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The 33/44 Social Onboarding Kit

Five guides, one system. Read top to bottom on day one, then keep them open as you work.

This kit takes someone with great taste but no formal social-media experience and ramps them to running 33/44's Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn on their own in about a month. The five guides build on each other — each tab above is one open file. Click any card to jump in; every guide also has ‹ previous · next › links at the bottom, so you can read straight through.

The path

Read them in this order the first time:

How they fit together

  • The Starter Kit is the map — the brand voice, the content pillars, the four-week plan, and the everyday Claude prompt templates. Start here.
  • The Training Manual is the course underneath the map — what the job actually is, how the platforms work, and how to think about growth.
  • The Guided Onboarding Program is the do-this-now layer — a day-by-day, week-by-week sequence of Learn → Practise → Do.
  • The Making Content with Claude guide is the production manual — three concrete ways to turn an idea into a finished, on-brand graphic.
  • The Visual Style System is the brand reference — the exact colours, fonts, and components, with a prompt block to paste so anything Claude builds comes out on-brand.

One line to keep on the wall: make content the right people want to save and share, post it consistently, talk to everyone who responds, and put a little money behind whatever already works.

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Social Media Starter Kit

The map — voice, pillars, the 4-week ramp, prompt templates

A four-week onboarding handbook for running Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn for 33/44. Language: English. Commitment: full-time. Goal: operational competence in 30 days — producing on-brand content, scheduling consistently, managing community, and running your first boosted post.

Read Section 1 first. It's the part no tool can teach you.


1. The brand voice (read this first)

33/44 is a design studio, but it doesn't talk like one. The whole visual identity is built on a code-editor aesthetic — a signature styled like a signature.json file, the Dracula colour palette, JetBrains Mono type. That tells you everything about the voice:

33/44 is where precision meets beauty. We design interiors, architecture, and experiences the way good engineers write code — every detail considered, nothing decorative-for-decoration's-sake, systems that hold together. Recent work is serious: full hospitality and residential interiors at scale.

Voice rules

  • Confident and precise. State things plainly. "We designed this." Not "We're so excited to share that we had the amazing opportunity to..."
  • Design-literate. Assume the audience knows what a material palette or a reflected ceiling plan is. Talk up to them.
  • A little dry, a little code-flavoured. The brand has wit baked into its identity. A // comment-style aside or a developer metaphor lands — used sparingly, never forced.
  • Show the thinking, not just the photo. A rendering is the answer; the interesting part is the constraint it solved.

Avoid

  • Corporate buzzwords: "synergy," "leverage," "game-changing," "passionate about excellence."
  • Emoji spam. One, deliberate, occasionally. Never a rainbow.
  • Exclamation marks as a personality substitute.
  • Generic captions that could belong to any studio ("Beautiful spaces for beautiful people ✨").

The test for any caption: Could a competitor have posted this word-for-word? If yes, rewrite it until only 33/44 could have said it.


2. Content pillars

Every post should belong to one of these. Aim for a rough mix, not rigid rules.

  1. Project reveals — finished spaces, renderings, completed work. The portfolio. (~40%)
  2. Process & detail — a single material, a section drawing, a before/after, the problem behind a design move. This is what makes people trust the studio. (~30%)
  3. Studio & people — the team, the workspace, the code-editor identity itself, behind-the-scenes. Builds the brand personality. (~15%)
  4. Point of view — a short opinion on design, materials, hospitality, a city. This is the LinkedIn engine. (~15%)

3. The four-week ramp (full-time)

Week 1 — Stop being a consumer, become an operator

You already scroll well. Now learn the machinery behind the feed.

  • Days 1–2: Account setup. Instagram → Professional account. Facebook Page admin access. LinkedIn Company Page admin access. Connect IG + FB inside Meta Business Suite. Confirm you can post and see analytics on all three.
  • Days 2–3: Audit. Screenshot 33/44's current presence — what exists, what's inconsistent, what's missing. Write it down honestly.
  • Days 3–4: Build a swipe file. Find 12–15 reference accounts (design studios, architecture firms, hospitality brands you admire). Save 30+ posts you'd want to learn from. Note why each works.
  • Day 5: Write the deliverables.

Deliverables: brand-voice one-pager (your own words, building on Section 1) · competitor/reference audit · confirmed pillars.

Week 2 — Turn one project into a post

The core skill of the job.

  • Pick one completed 33/44 project with good renderings.
  • Produce a full post for each platform from it — same project, three different treatments (see Section 4). Use the prompt templates in Section 5.
  • Learn the carousel (a story across slides), the basics of a Reel, and write your first batch.
  • Learn one scheduler — start native (Meta Business Suite + LinkedIn's own scheduler), they teach you how the platforms actually work.

Deliverable: 6–8 finished posts, scheduled out across the platforms.

Week 3 — Consistency and community

Consistency beats volume. A studio that posts twice a week forever beats one that posts daily for a month then vanishes.

  • Lock a cadence: e.g. IG 3×/week, LinkedIn 2×/week, FB mirrors the best of both.
  • Community management: reply to every comment and DM, and spend 20 min/day engaging outward on other accounts (this is how small accounts get seen).
  • Start Stories — lighter, faster, behind-the-scenes.
  • First analytics read: what landed, what didn't, one sentence of why.

Deliverable: live posting on a fixed schedule + a short "what's working" note.

Week 4 — Boosting and ownership

  • Learn the difference between a one-click Boost and Meta Ads Manager (the real tool). Run one small boosted post with a tiny test budget on your best-performing organic post.
  • Try one LinkedIn promotion.
  • Build next month's content calendar yourself — you own it now.
  • A one-page monthly report: followers, reach, top 3 posts, what you'll change.

Deliverable: a repeatable monthly system + one boosted post + a report template.


4. Per-platform cheat sheet

Instagram LinkedIn Facebook
Role Visual portfolio Credibility + leads Reach / mirror
Best format Carousels & Reels Text + 1–4 images, short video Carousels, links
Caption length Short hook, then optional detail Longer — tell the thinking Medium
Tone Tight, visual, confident More substance, POV, expertise Friendly, broad
Cadence 3×/week + Stories 2×/week 2×/week
Hashtags 5–10, specific 3–5 2–3

Rule of thumb: Instagram shows the work, LinkedIn explains the thinking, Facebook spreads the reach. Never copy-paste the same caption to all three.


5. Claude prompt templates (your daily tools)

Paste these into Claude, fill the brackets, refine the output. Always edit the result — Claude drafts, your taste decides.

A. Project reveal → Instagram carousel

You are writing for 33/44, a Tbilisi design studio with a precise, design-literate,
slightly code-flavoured voice. No corporate buzzwords, no emoji spam.

Project: [name + type, e.g. "boutique hotel lobby, Batumi"]
Key facts: [2–4 facts — materials, the constraint solved, the idea]
I have these renderings/images: [describe them]

Write an Instagram carousel:
- Slide 1: a hook (max 8 words) that makes someone stop scrolling
- Slides 2–5: one line each, building the story of the design
- Caption: 2–3 sentences in 33/44's voice + 6–8 specific hashtags

B. Project reveal → LinkedIn

Same brand and voice as above (33/44, precise, design-literate, no buzzwords).

