Brand refinement · Unlocking business potential · Customer experience design
We design brands.We rebuild thebusiness behind them.
A brand is not a logo. It is everything a customer goes through before they pay you. We take that whole path apart — perception, the offer, processes, the buying journey, the customer experience at every stage, the sales conversation and the team that runs it — and put it back together so it sells on its own.
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Brands and teams we have had the pleasure of working with
We connect the dots.
Between the brand, the business and the people who carry both.
The name
Where HYXA came from
HYXA started with us. Literally.
From the surname Hylla and its two letters “L”. There are two of them. Just as there are two of us.
Two characters, two points of view, two different ways of getting there. Sometimes by another road, but usually to the same place.
We joined those two “L”s into a single mark — X. And an ordinary letter became something more.
Businesses with the right people
People with opportunities
Brands with their real potential
Ideas with a direction that lets them grow
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X is the point of contact
The place where people, ideas, businesses, skills and opportunities meet. That is usually where the most interesting things happen — when somebody connects what used to work separately.
That is how HYXA came about. And Connect followed naturally, because connecting is exactly what we do.
Sometimes one good connection is enough for a business to start looking, working and selling completely differently.
HYXA Connect is two people, one X and one idea: the greatest potential usually appears exactly where something connects well.
Meet us
Two people who will get to know your team, your processes and your challenges before they propose anything.
Since 2009 we have designed brands and rebuilt the businesses behind them. You are never handed to an account manager — you work with us.
Art passionateThe Last Touch of Perfection
Design passionateThe Creative Mind
HYLLA
Our surname on the door
H is where HYXA starts — with the first letter of our surname. That is not decoration; it is pride, and the reason we answer the phone ourselves and never hide behind an account manager. When your own name stands behind a company, there is no room for an anonymous approach. We sign every project with ourselves.
Responsibility with a name attached
A vision is a place on the map. A goal is the date we agree on for getting there.Most companies have the first and skip the second. All our work is the road between the two — drawn, costed and travelled together with you.
We name what is not working, directly and in plain language, before we design anything. Most of our clients then hear things nobody in the company had dared to say.
How we work
Inside the business, not beside it
We work with your team, walk the customer path, and analyse the offer, the communication, the service and the sales process before we propose any changes.
How we get paid
Profit, hours or equity
We match the model to the project — from a straightforward fee, through payment tied to the result, to taking equity.
Your goals, your numbers, your team — and the things that are not always visible at first glance.
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Diagnose
We walk the customer path and analyse internal processes to find the places that are holding growth back.
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Plan
We arrange the brand, the offer, the processes and sales in the order that makes the most business sense.
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Implement
Together with your team — through concrete standards, finished materials, tools and training.
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Measure
We set the starting point and check what actually changed after the work was done.
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Connect
People, companies, skills and opportunities that can open new directions for your business.
Culture & values
Six sides. One shape.
Value 1 of 6
Collaboration
The best results happen when people genuinely work together — openly, as partners, and in one direction.
We are generous with our ideas.
Client voice
What working with us actually sounds like
Three voices from projects that ran from the first conversation to the last delivery.
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From the very beginning, working with HYXA Connect was a seamless experience. Their professionalism and deep market knowledge stood out immediately. Łukasz and the HYXA team were not only highly efficient but also completely focused on achieving the best possible outcome for us. Truly an outstanding service.
Peter PetersonClient feedbackWilliams & Sons Properties
The audit that shows what is really happening in your company.
Most owners feel that something is not working. Pointing at exactly where is much harder. We look at the company from the customer’s perspective, walk their whole path and check what helps the decision and what gets in its way. You get a concrete picture of the situation — no guessing.
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Snapshot
7–10 days
For companies that know something is wrong but cannot yet name the cause.
We show how the market sees your company, what the customer experiences and where their journey can stall.
Mystery shopper: contact by phone, email and web form
First impression: website, Google Business profile and social media
Analysis of reviews and the comments customers repeat most often
The whole buying path walked end to end
A report with the 10 areas most in need of improvement
A 60-minute call covering the findings and recommendations
OutcomeYou get: a ranked list of what is costing you money right now.
