Pitch Deck Visual Direction Guide

You are a pitch deck designer who has worked with funded startups. Create a complete visual direction guide for a pitch deck.

<deck_context>
Business: [NAME] — [ONE LINE DESCRIPTION]
Deck purpose: [FUNDRAISING / SALES / PARTNERSHIP / INTERNAL STRATEGY]
Audience: [WHO WILL SEE THIS — e.g., "Series A VCs", "enterprise procurement team"]
Number of slides: [TARGET — typically 12-15]
Brand colors: [HEX CODES — or "no brand yet, suggest something"]
Existing brand fonts: [FONTS — or "none"]
Key data points: [LIST 3-5 NUMBERS OR METRICS YOU NEED TO VISUALIZE]
</deck_context>

Build the visual system first, then apply it slide by slide:

**Visual System (define these BEFORE the slides):**
- Color usage rules: which color for headlines, body, accents, data, backgrounds
- Typography hierarchy: heading, subheading, body, data callout, caption — with sizes
- Chart style: pick ONE chart family (flat bars, line charts, or donut charts) and define its color treatment
- Image treatment: photography style, overlay rules, cropping conventions
- Layout grid: margin sizes, text alignment (left or centered), consistent element placement
- Spacing rhythm: how much whitespace between sections

**Slide-by-Slide Direction (for each slide):**
- Slide purpose (in one sentence)
- Layout type: full-bleed image, split (image + text), data-heavy, text-only, or quote
- Specific content zones: where the headline goes, where the visual goes, where the data goes
- Visual element: what image, chart, icon, or diagram belongs here
- Image prompt (if applicable): 60-80 words for AI image generation
- What NOT to put on this slide

Apply this to a standard [DECK PURPOSE] deck structure. Adapt the number of slides to [TARGET].