Project: [name + type]
The interesting design problem: [the constraint or challenge]
How we solved it: [the move]

Write a LinkedIn post that explains the *thinking*, not just shows the result.
~120–180 words, confident first person, ends with a subtle invitation to engage.
Then 3–5 hashtags.

C. Single rendering → caption + hashtags

Brand: 33/44, design studio, precise + design-literate voice, English.
Describe this rendering: [describe it]
Write 3 caption options (short, medium, with-a-dry-aside) + one hashtag set of 6.

D. Reel / short-video script

Brand: 33/44. Write a 15–20 second Reel script for [project/topic].
Give me: on-screen text per beat, a one-line spoken/voiceover, and a caption.
Keep it visual-first and confident.

E. Rewrite / variations

Here's a caption I drafted: [paste]
Rewrite it 3 ways in 33/44's voice — tighter, more POV, more playful.
Tell me which you'd pick and why.

F. Weekly batch ideation

Brand: 33/44. Content pillars: project reveals, process & detail, studio & people, point of view.
Here are the projects/assets I have this week: [list]
Give me 7 post ideas mapped to pillars and platforms, with a one-line angle each.

6. Tools & setup checklist

  • [ ] Instagram → Professional (Business) account
  • [ ] Facebook Page — admin access confirmed
  • [ ] LinkedIn Company Page — admin access confirmed
  • [ ] Meta Business Suite — IG + FB connected, scheduling tested
  • [ ] LinkedIn native scheduler — tested
  • [ ] A shared folder for renderings/assets (the content library)
  • [ ] (Later, optional) graduate to one paid scheduler — Buffer or Metricool are the right fit for a small studio on a budget; both cover all three platforms. Skip enterprise tools (Hootsuite/Sprout start ~$199/mo).
  • [ ] (Week 4) Meta Ads Manager access for boosting

7. What "done" looks like at end of month

By day 30 she should be able to, without hand-holding:

  • Take a project + renderings and produce platform-ready posts for all three channels.
  • Keep a consistent posting schedule.
  • Reply to comments/DMs and engage outward daily.
  • Read basic analytics and say what's working.
  • Run a small boosted post.
  • Own next month's content calendar.

What keeps developing after month one (and that's normal): paid ads depth, real audience-growth strategy, and a sharper instinct for what converts followers into client conversations. The month builds the engine — the next two months tune it.

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Training Manual

The course — the why and the how, end to end

The complete course. This goes underneath the Starter Kit: the Kit is the map, this is the ground you actually walk. It assumes you know nothing about managing social accounts yet — only that you understand feeds as a user. By the end you'll understand the job, not just the buttons.

Work through it in order. Don't rush Part 1 and Part 2 to get to the doing — the people who skip the "why" stay forever stuck doing busywork that doesn't grow anything.


Part 1 — What a social media manager actually does

The job is not "post nice pictures." Posting is maybe 20% of it. A good social media manager runs a small machine with four moving parts:

  1. Strategy — deciding what to say, to whom, and why. What is 33/44 trying to be known for?
  2. Production — turning the studio's work (projects, renderings, details) into content people stop scrolling for.
  3. Distribution — getting that content in front of the right people, at the right time, consistently — organic and paid.
  4. Community & measurement — replying, engaging outward, reading the numbers, and changing what isn't working.

The mindset shift that turns a "scroller" into a "manager": you stop consuming the feed and start reverse-engineering it. When a post stops your thumb, you ask why. The hook? The first frame? The pacing? That instinct — which you already have as a heavy user — is the rare part. Everything else in this manual is learnable in weeks.

What separates good from average:

  • Consistency over intensity. Posting 3× a week for a year beats posting daily for one month then going quiet. The algorithm and the audience both reward showing up.
  • Taste plus discipline. Taste picks the right image. Discipline ships it on schedule even when the studio is busy.
  • Curiosity about numbers. You don't need to love spreadsheets. You need to be curious about why one post reached 3,000 people and another reached 200.
  • Owning the brand voice. Every caption should sound like 33/44 and no one else (see the Starter Kit, Section 1).

Part 2 — How the platforms actually work (the algorithm in plain English)

You can't grow an account you don't understand. Here's the machine, simplified but accurate for 2026.

The core idea: every platform wants to keep people on the platform. So it shows each person the content most likely to make them stop, watch, react, and stay. Your job is to make content the algorithm wants to push because it keeps people engaged.

What the algorithm measures (and you should optimise for):

  • Engagement velocity — how fast a post gets likes, comments, shares, and especially saves and sends in its first hour. Early engagement tells the platform "this is good, show it to more people." This is why posting when your audience is online matters.
  • Retention — for video, how much of it people actually watch. A 15-second Reel watched to the end beats a 60-second one people drop after 5 seconds.
  • Shares and saves — worth far more than likes in 2026. A save says "this is useful, I'll come back." A share says "I'd put my name on this." Design posts people want to save (a beautiful detail, a useful idea) or send to a colleague.
  • Consistency — accounts that post on a steady rhythm get steadier reach than ones that spike and vanish.

Two truths about reach in 2026:

  1. Organic reach has shrunk. Posting alone hits a ceiling. This is normal and not your fault — every brand faces it.
  2. The fix is organic + paid working together. You build the content engine with organic posts. You then put a small budget behind the posts that already performed well organically, to push them to new audiences. Never boost a weak post hoping money fixes it — money amplifies whatever the post already is.

Social SEO — the newer lever. People increasingly search inside Instagram and LinkedIn ("Batumi hotel interior", "boutique hotel design"). So your captions and on-screen text should include the words people would search for. Write for humans first, but make sure the searchable words are in there.

Per-platform character:

  • Instagram — visual-first, discovery-heavy (Reels and Explore can put you in front of strangers). Best for showing the work and reaching new people.
  • LinkedIn — professional, text-and-credibility driven. Slower but higher-value: this is where future clients, partners, and press actually are. Content that explains thinking wins.
  • Facebook — broader, older audience, good for reach and remarketing. Often mirrors your best IG content rather than getting bespoke posts.

Part 3 — How to literally post (step by step)

This is the part nobody writes down. Here is the actual sequence on each platform. UIs shift slightly over time, but the flow is stable.

Before anything: set up the accounts properly

  • Instagram → Settings → switch to a Professional / Business account (unlocks analytics and scheduling).
  • Make sure the Facebook Page (not a personal profile) exists and you're an admin.
  • Make sure you're an admin on the LinkedIn Company Page.
  • Connect Instagram + Facebook inside Meta Business Suite (business.facebook.com) — this is the free control room for both.

Posting on Instagram (feed photo / carousel)

  1. Open the app → tap +Post.
  2. Select your image(s). For a carousel, tap the layered-squares icon and select multiple (up to 20, in the order they'll appear).
  3. Set the crop. Use 4:5 portrait (1080×1350) — it takes up the most screen space in the feed. (More on specs in Part 4.)
  4. Optionally apply light editing — keep it minimal and on-brand; 33/44 visuals shouldn't look filtered.
  5. Write the caption (Part 4 and Part 5 cover what to write). Put the strongest line first.
  6. Add hashtags (5–10, specific). You can put them at the end of the caption or in the first comment.
  7. Tag location and any collaborators/accounts featured.
  8. Share — or, to schedule, use Meta Business Suite instead (below).

