Design A Website With Me In 5 Days
Kristina Hernandez is the sweet founder of Bundlebee - a box subscription supporting small businesses. Can you believe we built her website in just 5 days!? It was such an honor to be part of her rebrand journey. The Website Design Intensive package is a semi-custom website designed in 5 days. We find a Squarespace template that best fits your business and transform it to really emulate your brand!
Check out Bundle Bee’s transformation and process below:
Before:
bijoux Template:
After:
Phase #01:
Client Homework & Brand Strategy
I provided Kristina with a Welcome Kit with instructions on completing a 4-part Client Exploration Assignment where I ask a bunch of in-depth questions about her business to get an understanding on her vision and goals. I love collaborating on the process of creating a website with my clients through Pinterest. Click here to check out her Pinterest board we created for Kristina!
Once that was completed, we hopped on a 1 hour strategy call and dove deep into outlining her brand’s passion, purpose, and target market. In this call, we found a Squarespace template that best fit Bundle Bee’s brand and we brainstormed on the breakdown of each page of her website.
Phase #02:
Copywriting Week
I have an amazing copywriter, Elodie, and she worked with Kristina one-on-one to really capture her brand voice. This process usually takes place the week before the design week and she writes the content for all 6 pages that are included in Bundle Bee’s website PLUS the 3 products she wanted us to built out for her. I created a sitemap as shown to your left to breakdown each page. All brand files, photos and copy live in a Google Drive folder.
Phase 03:
Design Week (yay!)
The fun part! Using the strategies and inspiration we gathered, we started to build out the concepts. We started with the mini brand, then we moved on to mockup the homepage and then developed the homepage and interior pages onto Squarespace. Checkout the break down of each day below.
Monday:
Hopped on a 15-minute kick off call.
Created mood board options based on our strategy call, research and Pinterest board.
Defined her color palette and font system.
Designed her Wordmark (not a logo - just a pretty font to compliment your business name).
Designed the homepage. I usually mock it up as a JPG first to get the overall idea of what it’ll look like.
Tuesday:
Made any revisions on the homepage mock up.
Once that was established and approved, I started building out the homepage into Squarespace.
WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY:
Worked on creating the interior pages on Squarespace.
I like to give a time for feedback so that we can stay on track with the project timeline.
Connected plugin to integrate the shop into Squarespace.
Set up and designed the 3 products included in the shop.
FRIDAY:
Made any last minute final revisions throughout the website.
Tested on desktop, mobile and tablet.
Tested links were all accurate.
Recorded a website training video so that Kristina has all the tools she needs to feel empowered to edit her new website.
GO LIVE! 🎉
Phase 04:
Collateral Design Add-Ons
Now that we established Bundle Bee’s brand, we worked on the add-on collateral designs. Kristina needed new packaging. It was so fun building out the packaging for her bundle subscriptions boxes.
That’s it!
Are you ready to launch the website of your dreams in 5 days?!
If so, you’ve come to the right place – and I’m so happy you’re here! Let’s talk and collaborate on the best journey of your life in starting your very own business. Can’t wait to be a part of it!