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§ 01 · The Principal Burlington, ON · Est. 2016
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Junaid.

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Directing

8 brands

Hi there.

I'm Junaid Swati.

Project Management · SME Digital Solution Partner

I lead delivery and stakeholder strategy across every Vowlyn engagement. Over the past decade I've helped build and direct eight brands — from boutique studios to multi-city buying groups — the connective tissue that keeps strategy, design, and engineering pointed at the same outcome.

Brands under direction

01 Vowlyn 02 Vowlyn Weddings 03 Burlington Painters 04 Arian Rugs 05 United Buying Group 06 Ontario Buying Group 07 Alpha Buying Association 08 Square 21 Marketing
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§ 02 · The Crew 07 specialists · 03 departments

A flat room with a
clear chain of command.

Engineering reports into a single technical lead. Studio and growth run as flat pods. No middle layer between you and the people shipping your work.

Dept · ENG · 03 people

Engineering

Code, infrastructure, integrations.

Shipping
★ Lead
MK

Mubashar Ahmed Khan

Technical Team Lead · Web Developer

"Architects every release we ship."

AS

Asif

Full-Stack Engineer

"Builds the systems other systems lean on."

Reports to MK Active
AT

Atif

Full-Stack Engineer

"Lives in the seam between design and code."

Reports to MK Active

Dept · STU · 02 people

Studio

Brand, motion, video.

Flat pod
AR

Asjid Rouf

Graphic Designer · Motion Graphics

"Turns ideas into motion."

STU · pod Active
YO

Yoruu

Video Editor

"Edits the cuts that land."

STU · pod Active

Dept · GRW · 02 people

Growth

Search, content, demand.

Flat pod
YR

Yahya Rasheed

SEO · Content Strategist (Web & Social)

"Writes what search reads and people remember."

GRW · pod Active
AY

Ayesha Younas

Research Assistant · Lead-Gen Specialist

"Hunts the leads that move pipelines."

GRW · pod Active

Every project we ship passes through this room. No outsourced contractors-of-the-week, no middle-management — the same names own design, code, motion and growth from kick-off to maintenance.

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§ 03 · Featured Specialists Profile 01 / 07

Meet the people
behind the brands.

Tap a name on the left. Every specialist below has shipped to production for at least three of the brands we direct.

Specialist · ENG 01 / 07
★ Lead
MK

Department

Engineering

On floor

Profile · 01

Mubashar Ahmed Khan

Technical Team Lead · Web Developer

10+

Years exp.

48

Projects shipped

12

Tools in rotation

Mubashar leads engineering at Vowlyn — owning architecture, code review, and the technical health of every project we ship. He is the last set of eyes on every release and the first call when an integration gets gnarly.

Core specialties

System Architecture Laravel API Design DevOps Code Review Team Mentorship

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Multi-tenant CRM for United Buying Group — 7 brands on one codebase.

"Every line of code is a promise to whoever maintains it next."

— Mubashar, Engineering

Specialist · ENG 02 / 07
AS

Department

Engineering

On floor

Profile · 02

Asif

Full-Stack Engineer

6+

Years exp.

32

Projects shipped

10

Tools in rotation

Asif builds the backend systems the rest of the studio relies on — from REST APIs to admin panels — with a focus on shipping the simplest thing that survives in production.

Core specialties

Laravel Vue PostgreSQL Queue Workers Auth & RBAC Filament

Signature →

Arian Rugs inventory + sales platform — five years uptime.

"The simplest solution that works in production wins."

— Asif, Engineering

Specialist · ENG 03 / 07
AT

Department

Engineering

On floor

Profile · 03

Atif

Full-Stack Engineer

5+

Years exp.

27

Projects shipped

11

Tools in rotation

Atif lives where engineering meets design — building interfaces that are as performant as they are polished. He's the bridge between what the studio designs and what actually ships to production.

Core specialties

Laravel Tailwind CSS Alpine.js GSAP Three.js Lighthouse

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vowlyn.com — the very site you are reading.

"Pixels should pay rent."

— Atif, Engineering

Specialist · STU 04 / 07
AR

Department

Studio

On floor

Profile · 04

Asjid Rouf

Graphic Designer · Motion Graphics

7+

Years exp.

60

Projects shipped

8

Tools in rotation

Asjid runs visual identity and motion across every brand we direct — from a logo mark to a launch reel. If it has a logo, a frame rate, or a colour story, it passes through Asjid.

Core specialties

Brand Identity After Effects Illustrator Figma Motion Design 3D Mockups

Signature →

Vowlyn Weddings rebrand — 0 to identity system in 6 weeks.

"Design that doesn't move doesn't breathe."

— Asjid, Studio

Specialist · STU 05 / 07
YO

Department

Studio

On floor

Profile · 05

Yoruu

Video Editor

5+

Years exp.

120

Projects shipped

6

Tools in rotation

Yoruu edits every video that leaves the studio — long-form campaign films, short social cuts, and the launch reels that pair with every brand rollout.

Core specialties

Premiere Pro DaVinci Resolve Colour Grading Sound Design Short-Form Long-Form

Signature →

Burlington Painters brand film — 6 figure organic reach.

"The cut you don't notice is the cut that worked."

— Yoruu, Studio

Specialist · GRW 06 / 07
YR

Department

Growth

On floor

Profile · 06

Yahya Rasheed

SEO · Content Strategist (Web & Social)

6+

Years exp.

40

Projects shipped

9

Tools in rotation

Yahya owns SEO and content strategy across the directed brands — from keyword research and topical maps to the cadence of what gets published on web and social.

Core specialties

SEO Strategy Content Mapping Ahrefs GA4 Editorial Calendar Social Strategy

Signature →

Arian Rugs organic search — 10× sessions in 12 months.

"Words that rank are still words that read."

— Yahya, Growth

Specialist · GRW 07 / 07
AY

Department

Growth

On floor

Profile · 07

Ayesha Younas

Research Assistant · Lead-Gen Specialist

4+

Years exp.

35

Projects shipped

7

Tools in rotation

Ayesha runs research and lead-gen — surfacing the prospects that turn into actual conversations, and the data that keeps every outreach campaign aimed at the right room.

Core specialties

Lead Research B2B Outreach HubSpot Apollo.io Qualifying CRM Hygiene

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United Buying Group sales pipeline — 4× qualified leads.

"Quality leads beat noisy lists every time."

— Ayesha, Growth

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§ 04 · Active Directions 08 brands
§ 05 · The Timeline 10 years · 06 chapters

A decade.
Six chapters worth telling.

  1. 2016

    Founded by Junaid Swati

    Started as a one-person consultancy serving local Burlington brands with web + project delivery.

  2. 2018

    First buying-group client

    Shipped a multi-stakeholder portal for United Buying Group — the first multi-brand engagement.

  3. 2020

    Engineering arm formed

    Brought engineering in-house. Mubashar joined as Technical Team Lead — the first full-stack pod formed alongside delivery.

  4. 2022

    Studio + motion added

    Design, motion graphics and video editing joined the room — ending the agency-collab era for good.

  5. 2024

    Growth team in place

    SEO, content and lead-gen brought in-house. End-to-end engagements possible for every brand we direct.

  6. 2026

    You're reading this

    A focused room of eight specialists operating across eight active brands — and still hiring slowly.

One last thing

If you've read this far, you should
probably talk to Junaid.

A 30-minute call. No pitch deck. We'll tell you whether we're the right room for what you're building.

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