Front end web design

Your website is your window to the world. 

We’ll work with you to make sure your site catches the eye of your users - and makes it easy for them to do what they came for.

 
 

There’s a lot of competition for attention in the education sector. You want your school, college, or university website to look modern, exciting and unique.

But above all, it’s a place that your users visit to do things.

For us, front end web design is part of a process. First, it’s important to understand who your users are, and what your site needs to help them achieve. And then you need to consider how to design each page to make their task as easy as possible.

Your style might draw them in. But it’s your usability that makes them feel good about their visit afterwards.

So what can we do for you?

Whether you’re looking to freshen up your website, or give it a complete makeover, we can work with you and your development team to make it happen - or collaborate with whichever web development agency you hire for the job.

We can be with you every step of the way, including:

  • Testing your existing website for trouble-spots

  • Identifying your audiences, and finding new ones

  • Improving your UX and UI

  • Helping you to design a website that stands out, and works

  • Mapping out which pages you need (and which you don’t)

  • Creating landing pages

  • Building campaign pages and microsites

  • Matching the look and feel of the site to your brand

  • Analysing the finish site to look for tweaks and improvements

Our team can work together to take you all the way through this process, or our design team can help transform a skeleton of a site into a fully-working, usable, beautiful finished product.

Come to us today to discuss how we can help you design a new website that your users will want to visit.

 
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