Posting an Instagram Reel

  1. +Reel, or upload a video you've already edited.
  2. Vertical, 9:16 (1080×1920), ideally 7–30 seconds for a studio (short and tight beats long).
  3. Add on-screen text for the first frame — this is the hook; most people watch with sound off.
  4. Add captions/subtitles if there's voiceover (autoplay is muted).
  5. Cover frame: pick a clean, striking still — it lives on your grid forever.
  6. Caption + hashtags → share.

Posting an Instagram Story

  1. +Story. Photo or short video, 9:16, disappears in 24h.
  2. Lower stakes — use for behind-the-scenes, polls, reposting mentions, "in progress" shots.
  3. Add stickers (poll, question, link) to drive interaction. Save the best as a Highlight so it stays on your profile.

Posting on Facebook

  1. Go to the Page (as the Page, not your personal profile) → "Create post."
  2. Add text + image/video. Same visuals as Instagram usually work; 1080px wide, square or 4:5.
  3. For most studio content, you can post the same asset you used on Instagram with a slightly adapted caption.
  4. Publish now or schedule.

Posting on LinkedIn (Company Page)

  1. From the Company Page, click Start a post.
  2. Write the text first — LinkedIn rewards substance. Lead with a strong first line (only the first ~2 lines show before "...see more").
  3. Attach media: a single image (1200×627 landscape or 1200×1200 square), native video (1920×1080), or a document carousel (a PDF people swipe through — excellent for showing a project step by step).
  4. Add 3–5 relevant hashtags at the end.
  5. Post now, or use LinkedIn's built-in scheduler (the clock icon next to "Post").

Scheduling everything from one place (Meta Business Suite)

  1. business.facebook.com → Planner (or ContentCreate post).
  2. Choose which accounts (IG, FB, or both).
  3. Add media + caption (you can customise per platform).
  4. Click the dropdown next to "Publish" → Schedule → pick date and time.
  5. The Planner calendar shows everything queued — this is how you stop scrambling daily.

Habit to build: batch. Sit down once a week, make 5–8 posts, schedule them all. Then your daily job becomes engagement and monitoring, not panic-posting.


Part 4 — What good content actually looks like

The anatomy of a post that works

Every strong post has three layers:

  1. The stop — the first image / first video frame / first line of text. You have under a second. For 33/44 this is usually a beautiful, high-contrast hero shot or a single striking detail. For LinkedIn it's the first sentence.
  2. The hold — what keeps them there. A carousel that tells a story slide by slide. A caption that rewards reading. A video that pays off.
  3. The action — what you want them to do: save it, share it, follow, click, comment. Often implied, sometimes asked for directly ("save this for your next project").

Visual standards & specs (2026)

Design everything at 1080px wide minimum, JPEG for photos, PNG for graphics/logos/text.

Format Size Ratio
Instagram / Facebook feed (default) 1080 × 1350 4:5 portrait
Square (safe everywhere) 1080 × 1080 1:1
Reels / Stories / vertical video 1080 × 1920 9:16
LinkedIn single image (landscape) 1200 × 627 1.91:1
LinkedIn square / carousel slide 1200 × 1200 1:1
LinkedIn document carousel PDF, up to 100MB

Crop safety: keep important elements (logos, text, key parts of a rendering) away from the edges. For vertical video especially, leave the top ~14% and bottom ~35% clear of text — that's where the platform overlays buttons and captions.

The 33/44 visual bar: the renderings and projects are the strength — let them breathe. Don't clutter them with graphics. When you add text (carousel titles, hooks), use the brand's restraint: clean type, lots of space, the code-editor sensibility. A post should look like 33/44 made it before anyone reads a word.

Post-type playbook for 33/44

  • The single hero — one stunning rendering, short confident caption. The bread and butter.
  • The carousel reveal — slide 1 hook, slides 2–6 walk through a project (concept → material → detail → final). High save rate.
  • The before/after — existing condition vs designed result. People love transformation.
  • The detail — one material, one corner, one joint, shot close. Shows craft, builds trust.
  • The process — a section drawing, a moodboard, a sketch beside the render. This is what makes people believe you're serious, not just pretty.
  • The POV (mostly LinkedIn) — a short opinion: why a material choice mattered, what a constraint taught you. This is how the studio becomes a voice, not just a portfolio.

Part 5 — How to generate content with Claude (the exact workflow)

Claude is your drafting partner. It writes, your taste decides. Never post raw output — always edit. Here's the full loop, then a worked example.

The loop

  1. Gather the raw material: the project name and type, 2–4 real facts (materials, the design problem, the idea), and a description of the rendering/image you'll use.
  2. Pick the template (Starter Kit Section 5, or below) for the platform and format you need.
  3. Paste it into Claude, filling the brackets. Be specific — vague input gives generic output.
  4. Read the output critically. Does it sound like 33/44? Could a competitor have written it? If yes, push back: "tighter," "less corporate," "more confident," "cut the emoji."
  5. Edit the final version yourself. Add the human detail Claude couldn't know.
  6. Pair with the chosen image, check specs, schedule.

Worked example

Raw material you bring:

Project: boutique hotel lobby, Batumi. Facts: existing concrete structure couldn't be moved, so we designed around the columns instead of hiding them; warm timber + brushed brass against the raw concrete; lighting layered to make a tall cold space feel intimate. Image: wide rendering of the lobby at dusk, lamps on.

What you'd paste (Instagram carousel template):

You are writing for 33/44, a Tbilisi design studio with a precise, design-literate,
slightly code-flavoured voice. No corporate buzzwords, no emoji spam, no exclamation marks.

Project: boutique hotel lobby, Batumi
Key facts: existing concrete columns couldn't move, so we designed around them rather than
hiding them; warm timber and brushed brass against raw concrete; layered lighting to make a
tall, cold space feel intimate.
Image: wide rendering of the lobby at dusk with lamps on.

Write an Instagram carousel:
- Slide 1: a hook under 8 words
- Slides 2-5: one line each, building the story
- Caption: 2-3 sentences in 33/44's voice + 7 specific hashtags including searchable terms

Then you refine — ask for a tighter hook, swap a word that feels off, add the one human detail (e.g. "the brass was sourced locally"). The result sounds like the studio because you finished it.

Claude do's and don'ts

  • Do give it real facts. It can't invent the truth of a project; it can only shape what you give it.
  • Do ask for 3 options and choose. Comparing beats accepting the first draft.
  • Do use it to learn — ask "why does this hook work?" and you'll get better faster.
  • Don't let it write in generic marketing-speak. Catch it and correct it every time.
  • Don't post anything you wouldn't defend as 33/44's own words.

Part 6 — What to post to raise awareness (the strategy underneath)

Awareness = more of the right people knowing 33/44 exists and remembering it. Here's how content actually does that.

The content mix (the "why" behind the pillars)

Awareness needs three jobs covered, every week:

  • Reach content (gets in front of strangers): Reels, strong hero shots, shareable details. This widens the top of the funnel.
  • Credibility content (convinces the people who arrive): process, POV, finished projects with real thinking. This is what makes a stranger trust the studio.
  • Connection content (turns followers into a community): studio life, the team, the brand's code-editor personality, replying and engaging. People follow people, not logos.

