Work built aroundreal business needs.

What they needed

A brand that feels private and premium to men tired of dating apps, and a website that turns interest into applications.

How we helped

• Designed the identity around a two-pear logo, a black and sage palette, and Cormorant with Manrope.
• Wrote the messaging, starting with “Log off. Meet someone.”
• Built the website with short application forms and a private admin.

The result

Proudly Paired is ready to launch with a finished brand, a clear voice, and a site that takes applications.

What they needed

The digital team spent too much time chasing volunteers for event details and photos, then waiting on email approvals before posts could go out.

How we helped

• Built request forms that collect event details, photos, video, and design drafts up front.
• Turned each approved event into draft posts for every platform, tracked on one board from draft to posted.
• Added approvals, a social calendar synced with Google Calendar, and a link shortener that tracks clicks.
• Now adding text-message approvals, so reviewers can approve a post from their phone.

The result

Volunteers send everything up front, approvals move faster, and the digital team saves about six hours a week.

~6

hours saved each week

~50%

faster from request to approved post

What they needed

Business customers needed their own pricing, purchase-order checkout, and accurate freight costs without calling sales.

How we helped

• Built the BigCommerce store with customer pricing and purchase-order checkout.
• Set parcel and freight rates by product group.
• Connected online orders to QuickBooks Desktop.

The result

More orders now finish online, freight is quoted correctly, and the team handles fewer orders by phone or email.

~50%

more orders completed online

~65%

less freight underpricing

~30%

fewer orders handled by phone or email

What they needed

The old WordPress site loaded technical resources slowly and made new content hard to publish.

How we helped

• Rebuilt the site on Next.js and Sanity, hosted on Vercel and Cloudflare.
• Organized content around use cases, proof, and gated resources.
• Set up a CMS the team updates without a developer.

The result

Pages load in about half the time, and fewer visitors leave after the first page.

~50%

less page-load time

~15%

lower bounce rate

What they needed

A new brand with no online store needed sales, inventory, manufacturing, shipping, and fulfillment working together before its first order.

How we helped

• Built the Shopify store and helped choose the systems around it.
• Set up CIN7 for inventory and planning.
• Connected ShipStation, manufacturing, and 3PL handoffs.

The result

The brand launched with every order flowing from Shopify to its 3PL, and the setup scaled with it when it opened a brick-and-mortar store.

What they needed

We wanted all nine areas of studio work in one place, with our name on every proposal, contract, and invoice a client sees.

How we helped

• Built one platform for leads, proposals, contracts, invoices, tasks, projects, and more.
• Added workflows and templates that change as our process does.
• Branded every client document and email as Up High Studio.

The result

The studio runs its work and finances in one place and saves about five hours a week.

~5

hours saved each week

9

operating areas managed in one platform

What they needed

The cooperative’s website dated to the early 2000s, and buyers, vendors, and visitors struggled to find what they came for.

How we helped

• Reorganized navigation around buyers, vendors, and visitors.
• Made the vendor directory, shopping, and visit details easier to find.
• Gave each audience a clear next step, from shopping to planning a visit.

The result

The market has a modern site with a direct path for buyers, vendors, and visitors, and it draws far more traffic than the old one.

20+

years on the old site before the rebuild

What they needed

The team needed a clear list of launch risks across search, redirects, accessibility, and ticket entry.

How we helped

• Reviewed key pages for search, redirects, accessibility, and metadata.
• Documented each issue with the context needed to judge it.
• Ranked every finding by severity into a plan.

The result

The team has a ranked plan that puts the 31 high-severity issues first.

103

issues found

31

rated high severity