We want your brand to feel at home.

Whether it’s a big or small project, we focus on a close and human relationship. Here, we always have time to listen and share ideas as a team, ensuring you feel comfortable with the solutions.

A 100% available team

We are 100% dedicated to each client: we stand by your side, make suggestions, immerse ourselves in your business, and help it grow.

Our experience with dozens of brands has taught us the secret to creating a winning brand: strategically and creatively working on every detail to make it unique.

Hortelã Magenta

Co-Founder and Project Manager

A master at multiplying skills across various areas of design, he’s our Handyman. His habit is to strictly adhere to work hours—both for better or worse.

He believes that projects, like cooking, need time to “mature.”

He holds a degree in Communication Design – Multimedia Technologies from ESAD (Caldas da Rainha).

Vitor Santana

Designer / Managing Partner
Hortelã Magenta

Co-Founder of the Agency

Creative Director. He divides his time between Corporate Identity and Marketing.

Habits: Typography—he always champions the proper use of “white spaces”.

For him, the ideal publication would be A2 with two words and an exclamation point.

Arriving on time in the morning is tough, but he always has a justification that borders on “fantastic".

He holds a degree in Communication Design – Multimedia Technologies from ESAD (Caldas da Rainha).

Gonçalo Santos

Designer / Managing Partner
Hortelã Magenta

Heads-up! We’re internationalizing the team. True to Portuguese style, Svetlana already has a nickname — Lana for friends, and for those who can’t quite spell her name. A Russian with British manners, she can’t go without her five o’clock tea and speaks with a “Brazilian” accent.

She holds a degree in Graphic Design from the Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Art.

Svetlana Pastukhova (aka) Lana

Designer
Hortelã Magenta

Sara is shy and calm, but she’s a diamond in the rough—she just doesn’t know it yet. She didn’t hesitate when asked to study editorial grids and got straight to work.

A great match for the quirks of the Hortelã team, her main hobby is knitting. Can you believe it? Come on, Sara, another scarf for the middle table!

She holds a degree in Visual Design from IADE.

Sara Correia

Designer
Hortelã Magenta

Our Pips is the youngest member of the group. A true Ribatejana, she’s all about traditional roots. She has the affection and admiration of the team. Organization is her thing, and her respect for typography is becoming a defining part of this relationship. It’s a keeper 😉

She holds a degree in Communication Design from the Polytechnic of Portalegre.

Filipa Nunes

Designer

A laid-back way of being.

Dedication, camaraderie, and transparency are our core values. We genuinely believe that this is the only way to grow alongside our clients and progressively and substantially improve their projects until they become great.

What they say about us.

Consulai

We found Hortelã Magenta by chance among many other communication companies in 2014. But from the very beginning, we knew we wanted to work with them. Since then, we’ve built a relationship based on three key pillars: Respect, Trust, and Professionalism. Thank you so much to the entire team for all your work!

Marta Mendes

Senior Consultant | Innovation and Research; Coordinator of Institutional Communication

Farinhas Firmos

In recent years, we’ve had the opportunity to work with Hortelã Magenta. In the various requests and work situations we’ve developed, we found a team consistently motivated to collaborate, discuss, and share ideas, and to turn problems into opportunities, finding the most appropriate and innovative solutions in the face of the proposed challenges. Their performance stands out for its distinct professionalism, skilled creativity, and the quality of the graphic proposals and communication solutions developed. Always available with complete solutions, they differentiate themselves through their unique image, and the enthusiasm and attention to detail in the work they present make their brand felt in every project they take on. We highly recommend them!

Luís Firmo

HR and R&D, Project Manager

Adega Camolas

A young, dynamic, and innovative team with excellent professionals, making it easy to communicate ideas and achieve results. An indispensable partner in the areas of packaging design, graphic design, corporate image, branding, and web.

Miguel Carvalho

Marketing Department and Store Manager, Administrative Technician

Inframoura

They are a team that surprises with every project, bringing new ideas and concepts. They are professionals with a high sense of aesthetics and artistry, great communication skills, and strong commitment to their duties and responsibilities.

Inês Reis

Strategic Communication and Marketing Office

Stericycle

An important and decisive partner in the areas of Branding and Graphic Design. Their advice, proximity, and availability continue to be crucial in our collaboration.

Nuno Rosa

Senior Marketing Manager Portugal & Spain

Mafraria

Excellent in everything. Few words can describe a 3-year relationship in which the creativity in the many projects developed always managed to surprise! (Mafraria Natas & Coffee House) – (Riviera Portuguesa Mobiliário) – (Riviera Portuguesa Coffee).

Paulo Oliveira

CEO

IMT

Hortelã Magenta worked with IMT and LNEC on the graphic redesign of the “Normative Document for Urban Streets” and we can say that we were very satisfied with the quality of the final product and the professionalism of the team throughout the work.

Rui Velasco

Director of Studies, Evaluation, and Forecasting Services

Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal

An indispensable partner in the design field with a highly competent, organized team and a strong aesthetic sense. The level of commitment to the client and defined goals enables the achievement of exceptional results in a relationship of great proximity.

Cristina Patacas

Coordinator of the Image and Communication Office

Homesphere

When you approach a company with the project of developing the corporate identity of a new brand, and you finish the work with immense satisfaction, with the mission successfully accomplished, despite also involving some luck, but undoubtedly a lot of professionalism, honesty, transparency, availability, ease of communication, and adherence to agreed deadlines. I highly recommend them without any hesitation. A big thank you to the entire team at Hortelã Magenta.

Valter Aleixo

CEO

Adrepes

What better way to describe Hortelã Magenta than by borrowing Fernando Pessoa’s “slogan” for Coca-Cola: “First it’s strange, then it becomes familiar.” The name is strange at first. Then, the location. But what becomes familiar is the professionalism, creativity, and innovation, but above all, the dedication. A small, young, multidisciplinary team with great availability. It’s inevitable that a professional relationship with this team turns into friendship and admiration. The secret? I think it’s like cooking. One can be a great chef, but the difference lies in the love put into the cooking.

Nuno Aragão

Marketing Department

Tavira Lawyers

A company of competent, skilled professionals, producing and presenting work and services that greatly please us. Hortelã Magenta was initially responsible for the creation and launch of our marketing, design, and communication image, being the preferred partner of our law firm in the Algarve. It is worth noting the friendliness and ease of contact, as well as the always surprising touch of creativity and innovation in all the work we request. We express our best wishes for the continued excellent work.

Rui Horta

Lawyer & CEO

Coprate

Hortelã Magenta was responsible for the rebranding of our marketing, design, and communication image, becoming the preferred partner for our marketing activities. It is worth highlighting the friendliness, ease, and availability in communication, as well as the always surprising touch of creativity and innovation in all the work we request.

André Ferreira

CEO