A feed of only pretty renderings reaches but doesn't convince. A feed of only think-pieces convinces but doesn't reach. You need both, plus the human layer.

The awareness engine (organic → paid)

  1. Post consistently (the rhythm in the Starter Kit: IG 3×/week, LinkedIn 2×/week, FB mirroring).
  2. After ~2 weeks, look at analytics. Find the 1–2 posts that outperformed organically.
  3. Put a small budget behind those proven winners (Meta boosting / Ads Manager, LinkedIn promotion) targeting the right audience — by location (Georgia + your target markets), interests (architecture, interior design, hospitality), or a lookalike audience built from people who already engage.
  4. This is the whole game: organic finds what resonates, paid scales it to new people. Cheaply and predictably.

Community is reach (not optional)

  • Reply to every comment and DM, ideally within hours. Early replies boost the post's engagement velocity.
  • Spend ~20 minutes a day engaging outward — commenting thoughtfully on architects, suppliers, hospitality brands, local design accounts. This is how a small account gets discovered. It's unglamorous and it works.
  • Repost mentions and tags to Stories. User-generated content is trusted more than anything you say about yourself.

Social SEO in practice

  • Put searchable terms in captions and on-screen text: "Batumi hotel interior," "concrete and timber lobby," "boutique hotel design Georgia."
  • Fill the profile bio with clear, keyword-aware description of what 33/44 does and where.
  • Name the work plainly somewhere in the post, even if the creative copy is more poetic.

Part 7 — Measuring and improving

You can't improve what you don't watch. Check these — weekly for the pulse, monthly for the trend.

The five numbers that matter: 1. Reach / impressions — how many unique people saw you. The headline awareness metric. 2. Follower growth rate — steady climb = content is attracting new people consistently. 3. Engagement rate — (likes + comments + shares + saves) ÷ reach. Signals relevance and earns more reach. 4. Saves and shares — the high-value signals. Track which posts earn them and make more of those. 5. Brand search / profile visits — people looking you up = awareness is working beyond the feed.

Vanity vs value: a post with 500 likes and 2 saves is weaker than one with 150 likes and 40 saves. Chase saves, shares, and reach to new people — not just likes.

The weekly review (15 min): What were my top 2 and bottom 2 posts? Why? What will I do more / less of next week?

The monthly report (one page): reach, follower growth, top 3 posts, what changed, what you'll test next month. This is also how Magic can see the learning curve as numbers, not vibes.


Part 8 — The operating rhythm (a real week)

A sustainable weekly routine once she's ramped:

  • Monday — review last week's numbers; plan the week's posts against the pillars; draft with Claude.
  • Tuesday — produce and finalise visuals; write/edit captions; batch-schedule the week.
  • Wed–Fri — light posting days are now automated; focus on Stories, community management, outward engagement, and responding.
  • Daily (every day, ~30–45 min total) — reply to all comments/DMs; 20 min outward engagement; check nothing's broken in the schedule.
  • Last working day of the month — boost the month's best post; write the one-page report.

The point of batching and scheduling is that the creative work happens in focused blocks, and the daily work becomes the human work — talking to people — which is exactly what the algorithm and the audience reward.


Part 9 — The skill progression (what "good" looks like, measured)

So "make a good social media manager" isn't a vibe — here's the ladder.

By Day 30 (operational): can post correctly on all three platforms; produces on-brand content with Claude; schedules a consistent week; replies and engages daily; reads basic analytics; ran one boosted post.

By Day 60 (capable): owns the content calendar a month ahead; consistently distinguishes high-save content from filler; runs paid boosts deliberately on proven posts; writes LinkedIn POV posts that get real engagement; reach and followers trending up month over month.

By Day 90 (leading): sets the monthly strategy herself; reports results and proposes what to test; builds and targets paid audiences with intent; the account has a recognisable voice and a growing, engaged community. At this point she's running 33/44's social presence, not just posting on it — which was the goal.


One-line summary to keep on the wall

Make content the right people want to save and share, post it consistently, talk to everyone who responds, and put a little money behind whatever already works.

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Guided Onboarding Program

The do-this-now layer — step by step, week by week

Welcome. This is your step-by-step program for taking over 33/44's social media. It assumes you're starting fresh — that you've never managed a business account, scheduled a post, or run an ad. That's fine. It tells you exactly what to do, in what order, with real links and practice steps — and you'll practise everything on your own practice accounts first, before you ever touch the real 33/44 channels.

Read this alongside the companion documents: the Starter Kit (the map), the Training Manual (the why and how), and Making Content with Claude (the production guide — how to actually make the visuals). This document is the do-this-now layer.


⚠️ Read this first: how to practise safely (the "test account" rule)

Practising on test accounts is exactly the right instinct — but one rule protects you:

Never create a fake person. Meta (Facebook + Instagram) and LinkedIn all require real, authentic identities and will suspend accounts that use fake names or fake profiles. A banned practice account can also drag down any real account it gets connected to.

The safe way to practise: - Use your own real name and identity. - Create a practice Business Page on Facebook and a secondary/practice Instagram account, clearly named as a practice or personal-portfolio account (e.g. your name + "design notes"). A Page or a second IG account under a real person is 100% allowed — businesses and people legitimately run several. - Do not connect these practice accounts to the real 33/44 Business Manager. Keep practice in its own sandbox. - On LinkedIn, practise on your own personal profile (you already have one, or make one in your real name) — do not create a fake company. When you're ready, you'll be added as an admin to the real 33/44 Company Page.

In short: real identity, separate practice space, clearly labelled. That's compliant and safe.


The structure: Learn → Practise → Do

Each week, do three things in this order: 1. Learn — a specific lesson or resource (links below). 2. Practise — the same skill on your practice accounts. 3. Do — apply it to the real 33/44 accounts, once you're comfortable.

Keep a simple log (a doc or notebook): date, what you did, what you learned, one question. It's how you'll see your own progress.


WEEK 1 — Foundations & setup

Goal: accounts exist, you understand the landscape, and you've made your first practice post.

Learn

  • Meta Blueprint — free official courses: https://www.facebookblueprint.com — the official Meta training catalog (100+ free self-paced courses). Do the "Get started with advertising" path and the Facebook Page / Instagram business profile setup courses.
  • Instagram for Business (official): https://business.instagram.com — and the Help Center setup guide: https://help.instagram.com/502981923235522
  • Facebook Pages (official): https://www.facebook.com/business/pages
  • LinkedIn Pages (official guide): https://business.linkedin.com/marketing-solutions/linkedin-pages
  • Read the Training Manual, Parts 1–3 (what the job is, how the algorithm works, how to literally post).

Practise — the exact clicks

Set up a practice Facebook Page: 1. Log in with your real Facebook account (or create one with your real name). 2. Go to facebook.com → Menu → PagesCreate new Page. 3. Name it as a practice page (e.g. "[Your name] — Design Practice"). Pick a category like "Design". 4. Add a profile photo, cover image, and a short "About". Publish.