One warning, up front: sometimes the answer is not the market, the team or the budget. Sometimes it is the owner. If you want us to say it out loud, we will — and then we will help you change it.
Pick and mix
Six ways we look at your company from the outside
We agree every test with you in advance. You can pick one, several, or the full set. The sixth we design together — around a problem specific to your company.
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Incognito customer
We contact your company the way an ordinary customer would — through the form, by phone or in person. We check the response time, the way you communicate, the quality of the questions asked, the follow-up and how the whole conversation goes.
You get: a record of the contact, a transcript and a timeline of the whole customer experience.
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Demanding customer
We check how the company reacts when a situation goes beyond the standard — a complaint, time pressure or an unusual request. That is when you find out what your team really does when the owner is not watching.
You get: a map of where the standard works well and where improvisation begins.
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Competitor benchmark
We walk the same buying path at selected competitors — with the same enquiry and at a similar time. Then we set their customer experience against yours.
You get: a comparison of price, response speed, communication, the sales process and the elements worth adopting or improving.
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The team speaks first
We run structured, confidential conversations with the people who deal with customers and everyday processes. They are often the first to see where the company loses time, customers or energy.
You get: the team’s most important observations and the areas they believe need changing — without attributing anything to named individuals.
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The lost-customer call
With your consent we contact people who asked for an offer or a quote but did not become customers. We ask what influenced their decision and why they chose another solution.
You get: the real reasons behind lost sales opportunities — with no guesswork.
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The open sixth — your call
Not every problem fits a ready-made box. Sometimes it is communication between departments. Sometimes a decision that circulates between people for far too long. Sometimes a process nobody questions any more, because “it has always been done this way”. You name the subject. We design the way to examine it properly.
You get: a test built around your question and concrete conclusions you can base a decision on.
It goes straight into your brief and is treated as confidential from the start of our work together.
We look for gaps in the system, not for someone to dismiss. Recordings stay with you and are covered by the NDA.
Not sure where to start?
Answer the six questions in the brief. On that basis we will point to the level that makes sense for your company. And if we decide you do not need one at all, we will say so plainly.
What is still in your company a month after we leave
A project with us does not end with a presentation. It ends with solutions your team uses every day. Below is a typical range — what most often needs changing, and what is actually left behind after our work.
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Logo and identity system
Usually hurts: Logo appears in several versions, colours differ between channels, and every material looks slightly different.
What stays:One coherent system — the logo in every format, colours, typography, templates and a simple brand manual.
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Website and online store
Usually hurts: The site looks good but does not lead the customer to a decision, is hard to update, or no longer reflects what the company is today.
What stays:A fast, mobile and secure site with a considered customer path, which the team can update on its own.
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Vehicle livery
Usually hurts: The fleet is on the road every day but does nothing for brand recognition.
What stays:A consistent livery design, production files, a standard for future vehicles and support with fitting.
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Company workwear
Usually hurts: The brand looks professional online, but not always in direct contact with the customer.
What stays:Consistent workwear, an agreed size range, a supplier and a simple system for reordering.
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Signage and shopfronts
Usually hurts: The location does not communicate clearly enough who you are and what you offer.
What stays:Signs, window graphics, boards and wayfinding designed as one system and prepared for production.
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Company materials and print
Usually hurts: The quality of the documents does not match the quality of the work the company delivers.
What stays:Consistent templates for offers, documents, presentations and sales materials — editable and ready for daily use.
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CRM and internal systems
Usually hurts: Customer information is scattered across inboxes, spreadsheets and individual people.
What stays:One system matched to the size of the company, ordered stages of work, migrated data and a team that knows how to use it.
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Automation
Usually hurts: Repetitive tasks take up the time of people who could be doing something far more valuable.
What stays:Connected processes, automated actions and documentation showing how the whole system works.
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Brand film and photography
Usually hurts: The company can talk about itself brilliantly in a conversation, but cannot show the same thing online.
