Cloud migration and remote working for BrandMe’s creative team

BrandMe has been creating award-winning brand identities for over two decades, including household names like Taste the Difference and nakd. To support a flexible working future, they partnered with LeftBrain to migrate their workplace technology to the cloud, secure their systems, and enable seamless collaboration across locations.

The Challenge

Transitioning to flexible, secure working during the pandemic

Before the pandemic, BrandMe’s creative team worked together from their Covent Garden office. But as remote working became essential, they needed to transition quickly to a secure, cloud-based environment without losing access to critical systems or impacting creativity.

“We fell in love with LeftBrain from the beginning,” says Celine Smith, Managing Director of BrandMe. “Their engineers matched the collaborative way we worked. It felt like they were part of the team.”

LeftBrain had already been supporting BrandMe’s internal technology for almost ten years. Now, they needed to manage a major transition — while keeping data secure, workflows smooth, and creative productivity high.

The Solution

Strategic: Secure cloud migration for creative flexibility

LeftBrain’s information security engineers designed and delivered a full workplace technology overhaul.

We migrated BrandMe’s onsite servers to Google Drive, enabling easy, secure access to files from any location, and ensured their systems met Cyber Essentials certification standards to protect client and project data.

BrandMe’s custom-built on-premise Windows database was also migrated to a secure AWS (Amazon Web Services) infrastructure, maintaining performance while allowing secure remote access across the team.

“We love LeftBrain! Our internal tech has never run better since they took over. They have the answer for every techie question we ever have. Their response time is super fast and to top it all, they are all really lovely people.”

Tactical: Ongoing support, security monitoring, and site visits

Throughout the transition, LeftBrain maintained close collaboration with BrandMe’s leadership and employees, ensuring there was no loss of efficiency or disruption to creative work.

“The project went really well,” says Celine. “It was seamless. We never had any loss of efficiency. LeftBrain were super quick to respond to all the challenges and were in constant contact with us finding ways to improve things.”

Today, LeftBrain continues to support BrandMe with regular site visits, a rapid-response help desk, and ongoing cyber security monitoring, enabling the team to maintain a flexible working policy without sacrificing productivity or security.

“We love LeftBrain!” says Celine. “Our internal tech has never run better since they took over. They have the answer for every techie question we ever have. Their response time is super fast and to top it all, they are all really lovely people.”

Results that matter

• Migrated onsite systems to Google Drive and AWS for flexible, secure access
• Achieved Cyber Essentials certification to protect client and project data
• Enabled a smooth transition to flexible, hybrid working with no loss of efficiency
• Ongoing expert support with regular site visits and a rapid-response help desk
• Built a trusted, long-term partnership with a creative-first technology approach