Set up a practice Instagram Business account: 1. In the Instagram app → create a new account (or use a secondary handle) with a clear practice name. 2. Profile → menu (≡) → SettingsAccount type and toolsSwitch to professional account → choose Business. 3. Fill in bio, profile photo, contact button. 4. (Optional for practice, required later for the real account) connect it to the practice Facebook Page.

Set up Meta Business Suite (the control room): 1. Go to business.facebook.com. 2. Connect the practice Page (and practice IG if linked). 3. Explore the Planner and Insights tabs — don't post yet, just look around.

First practice post: - Post one simple image to the practice IG account manually (Training Manual Part 3 walks through the clicks). Then post one to the practice Facebook Page. The goal is just to remove any fear of the buttons.

Do — real 33/44

  • Confirm you have admin access to the real 33/44 Facebook Page, Instagram, and LinkedIn Company Page.
  • Audit only — don't post yet. Screenshot what exists, note what's inconsistent.

Week 1 deliverables: practice accounts live with one post each · Meta Business Suite connected · 33/44 admin access confirmed · a one-page audit.


WEEK 2 — Content creation & first real posts

Goal: take a project and an image, produce a real post for each platform using Claude, and schedule it.

Learn

  • Meta Blueprint: the "Create content" and "Publishing tools" modules.
  • Canva Design School (free): https://www.canva.com/design-school — for sizing and laying out posts. Canva is the easiest tool for making on-spec visuals, and it has free templates pre-sized for each platform.
  • Read Training Manual, Parts 4–5 (what good content looks like + the exact Claude workflow) and Starter Kit Section 5 (the prompt templates).
  • Read Making Content with Claude (the production guide) in full — this is the core of how you'll actually make visuals. It covers both ways to produce a graphic: letting Claude build it directly (SVG/HTML for text-led posts) and using Claude to plan a Canva build (for photo-led posts), plus how to choose between them.

Practise

  • Path A (Claude builds it): ask Claude for a 1080×1350 SVG quote card in the 33/44 code-editor style, then screenshot it. Then ask for a 5-slide typographic carousel as a set. Get comfortable refining by talking ("bigger headline," "more space").
  • Path B (Claude plans, you build): make a practice carousel in Canva at 1080×1350 from a Claude build brief, using any photo, then post it to the practice IG account.
  • Practise scheduling (not just instant posting) in the Meta Business Suite Planner: queue 2 posts for future times on the practice accounts.

Do — real 33/44

  • Take one real 33/44 project + renderings and use the Claude templates to draft posts for IG, LinkedIn, and FB.
  • Submit the first batch for a brand-voice review before publishing (this is the checkpoint where the studio confirms the tone is right).
  • Schedule 3–4 real posts for the week.

Week 2 deliverables: practice carousel made and posted · first real 33/44 batch drafted, reviewed, scheduled.


WEEK 3 — Consistency, community & analytics

Goal: a steady posting rhythm, daily community habits, and your first read of the numbers.

Learn

  • HubSpot Academy — Social Media Marketing Certification (free, ~5 hours, real certificate): https://academy.hubspot.com/courses/social-media — an excellent free strategy foundation you can add to your own LinkedIn profile.
  • Meta Blueprint: the "Measure and optimise" / Insights modules.
  • Read Training Manual, Parts 6–7 (awareness strategy + measurement).

Practise

  • On the practice accounts, reply to any comments; spend 15 minutes commenting thoughtfully on real design accounts (from your own personal/practice profile).
  • Post a practice Story with a poll sticker.
  • Open Insights on the practice IG and read the reach/engagement on your posts — just to learn where the numbers live.

Do — real 33/44

  • Lock the real posting cadence (IG 3×/week, LinkedIn 2×/week, FB mirroring the best of both).
  • Begin daily community management on the real accounts: reply to all comments and DMs, and spend 20 min/day engaging outward.
  • Write your first weekly analytics note on the real accounts.

Week 3 deliverables: consistent real posting live · daily community habit started · first "what's working" note.


WEEK 4 — Boosting, paid basics & ownership

Goal: understand paid amplification, run one small boost, and own next month's plan.

Learn

  • Meta Blueprint: the "Advertising basics" / "Boost a post" / Ads Manager intro modules — official and free.
  • LinkedIn Marketing Labs (free): https://training.marketing.linkedin.com — official LinkedIn ads/marketing training (self-paced courses + free certifications; sign in with your personal LinkedIn profile).
  • Read Training Manual, Parts 8–9 (the weekly rhythm + the 30/60/90 skill ladder).

Practise

  • In Meta Ads Manager (or via the Boost button), set up but don't necessarily publish a boost on a practice post — walk through audience targeting, budget, and duration, so the interface isn't intimidating when you do it for real.

Do — real 33/44

  • Take the best-performing real organic post from Weeks 2–3 and boost it with a small test budget (Training Manual Part 6: only ever boost proven winners).
  • Build next month's content calendar yourself.
  • Write the one-page monthly report.

Week 4 deliverables: one real boosted post · self-built month-2 calendar · first monthly report.


Courses & resources

You don't need to spend much, if anything. The free official training from the platforms themselves is more current and more practical than most paid courses. Money is best spent on structure and accountability, not information.

Free, and genuinely worth doing (start here): - Meta Blueprint (facebookblueprint.com) — free, official, the source of truth for FB/IG, with 100+ self-paced mini-courses. Non-negotiable, do this. (The certification exams cost around $99–150, but all the courses are free — you only need the free courses.) - HubSpot Academy — Social Media Marketing Certification (academy.hubspot.com/courses/social-media) — free, ~5 hrs, a real certificate for your CV and LinkedIn. Great strategy foundation. - LinkedIn Marketing Labs (training.marketing.linkedin.com) — free, official LinkedIn training and free certifications. - Canva Design School (canva.com/design-school) — free, the fastest way to learn to make on-spec visuals, with free certificates.

Worth a paid option, if you want a structured spine (pick ONE): - Meta Social Media Marketing Professional Certificate (Coursera) — the strongest beginner program available in 2026: a six-course, ~5-month program (at ~10 hrs/week) built by Meta, covering everything from establishing a presence to running paid ads across FB, IG, LinkedIn, YouTube, and TikTok, with a capstone portfolio piece and an industry credential. Cost is a Coursera subscription (often a free trial, then a monthly fee). It doubles as both a certificate and a structured curriculum, and the capstone is real portfolio work. - Udemy — fine for cheap, narrow, practical "how to use X" courses (often heavily discounted to ~$15–25). Good as supplements — e.g. a specific "Canva for social media" or "Meta Ads for beginners" course. Don't expect a coherent program; expect useful single-topic videos. Buy on sale, never at full price.

Probably not worth it right now: - Hootsuite certification (~$199) and DMI (~$2,060) — these are credential-polishing for people already working in the field, and overkill for a first month.

Suggested path: start on the free stack (Meta Blueprint + HubSpot + Canva) in Weeks 1–3, since it maps directly onto this program. The Meta Coursera certificate is a good parallel track for months two and three if you want a deeper, credentialed foundation.