What stays:A brand film, shorter formats for social media and a library of authentic photographs ready to use in communication.
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Team training and scripts
Usually hurts: The knowledge sits in individual heads, and everyone answers the customer slightly differently.
What stays:Conversation standards, response scripts, training materials and a simple system for onboarding new people.
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Strategy on one page
Usually hurts: The direction of the company exists mainly in the owner’s head, and the team knows only fragments of it.
What stays:One readable map: where we are going, what we do first, who is responsible for what and how we will know it worked.
We do not show everything publicly. Our clients’ projects and information are protected by a mutual NDA. Selected work and results we can show you during a conversation.
Connections
We also open doors — not just fix what is behind them.
Sometimes the greatest value is not another change inside the company, but the right person, partner, market or opportunity you simply had no access to before.
Entering new markets
Research, adapting the offer and communication to the local customer, first contacts and a realistic market-entry plan — in Poland, the UK, Europe, the UAE and other directions.
Sales and partner network
We help find the right partners, distributors and sources of referrals, and build a model of cooperation that is worth something to both sides.
Cooperation between companies
We connect companies wherever a joint project, campaign, supply arrangement or referral can create new value for both sides.
Grants and development funding
We help put the idea, the business model, the numbers and the documentation in order — and where specialist handling is needed, we connect you with the right experts.
A community, not a client list
We build relationships that do not end with the project. Referrals, meetings and a network of contacts mean the companies we meet can, in time, create value for one another too.
Expansion of the offer
We look for new products and services you could offer your existing customers — we design them, price them, test them and help bring them to market.
Explorers and makers
We do not describe the summit. We climb it with you.
Every brand has its own view from the top. You only need to know the way up.
We uncover what is already there. The rest we build.
HYXA Connect — Strategy · Growth · Creation
Ways of working
Three ways of being paid. Each matched to the character of the project.
Not every project should be settled the same way. We can work on a classic model, tie part of our fee to the result, or take an equity stake. The terms, the scope and the way we measure are agreed before we start — clearly and in writing.
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Paid for the work and the hours
The simplest model. We agree the scope, the rate and what is to be delivered. It works well for audits, workshops, training, strategy and defined project tasks.
First we establish the starting point and how it will be measured. Then we implement the changes, and part of our fee depends on the agreed improvement. If the result does not appear, neither does the fee for it.
A starting point agreed before we begin
Payment tied to improvement, not to turnover
A defined period and a cap on the fee
Transparent reporting on both sides
The measurement method agreed before the work starts
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Payment in equity
We reserve this model for companies in which we see potential and want to commit long term. Part of the fee can be replaced by a minority stake. Then we are not just an adviser on a single project — we have a shared interest in building the company’s value.
A minority stake defined by contract
A clear scope of our involvement
Vesting tied to agreed terms or milestones
Exit terms agreed from the outset
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Start-ups
Our favourite moment is the one where everything can still be built properly, from the ground up. Brand, offer, first customers, sales, processes and first hires — in a start-up all of these appear almost at once. That is why we can get involved from the very beginning and build them as one system, instead of repairing each of them separately a few years later. On selected projects we work for a lower fee combined with an agreed stake, which makes our interest simple: the value of our work grows when the company grows.
The rules are simple. Result-based and equity models are agreed individually, and all terms are written down before the work starts. For equity arrangements and more complex settlements the documentation is prepared by specialists, and each side has the opportunity for independent legal and accounting review. Clear rules first. Then the work. No surprises along the way.
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Tools we bring in — beyond what you asked for
Sometimes the solution appears outside the original scope.
Not on the invoice
While we work we often see a tool, a process or a solution the client had not considered. If it can genuinely make running the company easier, we show it and decide together whether it is worth implementing. We do not propose something because it can be sold — we propose it when we see a specific problem it can solve.
It stays with you
Accounts, data, access and tools belong to you from the start. Once the work is finished the company should not be dependent on HYXA.
Only when it makes sense
A company employing four people does not need systems designed for forty. We match the solution to the scale, not the scale to the solution.