Why I sketch every website on paper first
Ten minutes with a pencil saves a day in the browser. How I plan pages before any screen (sample).
Hi, my name is
Noa Ellison
I design and build calm, quick websites for small studios, shops and makers.
Making websites since 2012 (sample)
About me
Hi, I am Noa, a web designer who also writes the code
For twelve years I have worked on my own, for people who run something small and care about it: a print studio, a pottery, a yoga room. You talk to the person who designs your site and the person who builds it, because that is me.
Name
Noa Ellison (sample)
Based in
Springfield, working with clients anywhere
Phone
Next free slot
From March (sample)
My experience
Each board hangs on the rail with its years drawn to one scale, 2010 to 2026. A teal ring at the end means I still do it.
Junior web designer
Northgate Agency, Springfield (sample)
2010 to 2012
Landing pages, newsletters and my first CSS layouts without tables.
Front-end developer
Larch & Co. digital studio (sample)
2012 to 2014
Turned designers’ files into fast, accessible pages for shops and museums.
Independent web designer
My own studio, Springfield (sample)
2014 to now
Websites for small studios, shops and makers, designed and built by one person.
Design tutor, evening class
Springfield Community College (sample)
2018 to 2023
Taught ‘Your first website’ to about two hundred adults over five years.
What I can do for you
Six things people ask me for most. The faded figure is the usual time from the first call to launch.
Interface and UX design
Page plans, wireframes and a clickable prototype you can try on your phone before anything is built.
From $1,200, usually 2 weeks
Website design and build
A complete site on WordPress: design, build, texts in place, and an hour showing you how to edit it.
From $3,800, usually 6 weeks
Search-friendly setup
Clean headings, fast pages, page titles and descriptions, and a map of the site for search engines.
From $600, usually 1 week
Brand and graphics
A simple logo, colours and type for the web, plus social images and a one-page style guide.
From $1,500, usually 3 weeks
Care and support
Updates, backups and small changes each month, with a reply the same working day.
From $90 a month, every month
Phone-first redesign
Your current site reworked so it reads and books well on a phone, keeping the content you have.
From $2,400, usually 4 weeks
Example prices. Every project gets a fixed quote after a free first call.
My skills
No percentages: a skill is not 90% done. Each bar shows when I started and whether I still do it, on the same scale as my experience.
Skill and years
HTML and CSS
2010 to now, hand-written, accessible layouts
Print layout
2010 to 2014, posters and catalogues, before the web took over
WordPress themes
2012 to now, block and Elementor sites people can edit themselves
JavaScript
2013 to now, small, careful interactions; no heavy frameworks
Brand identity
2016 to now, logos, colour and type for small businesses
UX research
2018 to now, interviews and five-person usability tests
140
Websites launched
38
Online shops built
12
Years on my own
9
Countries my clients work in
Numbers (sample).
Recent work
Six projects from the last four years. The case studies tell the whole story, from the first call to the numbers after launch.
What clients say
Noa asked better questions about our customers than we had ever asked ourselves. The new site books twice as many studio visits as the old one did (sample).
Sample client
Print studio owner (sample)
We got a shop we can run ourselves. When something breaks on a Saturday, there is a reply before lunch (sample).
Sample client
Ceramics maker (sample)
From my notes
Short pieces on building small websites well: what I tried, what worked, what I would do again.
Five people are enough for a usability test
You do not need a lab. Five customers, one phone and a list of tasks find most of the problems (sample).
A calm desk for long build days
One screen, one notebook and nothing that pings: how the studio is set up for focused work (sample).
Let us talk about your project
Tell me what you are making and who it is for. I take on four projects at a time, so I can give each one my full attention.
Call me
(555) 017-3300
Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 17:00 (sample)
Email me
[email protected]
A reply within two working days
Visit the studio
Studio 4, 18 Mill Lane, Springfield (sample)
By appointment, coffee included