All the links, in one place

Official platform training (free): - Meta Blueprint (free course catalog): https://www.facebookblueprint.com - Instagram for Business: https://business.instagram.com - Instagram Help — set up a professional account: https://help.instagram.com/502981923235522 - Facebook Pages: https://www.facebook.com/business/pages - Meta Business Suite: https://business.facebook.com - LinkedIn Pages guide: https://business.linkedin.com/marketing-solutions/linkedin-pages - LinkedIn Marketing Labs: https://training.marketing.linkedin.com

Free courses/certificates: - HubSpot Academy social media: https://academy.hubspot.com/courses/social-media - Canva Design School: https://www.canva.com/design-school

Paid structured certificate: - Meta Social Media Marketing Professional Certificate: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/facebook-social-media-marketing


Daily & weekly checklist (print this)

Every day (~30–45 min): - [ ] Reply to all comments and DMs - [ ] 20 min engaging outward on other relevant accounts - [ ] Check scheduled posts went out / nothing's broken - [ ] Note one thing you learned

Every week: - [ ] One lesson/module from the week's resource - [ ] Practise the new skill on the practice accounts - [ ] Draft + schedule the real 33/44 posts (batch them in one sitting) - [ ] 15-min review: your top 2 and bottom 2 posts, and why

Every month: - [ ] Boost the best post (small budget) - [ ] Build next month's calendar - [ ] Write the one-page report


What success looks like at the end of the program

By the end of Week 4 you should be able to, without hand-holding: post correctly and safely on IG, FB, and LinkedIn; create on-brand content with Claude + Canva; schedule a consistent week; manage community daily; read basic analytics; and have run your first boosted post — having practised every risky step on your own accounts first. From there, the Training Manual's 30/60/90 ladder carries you toward leading 33/44's marketing.

~/33-44/social/making-content.md · guide 4/5

Making Content with Claude

Production guide — three paths from idea to posted graphic

This is your hands-on guide to actually producing social content with Claude — not just captions, but the visuals too: carousels, graphics, quote cards, the lot. It assumes you've never written a line of code, and you won't need to. Claude does the technical part; your job is to describe what you want, judge what comes back, and finish it with your taste.

There are two main ways to make a visual with Claude — plus a faster third option if you set up a connector. This guide teaches all of them, and — most importantly — when to use which. Read the "Which path?" section first; it's the thing that saves you the most time.


The two paths (and the one rule for choosing)

Path A — Claude builds the visual directly. You ask Claude to make the graphic, and it produces a finished SVG or HTML file. You open it, screenshot or export it, and post it. No Canva, no manual design. Fast, perfectly on-brand, repeatable.

Path B — Claude writes the plan, you build it in Canva. Claude gives you the copy, the slide-by-slide structure, and a layout brief. You then assemble it in Canva using a template, your photos, and renderings. Slower, but you get Canva's photo handling, drag-and-drop polish, and easy reuse.

A quick word on what these file types are (you don't need to master them, just recognise them): - SVG = a graphic made of shapes and text, defined in code. It stays razor-sharp at any size and is perfect for text-based visuals — quote cards, typographic carousel slides, the code-editor aesthetic 33/44 uses. It is not for photographs. - HTML = the language web pages are built from. Claude can produce a complete, styled HTML "card" that looks like a finished post, which you then screenshot. Good for richer layouts than SVG, and it can include photos. - Canva = a normal drag-and-drop design app. No code. Best when the post is photo-led (a rendering as the hero) or when you want to nudge things around by hand.

The rule for choosing

Ask one question: is this post mostly TEXT, or mostly PHOTO?

  • Mostly text (a quote, a stat, a typographic carousel, a "principle of the week," anything in the code-editor look) → Path A. Let Claude build it. It'll be on-brand and done in minutes.
  • Mostly photo (a rendering as the hero, a project reveal, a before/after, a detail shot) → Path B. Claude plans it, you build it in Canva, because Canva handles real images far better than code does.
  • A mix (a rendering with a clean text overlay) → usually Path B, but you can have Claude generate the text-overlay frame in Path A and lay it over the photo in Canva.

⚠️ The honest limit: in plain Claude chat, Claude cannot push a design straight into Canva — so the basic Path B always has a manual building step (Claude hands you the recipe, you build it). However, there's now a Canva connector for Claude that does bridge this gap automatically — that's Path C below. If you have it set up, the manual step largely disappears. If you don't, Path B is your reliable fallback and works on any plan.


PATH A — Claude builds the visual directly

This is the path people don't realise exists, and it's the one that makes you fast. For 33/44's text-driven, code-editor style, it's often better than Canva because it's pixel-consistent every time.

How it works, start to finish

  1. Ask Claude for the visual, describing what you want (templates below).
  2. Claude produces an SVG or HTML file — it appears as a previewable file you can see rendered.
  3. Look at it. Like it? Move on. Want changes? Just say so in plain words ("make the headline bigger," "use the green from the brand palette," "tighten the spacing") — you never edit code yourself.
  4. Get it out as an image: - For an SVG/HTML preview: take a clean screenshot at high resolution (on a Mac, Cmd+Shift+4; on Windows, the Snipping Tool). Crop to the edges. - Or ask Claude to size the canvas to the exact post dimensions (e.g. 1080×1350) so your screenshot is already the right shape.
  5. Post it, or drop it into Canva if you want to add a photo behind it.

What to actually say to Claude (beginner templates)

A single quote / principle card (Instagram 1080×1350):

Make me an Instagram post graphic as an SVG, sized 1080×1350.
Brand: 33/44, a design studio. Style: dark page background (#16181C) with a panel/card in
#282A36, JetBrains Mono font, the code-editor look — like a line from a config file. Clean,
lots of space, confident.
The text to feature: "[your quote or principle here]"
Add a small "33/44" mark in a corner. No clip-art, no decoration.

A typographic carousel (multiple slides):

Make me a 5-slide Instagram carousel as separate 1080×1350 SVG graphics.
Brand: 33/44, dark code-editor aesthetic (page background #16181C, panels #282A36, JetBrains Mono,
the signature green #0FFAB7 and pink #FF79C6 accents from our palette).
Slide 1 (hook): "[your hook]"
Slides 2–4 (one idea each): "[point], [point], [point]"
Slide 5 (close): "[closing line] — 33/44"
Keep every slide visually consistent so they read as a set.

A richer "post card" in HTML (when SVG feels too plain):

Make me an HTML graphic sized 1080×1350 for an Instagram post.
Brand: 33/44, code-editor aesthetic, dark background, JetBrains Mono.
Lay it out like a styled "signature.json" card: a label in pink, a value in green,
the link in cyan. Content: [what you want it to say].
Make it look finished — I'll screenshot it to post.

Editing without touching code

You change the design by talking, not coding. Useful phrases: - "Bigger / smaller headline." - "More breathing room around the text." - "Use our brand green for the accent instead." - "Center everything." - "Make a version in light mode too." - "Give me three variations of the layout so I can pick."

Path A do's and don'ts

  • Do use it for anything text-led — it's where it shines and where 33/44's aesthetic lives.
  • Do ask for the exact pixel size up front (1080×1350 for feed, 1080×1920 for Stories/Reels covers).
  • Do ask for a whole carousel in one go for consistency.
  • Don't use it to place real photographs — SVG/HTML handles type and shapes beautifully but isn't a photo editor.
  • Don't post a blurry screenshot — capture at full resolution and crop cleanly, or have Claude size the canvas so the screenshot is already correct.

