A brand and product studio, working with Los Angeles.
Senso is a Manchester and Dubai-based studio that partners with Los Angeles brands and startups on strategy, identity, and digital product work.
Los Angeles moves fast. Brands here need substance behind the surface. We deliver strategy, identity, and product design that holds up.
Brand-led work for a brand-led city
Los Angeles understands brand better than almost anywhere. Senso is a brand and product studio working with LA founders who already know that story and taste decide outcomes. Los Angeles branding has to feel effortless while doing serious work underneath. We build identity systems and product experiences for entertainment, DTC and wellness brands that need to look the part and convert. We act like an extension of your team, not a supplier, so we care about the business result, not just the showreel. Most delivery runs remotely from Manchester and Dubai, with travel for the moments that need faces in a room. The work carries an outside perspective that keeps an LA brand from looking like every other LA brand.
Entertainment and creator brands with substance
Los Angeles is the home of entertainment, and the bar for how things look is permanently high. Studios, production companies and creator-led businesses come to us when the brand needs to match the work behind it. We build identity and digital products for LA entertainment teams that feel cinematic without being all surface. Considered type, motion that earns its place, interfaces that respect the audience. We deliver the work and make sure it performs past the first impression. Delivering from Manchester and Dubai gives the work a point of view that does not chase the same references everyone in town already shares, which is often the difference between memorable and forgettable.
Wellness and DTC built to convert
LA sets the pace for wellness and direct-to-consumer, and the market is crowded with brands that look identical. We help wellness, beauty and DTC founders in Los Angeles build identities and ecommerce experiences that stand apart and sell. That means product and brand treated as one system, not a pretty skin over a weak funnel. Clear hierarchy, honest claims, motion and imagery that build desire without overpromising. A Los Angeles branding project with us is judged on conversion as much as craft. We work remotely and stay close to the numbers, because a beautiful store that does not sell has failed at the only job that matters.
Selected Work
Our Work
What we do
Before anything is designed, it's decided. Positioning, research and brand architecture that give every decision after it a direction.
When the experience is the product. UX and UI for websites, platforms and apps, researched, prototyped and tested for the people who'll use them.
From first wireframe to shipped product. Websites, apps and design systems built to be maintained, measured and grown.
The operational layer behind the brand. CRM, automation and integrations that keep growing teams fast and organised.
Brand
- Brand Identity
- Brand Strategy
- Brand Guidelines
- Market Research
- Commercial Modelling
Design
- UX/UI Design
- Web Design
- App Design
- Design Systems
- Prototyping
Product
- Website Development
- App Development
- E-commerce Development
- CMS Development
- Product Management
Systems
- Internal Tooling
- CRM Implementation
- Workflow Automation
- System Integration
- Data & Reporting
Our Model
- 40+ COMPANIES PARTNERED
- 2 REGIONS, MCR · DXB
- EST. 2022
Frequently asked questions
No. Senso works from Manchester and Dubai and partners with LA clients remotely. We travel in for discovery, workshops and launches when the room calls for it. You get a senior team and a clear delivery cadence without paying for a Los Angeles studio footprint. The outside perspective is usually part of why brands hire us.
LA is eight hours behind Manchester and twelve behind Dubai, so there is overlap in your morning. We hold live calls then and run everything else asynchronously. Work moves while you sleep and lands ready to review, which suits LA's schedule well. We agree the rhythm upfront so the gap never becomes a bottleneck.
Yes. Studios, production companies, creators and entertainment-adjacent businesses are a core part of what we do. We build brands and products that match the quality of the work behind them and hold up past the first impression. The aim is substance under the surface, not a finish that looks good for a week and then fades.
That is the point. We treat brand and product as one system and stay close to the conversion numbers, not just the visuals. A beautiful storefront that does not sell has failed. We build ecommerce experiences for DTC and wellness brands designed to look distinct and move product from the first launch.