
Who We Are
Verve is a strategic branding agency for scale-ups, category leaders and household names who face an inflection point in their business. We help these ambitious companies carve out a place in culture, build emotional monopolies, and become the brand that customers would miss if they disappeared tomorrow.
Since 2006, we’ve helped 300+ brands around the globe build identities that last. From B2B scale-ups and global retailers to consumer challenger brands, our work reveals one immutable truth: originality fades, but brands that dare to stand for something endure.
What We Believe
In any fractured marketplace, features get copied overnight, categories blur together, and sleek design will only get you so far. If you’re competing, you’re already losing.
That’s why we don’t brand for recognition alone. We brand for irreplaceability. Which we define as the state where replacing you feels not just difficult or annoying, but unthinkable.
Our Approach
An irreplaceable brand is more than a new logo or a sleek website. We align on strategy, design, and digital execution so that every touchpoint works together to create distinction and emotional pull.
That’s why we start with brand strategy to define your purpose, positioning, personality, and voice. This will underpin the way you look, sound, and act in the world. From identity design to digital experiences, we make sure your brand doesn’t just compete, but dominates its own space.
Whether it’s a rebrand or a fit-for-purpose refresh, we deliver the fundamentals of irreplacability design: naming, identity, messaging, distinctive brand assets, bespoke websites and platforms, and UX/UI with meaning.
We build brands that scale with you, that rally teams around a shared story, and that customers would never dream of switching away from. Every project is designed to deliver long-term value: sharper positioning, stronger differentiation, and the kind of design that drives business results.
Our Program
Businesses evolve. Markets shift. Strategies change. And in those moments, brand is either your biggest liability, or your greatest advantage.
At Verve, we’ve identified six pivotal moments when companies turn to brand not just to keep pace, but to leap ahead. Six points where the right move can transform you from just another option into something far more powerful: irreplaceable.
These are our programs. Each one is a starting point. Every one leads to the same outcome: a brand your customers couldn’t imagine replacing.
Learn more about our program
Our Team
Roman Stikkelorum
Co-founder - Managing Director
Michael Danker
Co-founder - Digital Director
Rindor Golverdingen
Co-founder – Executive Creative Director
Justine de Bruijn
Head of Operations
Vjolca Berisha
Team Lead Branding
Robin van Bezouw
Team Lead Branding
Walewijn den Boer
Creative Director
Patrick Boyle
Senior Copywriter & Marketeer
Nuria Cabrera
Brand Design Lead
Nermin Camo
Senior Brand Strategist
Jorn Dal
Brand Design Lead
Ted van Diepen
Development Lead
EllaRose Hammond
Global Partnerships Director
Sarah de Jager
Digital Design Lead
Alexandra Kasyanova
Team Lead Digital
Eveline Koppejan
Brand Strategy Lead
Iskander Krayenbosch
Motion Designer
Tristan Kwant
Front-end Developer
Kevin Lebon
Senior Brand Designer
Laura Licignano
Team Lead Branding
Pablo Marin
Senior Brand Designer
Xavier van Pinxteren
Senior Full-stack Developer
Mary Ponomareva
Senior Brand Designer
Yira Rodriguez Garcia
Senior Digital Producer
Jolien Ruiter
Team Lead Digital
Jaap Takema
Senior Digital Designer
Kevin Wang
Front-end Developer
Jella Westerhout
Digital Designer
Our Awards
2024
Kinsta on D&AD Shortlist
2024
Awwwards Honorable Mention for Palet
2024
European Design Award for Alicenet
2022
Verve is European Agency of the Year
2022
European Design Award for Tuum
2022
2 x European Design Awards for Flutterwave
2022
European Design Award for Nederlandse Reisopera
2021
Dutch Design Week nominated for the Dutch Interactive Awards
2021
European Design Award for Dutch Design Week
2021
European Design Award for Clevertech
2021
Red Dot Design Award for Ancienne Belgique
2021
European Design Award for Ancienne Belgique
2020
Awwwards Honorable Mention for Dutch Design Week
2020
2 x European Design Awards for Miro
2020
European Design Award for TAQA Theater de Vest
2020
Red Dot Design Award for TAQA Theater de Vest
2019
Awwwards Honorable Mention for Literatuurmuseum
2019
IF Design Award for Dutch Design Week
2019
Dutch Design Week is a Webby’s Honoree
2018
2 x European Design Awards for Theatre Rotterdam
2018
Red Dot Design Award for Theater Rotterdam
2018
Verve (then Vruchtvlees) is European Agency of the Year
2018
European Design Award for Hogeschool van Amsterdam
2017
European Design Award for De Munt/La Monnaie
2016
2 x European Design Awards for Literatuurmuseum
2016
2 x European Design Awards for Das Magazin
2016
European Design Award for Voordekunst
2016
European Design Award for De Munt/La Monnaie
2015
Red Dot Design Award for Das Magazin
2014
European Design Award for Das Magazin
2013
International Design Award for Gispen
2012
International Design Award for Museumnacht Amsterdam
That’s the why, how and who.
Now see what we make.