PATH B — Claude plans it, you build it in Canva

Use this when the post is photo-led — which, for a design studio, is most reveals and project posts. Here Claude is your art director and copywriter; Canva is your hands.

How it works, start to finish

  1. Give Claude the project facts and the image you'll use (describe the rendering).
  2. Ask for a Canva build brief (template below). Claude returns: the caption, the slide-by-slide structure, the exact text for each slide, and layout guidance — plus the specs (size, where text should sit, safe margins).
  3. Open Canva, start a design at the right size (Canva has presets: "Instagram Post", "Instagram Story").
  4. Pick or build a template that matches 33/44 (dark background, clean mono-style type — Canva has a font close to JetBrains Mono; set it once and save a brand template so every post matches).
  5. Drop in the rendering, add the text Claude gave you, follow the layout notes.
  6. Export as PNG/JPG at the post size, and post.

The build-brief template

I'm building this in Canva. Give me a complete build brief for an Instagram carousel.
Brand: 33/44 design studio — precise, design-literate, code-editor aesthetic, dark backgrounds,
mono font, minimal. No buzzwords, no emoji spam.

Project: [name + type, e.g. boutique hotel lobby, Batumi]
Facts: [2–4 facts — materials, the constraint solved, the idea]
Image I'll use as the hero: [describe the rendering]

Give me:
1. The caption (2–3 sentences in 33/44's voice) + 7 hashtags including searchable terms
2. A slide-by-slide plan (how many slides, what each one shows)
3. The exact text for each slide (short)
4. Layout notes: what's the hero image slide, where text should sit, what to keep clear of edges
5. The Canva canvas size to start with

Setting up Canva once so every post is on-brand (do this in Week 2)

  • Start a design → set a dark background (#16181C, with cards/panels in #282A36).
  • Choose a clean monospace font (search Canva's fonts for a "mono" face; pick one and stick to it).
  • Set your accent colours from the brand palette (signature green #0FFAB7, pink #FF79C6, purple #BD93F9, yellow #F1FA8C).
  • Save it as a template / Brand Kit so you reuse it instead of rebuilding each time.

Path B do's and don'ts

  • Do use it whenever a rendering or photo is the star.
  • Do make one reusable brand template in Canva so posts stay consistent.
  • Do keep important parts of the image away from the edges (the platform crops corners).
  • Don't rebuild from scratch each time — duplicate your template.
  • Don't over-decorate; 33/44's strength is restraint. Let the rendering breathe.

PATH C — The Canva connector (Claude builds in Canva for you)

This is the newest and, once set up, the fastest option. A Canva connector links Claude directly to your Canva account, so Claude can generate a design and place it straight into Canva — no manual rebuilding, no screenshot.

What it actually does

  • You describe the post in chat; Claude generates several design options and shows them as thumbnails right in the conversation.
  • Each option comes with an "Open in Canva" link — one click and it's live and fully editable in your Canva account.
  • You do a quick polish in Canva (fix any text that overflowed, swap in the real rendering, nudge spacing) — usually a couple of minutes.
  • Export as PNG for posting, or ask Claude to resize the same design into other formats (e.g. Instagram → LinkedIn) and export them all at once.

People who've tested it report a carousel going from ~35–45 minutes down to roughly 8–12 minutes, prompt to exported PNG.

What you need (the honest fine print)

  • A paid Claude plan — the connectors are a paid-tier feature.
  • A Canva account (free works to create new designs; Canva Pro also lets Claude edit your existing files).
  • A one-time setup: connect Canva to Claude (you authorize it through Canva in your browser, the normal "sign in and allow" flow).
  • It uses more time and tokens than Path A, and the first design pass is rarely perfect — expect 2–3 rounds and always a human polish. It removes the production grunt-work; it does not remove your editorial judgement.

When to use Path C vs the others

  • Use Path C when you want a Canva-quality, photo-capable design and you want to skip the manual building — your day-to-day workhorse once it's set up.
  • Use Path A (direct SVG/HTML) for quick text-only cards where you don't even need Canva — it's still the fastest for a simple quote card.
  • Use Path B (manual Canva) as the always-works fallback when the connector isn't set up or is being fiddly.

Don't worry about setting up Path C in Week 1. Start with Paths A and B so you understand the fundamentals, then add the connector once you're comfortable — that's built into the schedule (try it in Week 2–3).


Watch it done: video tutorials

Reading is one thing; watching someone make a carousel in Claude makes it click. These are recent, beginner-friendly walkthroughs. Because YouTube videos move and get renamed, each entry also has a search phrase — if a link is dead, paste the phrase into YouTube and pick a recent, well-viewed result.

Making carousels directly in Claude (Paths A & C): - "Claude AI Creates Instagram Carousels For You (No Design Needed)" — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gak1lXF77D8 · search: claude ai instagram carousel no design needed - "How to Create UNLIMITED Viral AI Carousels in Claude" — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeV04PFPNck · search: create unlimited AI carousels in Claude - "How to Create VIRAL Instagram Carousels with Claude" — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNoyOFdk7ig · search: viral instagram carousels with Claude HTML PNG - "Create Viral Carousels with Claude (for Free)" — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O-fMaxdGAg · search: create viral carousels with Claude free

Connecting Claude to Canva (Path C): - Search YouTube for: how to connect Canva to Claude tutorial and create Canva designs inside Claude — pick a result from the last few months, as this feature is evolving quickly.

How to watch them (so it's useful, not a time-sink): 1. Watch once all the way through to see the shape of the workflow. 2. Watch a second time with Claude open, pausing to copy each step on your practice accounts. 3. Ignore anything that pushes a paid third-party tool you don't need — the core Claude workflow is what matters; the rest is usually the creator's own product.

Treat videos as demonstrations of the workflow, not as brand guides. The 33/44 look comes from this document, the Starter Kit, and the 33/44 Visual Style System reference (which has the exact colours, fonts, and signature components extracted from the studio's own work) — apply our dark code-editor aesthetic to whatever technique the video teaches.


Putting it together: a worked example (one project, both paths)

The project: boutique hotel lobby, Batumi. The concrete columns couldn't be moved, so the design works around them — warm timber and brushed brass against raw concrete, layered lighting to make a tall, cold space feel intimate. You have one wide dusk rendering.

The reveal post (photo-led → Path B): Give Claude the build brief above. It returns a caption, a 5-slide plan (hero rendering → the constraint → the material move → a detail → the result), the text for each slide, and layout notes. You build it in Canva with the rendering as slide 1.

The follow-up "principle" post (text-led → Path A): A few days later, post a typographic card that captures the idea. Ask Claude (Path A) for a 1080×1350 SVG in the code-editor style with the line: "You don't hide the constraint. You design around it." — small 33/44 mark in the corner. Screenshot, post. Two posts from one project, two different paths, both on-brand.

This is the rhythm: photo reveals in Canva (Path B), idea/quote/stat cards straight from Claude (Path A). Together they fill a content calendar without you ever staring at a blank page.


