What I do
Six ways businesses and agencies work with me, from websites and campaign pages to the software which their customers log into, and because I design and also build, the version which goes live is the version you approved.
Five-star reviews from clients on Upwork
Capabilities
Websites for businesses and for the agencies who bring me in, planned around what a visitor needs to see before they contact you, with every page designed for desktop and phone and then built by me.
Dashboards, portals and internal tools for B2B teams, where I learn how the work is really done first and then design every screen and every state which your developers will build.
WordPress sites built from the approved design, as a custom theme or in Elementor, so they load fast on an ordinary phone and your team can edit every page themselves.
First versions and redesigns of older products, which start with deciding what to build first, so real users can try a small version early and every version after it follows what they really do.
The pages which your campaigns send people to, from landing pages to new sections of the website behind them, designed and built in WordPress or Elementor so they are live on the day the campaign starts.
Websites designed in Figma and built in Elementor, with the global styles and saved templates set up properly, so the live site matches the design and your team can edit every page.
One person
I think most projects lose something between the approved design and the version which goes live, and because I design and also build, the spacing, the states and the small interactions which made the design work reach the browser as they were drawn.
For a website that means a custom WordPress theme or an Elementor build made from my own design, and for software it means a spec which your engineers can build from, or on smaller teams the front end built by me. What each one costs is in what a custom website costs and what a UI/UX designer costs.
See the work8
Years designing and building
Go deeper
These pages go further into the work behind the six capabilities, with four on websites and four on the software which your customers and staff log into.
The process
Both halves are design work,
but only one shows in a screenshot.
Four stages / four to twelve weeks
Stage / 01
Discovery, where I find out what the website or the software has to do for the business, who uses it and which parts of what already exists are worth keeping, including the spreadsheets beside it.
Stage / 02
Structure, which means the pages and the words for a website or the flows and states for software, and I start with the awkward cases, so the visual design waits until the structure holds.
Stage / 03
Design, where I draw every page or screen for desktop and phone in one file which you can open at any point, with the component decisions which make the rest cheaper to build.
Stage / 04
Build, where I build websites myself in WordPress or Elementor, and for software I build the front end or work beside the engineers who do, because I think the last ten percent is where a design is most often compromised.
A company website takes four to six weeks, and software takes longer as roles and workflows are added, so most software projects open with an audit which shows whether the problem is the design, the engineering or a process which nobody has written down. The rates are in what a custom website costs and what a UI/UX designer costs.
Treasury and payments website for finance teams.
A multi-tenant wholesale ordering platform built around the reorder, not the browse.
Wine ecommerce website for a boutique winery.
A tour budget that survives the routing changing.
Industrial catalog website concept.
Turn a leadership intent into five minutes of practice a day.
Managed talent website, designed and built in Webflow.
From the mill to your needles, in a few taps.
Client reviews
Mike is an absolute star. A great communicator who takes initiative, and has the skills to complete the job well each and every time. He is a fantastic partner in all-things design and development, is a pleasure and easy to communicate with.
Gwyn P. Founder, Sail Digital
Mike was one of the easiest consultants we have worked with. Good attitude, willing to take on feedback, good designs and willing to please. Will have no hesitation to hire!
Fiona M. Director, CArio
Mike not only gave us an amazing new website but also gave us time back to focus on growing our SaaS company and the confidence to know that we can leverage their skills again in the future. I unreservedly recommend!
Andrew Former director, shibumi
Mike helped us design and develop our new website in Webflow. He is very responsive to changes and iterations, and helped find faster ways to implement what we wanted.
Julien R. Founder, Hire Donna
Bring me the website or the software which is holding your business back.
Tell me what it does, who uses it and what is going wrong, and I'll reply with what I would fix first. I work with teams in the US, Australia and Asia from the Philippines, and when someone else would suit the project better, I'll say so and I can usually name them.
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