Website design & development
Your site should do more than exist online. It should tell your story, answer the question that is actually in the visitor’s head, and make the next step obvious. We design and build custom sites for small businesses, consultants and nonprofits, then keep them working.
What we are really designing
We know the constraints mission-driven organizations work under: limited time, limited budget, and a real need to create impact. So we design sites that are beautiful and easy to use, but judged on whether they attract donors, book clients and grow a community.
Every build combines creative design, strategic SEO and a deep understanding of the audience, with UX, accessibility and mobile responsiveness treated as requirements rather than upgrades. The result is fast, functional and future ready, so you can focus on the mission while the site does its job.
The strategy
This is the same sequence whether the site is five pages or fifty.
Before layout, we settle what you want the visitor to believe and do. One promise, one primary action per page. Most site redesigns fail here, not in the design.
Structure, photography and copy follow the path a real person takes: what is this, is it for me, can I trust you, what happens next.
Clean, fast, accessible, easy to edit and instrumented so you can see what people actually do once it is live.
The process
A great website does not happen by chance. It is clear strategy, expert execution and data-driven design.
Mission, audience, competitors, the decision you want made. We come out with a page plan and a content plan.
Structure first, then visual design. You review before anything is built, so changes are cheap.
Built responsive, fast and accessible, with SEO foundation, analytics and the integrations you need.
Launch is the start. Hosting, support, updates and reporting after go-live.
Selected work
A single site that had to speak to investors, jobseekers and the community at once.
Built around the two things visitors actually search for: what's here, and when it's open.
Listen live, program schedule and giving moved above the fold, where the audience was already looking.
Donate and volunteer as the only two calls to action, on every screen size.
In their words
“As a small non-profit with a hands-on board, we needed a website that was both intuitive and easy to update. Leng delivered exactly what we were looking for. Not only did she provide a seamless, well-executed solution, but she continues to offer valuable guidance.”
“Leng and her team at Akili Design produced some beautiful work, definitely surpassing my expectations which were already high. Her work was always on time and her flexibility with last minute changes kept things very stress-free.”
“I trust her with helping me tell our story. She can take our random scribbles on a piece of paper and help me take it to a fully completed project. Anyone who can do that is a miracle worker.”
“Leng and her team tune in to what you want and deliver. She hit the nail on the head when it came to the website and launching our program.”
Questions
Bring the site you have. We will walk through what we would change and why.
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