Quick reference — which path, which tool

You're making… Path Tool
Quote / principle card A Claude → SVG, screenshot
Typographic carousel (text slides) A Claude → SVG set, screenshot
Stat / number callout A Claude → SVG or HTML, screenshot
Code-editor style "config card" A Claude → HTML, screenshot
Project reveal (rendering is hero) B or C Claude brief → Canva (manual), or Canva connector
Before / after B or C Claude brief → Canva, or connector
Detail shot with caption overlay B or C Claude brief → Canva, or connector
Rendering + clean text frame A+B Claude SVG frame → over photo in Canva
Fast, polished, photo-capable, daily workhorse C Canva connector (once set up)

The whole guide in one line: text → let Claude build it (Path A); photo → let Claude plan it and build in Canva (Path B), or have the Canva connector do it for you (Path C).

~/33-44/social/visual-style.md · guide 5/5

Visual Style System

The brand's look, extracted from the studio's own work

The brand's look, written down. This is extracted directly from 33/44's own work (the Calligraphy Towers proposal), so it's the real thing — not an approximation. Use it whenever you make a visual, and paste the "Claude prompt block" at the end straight into Claude so anything it builds comes out on-brand.


The idea in one sentence

33/44's visual identity is a code editor. Posts should feel like you're looking at a beautifully-set config file or a developer's IDE — dark, precise, monospaced, with a few bright syntax-highlight accents. It's confident, technical, and quiet. Not loud, not decorative, no gradients-for-the-sake-of-it.


Colours

These are the exact values. Note the two things people usually get wrong: the brand green is a bright teal-green #0FFAB7 (not the standard "Dracula" green), and the page background is the near-black #16181C — the slightly lighter #282A36 is the panel/card colour that sits on top of it.

Dark theme (the default — use this almost always)

Role Hex Notes
Page background #16181C The darkest layer — the "desktop" behind everything
Panel / card background #282A36 Cards, windows, the main content surface
Panel (secondary) / tab bar / code #21222C Tab bars, code blocks, secondary panels
Primary text ("ink") #F8F8F2 Off-white, easy on the eyes
Secondary text #B6B8C4 Sub-labels, captions
Muted text #6272A4 Timestamps, metadata, the dimmed :// operators
Hairline / border #3A3D4F Dividers, panel edges
Hairline (faint) #2C2F3D Very subtle separators
Dotted grid #21232E The faint dot-grid backdrop

Accent colours (the "syntax highlighting")

Use these sparingly — one or two per graphic, like syntax highlighting picks out keywords. The green is the signature.

Accent Hex Use for
Green (signature) #0FFAB7 The 33/44 mark, key highlights, the "active" tab, links, the glowing status dot
Green (dark) #077D5B Green on light backgrounds
Pink #FF79C6 Tags, keywords, emphasis
Purple #BD93F9 Secondary keywords, accents
Yellow #F1FA8C Strings, warm highlights, one of the "traffic-light" dots
Red #FF5555 Alerts, the red "traffic-light" dot

Light theme (rarely needed, but here it is)

Role Hex
Page background #ECEDE8
Panel / card #FFFFFF
Tab / secondary #EDEFEA / #F7F8F5
Primary text #16181C
Muted text #6B6D66
Green (used darker here) #077D5B

Type

Use Font Notes
Everything, by default JetBrains Mono The monospaced typeface that gives the code-editor feel. Body text, labels, values — all of it. Fallback: any ui-monospace / system monospace.
Display / big headlines (optional) Archivo A clean sans for large display moments; falls back to JetBrains Mono. Use rarely — the mono is the brand.
Georgian text Noto Sans Georgian Only when you need Georgian script.

Sizing & rhythm: base body size around 15px, line-height 1.6, anti-aliased. Generous spacing. Let things breathe — empty space is part of the look.


The signature components

These are the recurring visual motifs. Reuse them and posts will instantly read as 33/44.

1. The "window" panel

The core container. A card with: - Background #282A36 - A 1.5px solid green (#0FFAB7) border - Border-radius 16px (soft, modern corners) - A soft drop shadow beneath it

It looks like an application window floating on the dark desktop.

2. The title bar with "traffic-light" dots

Across the top of the window, like a macOS app: - Background #21222C - Three 12px circles on the left: red #FF5555, yellow #F1FA8C, green #0FFAB7 - A tab "pill" — background #282A36, green text, bold, ~13px, with rounded top corners (7px 7px 0 0) and a 2px green top border. This is the "active file" tab. - On the far right, a small muted ISO date (#6272A4, ~11px) — e.g. 2026-06-02

3. The dotted backdrop

The page background isn't flat — it has a faint dot grid: tiny 1px dots in #21232E, on a 26px × 26px spacing, at low opacity (~55%). It reads like graph paper or an IDE canvas. Subtle, never busy.

4. The code / JSON block

For showing "data" (contact details, specs, a list styled as config): - Background #21222C - Border-radius 10px, 1px faint border - ~13px JetBrains Mono, line-height ~1.85 - Apply the syntax-highlight logic: keys/labels in one accent, values in another, operators (:, ://, =) dimmed in muted #6272A4

5. The brand mark

"33/44" set in bold (800 weight), green #0FFAB7, letter-spacing ~1px. Small and confident, usually a corner.


Quick rules of thumb

  • Dark first. Page = #16181C, cards = #282A36. Never a white background unless you've deliberately chosen the light theme.
  • One or two accents max per graphic. Green is the hero; the others are seasoning.
  • Mono everywhere. If in doubt, JetBrains Mono.
  • Space is a feature. Don't fill every corner.
  • Lean into the metaphor. Title bars, tabs, dot-grids, syntax colours, key: value layouts — these are what make it unmistakably 33/44.

Paste-this-to-Claude prompt block

When you ask Claude for any Path A visual (SVG/HTML), paste this so it comes out on-brand automatically. Edit only the bracketed parts.

Make me an Instagram post as an SVG, sized 1080×1350, in the 33/44 visual style.

33/44 VISUAL STYLE (follow exactly):
- Aesthetic: a code editor / IDE. Dark, precise, monospaced, confident, lots of space.
- Page background: #16181C. Card/panel background: #282A36. Tab bar / code blocks: #21222C.
- Text: off-white #F8F8F2 primary, #B6B8C4 secondary, #6272A4 for muted metadata/operators.
- Accents (use 1–2 only): signature green #0FFAB7 (the hero), pink #FF79C6, purple #BD93F9,
  yellow #F1FA8C, red #FF5555.
- Font: JetBrains Mono for everything. ~15px body feel, line-height ~1.6.
- Optional signature touches: a "window" card with a 1.5px green (#0FFAB7) border and 16px
  rounded corners; a macOS-style title bar with red/yellow/green traffic-light dots and a green
  "active tab" pill; a faint 1px dot-grid background (#21232E, 26px spacing); a small bold green
  "33/44" mark in a corner. Style any data as a code/JSON block with key: value and dimmed operators.

THE CONTENT FOR THIS POST:
[your headline / quote / stat / slide text here]

For a carousel, change the first line to: "Make me a 5-slide Instagram carousel as separate 1080×1350 SVG graphics, in the 33/44 visual style below…" and then list the text for each slide.

// 33/44 social media onboarding — five guides, one system. precision meets beauty.