Only if both need to happen together. Already got a brand? Website development covers the build on its own. Need direction but not a full build? Website design covers that instead. This package is for when brand and site need to be designed together, as one system.
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What it is
Design and development, built as one system
A site should look good, work well, and be easy for you to run. Everything in this package gets built to hit all three.
Every project starts with a short call, not a design file. That's where I find out who the site is for, what it needs to do, and what's been slowing the business down. The answers set the structure before anything gets designed. Skip that step and you get a site that looks good but works against the person running it.
Design and development follow the same plan from there, so nothing gets patched together after the fact. The CMS means you're not locked out of your own site once it's live.
The standard
A site that looks good, works well, and is easy for you to run.
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What you get
02 / Deliverables
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Concepting
Getting clear on what the site needs to do, for the business and for whoever runs it day to day, before opening a design file.
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Design
A visual direction built around your brand, not a template with your logo dropped in.
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Development
Hand-coded components, built specifically for this site, instead of assembled from an off-the-shelf page builder.
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CMS
Short for content management system: an environment where you can edit your own pages, swap images, and update text without calling me first.
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Block library
A set of blocks made specifically for your site, ready to combine into new pages or layouts as it grows.
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Launch & aftercare
The site goes live, plus 30 days of fixes included.
The general steps
03 / Process
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Listen
Week 1A call to get clear on what the site needs to do, who it's for, and what's slowing the business down right now.
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Design
Week 2-3A working plan for structure, layout, and visual direction, signed off before development starts.
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Build
Week 4-8The site gets hand-built and tested, with regular check-ins so nothing's a surprise at the end.
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Launch
Week 9-10The site goes live, with 30 days of fixes included.
Frequently asked questions
04 / Q & A
That's normal, and it's covered. Concepting and design work out the brand direction as part of this package, so you don't need one going in.
Full-service projects start around 3k. The final number depends on scope, so it gets agreed on after the first call, once we're both clear on what the site needs to do.
Sometimes a project runs into scope changes or slow feedback and the date slips. If that happens, I'll tell you why and what it means for the schedule instead of letting you find out on your own.
Yes. The CMS lets you edit pages, swap images, and update text without touching code. And because your site has its own unique block library, adding a new page later means combining blocks that already exist, not building something new.