Our Process

A process built to move fast and land clean.

Four focused phases, no fluff. Every project follows the same disciplined arc — Discover, Design, Build, Grow — so you always know what's happening, what's coming next, and what we're shipping at the end of each week.

Most agencies sell timelines. We sell certainty.

You'll always know what we're doing, why we're doing it, and when you'll see it. Our process isn't a magic black box — it's a sequence of clear, dependable steps designed to remove guesswork from the work, and pressure from the relationship.

PHASE 01 Discover

Listen & learn.

A deep dive into your brand, your audience, and the competitive landscape. We end this phase with a written strategy everyone has signed off on — so the rest of the project is built on solid ground, not assumptions.

Typical length1–2 weeks
Your time3–4 hours

Stakeholder workshop

We sit down with you (and anyone else whose opinion matters) for a structured 90-minute session. We're listening for the things you don't usually get asked: what you're proud of, what's keeping you up at night, what success looks like 18 months from now.

Audience & competitor audit

We map out who you're actually talking to — not who you wish you were — and then audit the people you're competing against for their attention. By the end of the week we know who you need to outclass, where, and how.

  • User personas grounded in real customer behaviour, not stock photos
  • Competitor teardowns — what they get right, where they're soft
  • Search landscape — what your customers actually type into Google

Goals, KPIs & scope

We finish Discover by writing down — together — what this project needs to do for you. Hard numbers where possible (leads per month, revenue, conversion rate); softer outcomes where it matters (clarity, confidence, the right kind of customer).

You walk away with

A 10–15 page strategy document, signed off by both sides, that becomes the brief for everything that follows.

PHASE 02 Design

Craft the vision.

Wireframes, moodboards, and high-fidelity mockups. You'll see and approve the entire site visually before a single line of code is written — so there's nothing scary on launch day.

Typical length2–3 weeks
Reviews2 rounds included

Sitemap & UX wireframes

Before any pixels go on the canvas, we agree the structure: every page, every section, every button. Wireframes are deliberately ugly — black, white, grey — so the conversation stays focused on flow and content, not colours.

Visual direction

You'll see two or three distinct visual directions, each with its own moodboard, type system, and colour story. We talk through trade-offs and pick a direction together — sometimes one outright, sometimes a hybrid.

  • Type, colour & motion — the building blocks of how the brand feels
  • Component library — buttons, cards, forms, headers, the lot
  • Hero & key page mocks — the moments that have to land

Prototype review

We hand you a clickable Figma prototype of the full site, on desktop and mobile. You can poke around, rattle the doors, share it with anyone you trust, and come back with thoughts. Two rounds of revisions are baked into every quote.

You walk away with

A pixel-perfect, fully clickable prototype of every page, signed off and ready to be built.

PHASE 03 Build

Engineered right.

Fast, accessible, SEO-ready code. You get staging access from day one of build — no surprises, no black boxes — and we run the project in weekly milestones so progress is always visible.

Typical length3–6 weeks
UpdatesWeekly & on-demand

Responsive front-end build

Hand-coded where it matters; sensible CMS where it makes life easier for you. Every site is built mobile-first, lighthouse-tested, and load-time obsessed — most projects launch with PageSpeed scores in the high 90s.

CMS & integrations

You should be able to update your own content without phoning us. We pick the right CMS for your team — WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, custom — and integrate the third-party tools your business already runs on.

  • CMS setup tailored to non-technical editors
  • Payments, CRM, analytics wired in from day one
  • SEO foundations — schema, OG tags, sitemaps, the lot

QA & launch

Before anything goes live, we run a 60+ point QA pass — every device, every browser, every form, every link. Then we deploy with rollback ready, monitor for the first 48 hours, and stay on hand for any go-live wobbles.

You walk away with

A live, fast, secure website you fully own — plus full documentation and a hand-off call so your team is comfortable taking the keys.

PHASE 04 Grow

Keep momentum.

Launch is the start, not the finish. We measure what's working, sharpen what isn't, and keep your site improving long after the champagne's gone flat.

EngagementMonthly retainer
Reviews90-day check-ins

Analytics & SEO

We track what matters — not vanity metrics. Every month you get a plain-English report covering traffic, ranking, conversion, and the one or two things we'd recommend doing next.

Conversion experiments

Small, deliberate tests: a different headline, a reworked form, a new CTA. We ship, measure for two weeks, and keep the winners. Compounded across a year, this is where the real gains live.

  • A/B tests on hero, pricing, and form pages
  • Heatmaps & session replays to see what real users actually do
  • Copy & design tweaks based on data, not opinion

Ongoing support

Hosting, security patches, content updates, the occasional emergency at 9pm. You get a single point of contact who knows your site inside out — no ticket queues, no faceless inboxes.

You walk away with

A site that's still improving in year three. Most of our clients have been with us for five-plus years — that's not an accident.

How we work

Six principles we won't compromise on.

The non-negotiables behind every project — the reason our clients stay with us for years, not weeks.

01

Strategy before pixels

Every visual decision is tied back to a written goal. Pretty isn't a strategy — it's a side-effect of doing the thinking first.

02

One owner, no shuffling

You get one senior point of contact from kickoff to launch. No account managers passing messages, no juniors learning on your time.

03

Honest scope, honest pricing

Fixed price for the scope we agree, with revisions baked in. If it grows, we tell you before it does — no surprise invoices.

04

Speed is a feature

Every site we ship is benchmarked for performance. A slow site costs you customers — we treat that as our problem, not yours.

05

You own everything

Your domain, your hosting, your CMS, your code. We never hold sites hostage — if you ever want to leave, you walk out the door with all of it.

06

Long after launch

Most projects don't end on launch day — that's where they begin. Year-on-year iteration is where the compounding wins live.

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