Stunning visuals. Informative, yet gripping, content. Lightning-fast load speeds. One needs these things to create a successful website. It’s all about creating unique experiences that draw people in and ultimately turns them into customers. At the heart of making this all happen are talented web development and design specialists — and Chicago is loaded with them.
Check out these web development and design agencies in the Chicago area that work on everything from brand color schemes to backend implementation.
Adage Technologies is a web design and development firm with specialty expertise in serving arts, culture and entertainment organizations like museums. By integrating e-commerce capabilities and content management systems, it builds sites where customers can, for example, purchase tickets and select specific seats. In addition to its focus on arts and culture, the company also works with clients in the manufacturing, healthcare and hospitality industries.
One North Interactive works specifically with professional services organizations to help develop their digital and marketing strategies. Their team of web development professionals guides clients in developing experience design, digital brand strategies, and implementing the right technology to drive traffic to their sites. One North Interactive seeks to demonstrate how a well rounded digital design approach can help them achieve groundbreaking expansion.
Rightpoint works on end-to-end design solutions for customer engagement, e-commerce and UX/UI needs. Working with industries from entertainment to healthcare, Rightpoint offers services such as content auditing, custom application building, brand strategy, prototyping and data analytics. The company is headquartered in Chicago’s Loop, but has additional offices across the United States, including bases in Silicon Valley, New York, Boston and Denver.
Blueshoon is a web design, development and management agency working with businesses of all sizes. In each case, the team meets with client leaders to discuss overall future goals and then create a strategy that involves everything from site auditing to UI display and backend coding.
Serving over 160 clients, the team at Codal provides full service, data-driven design solutions to companies and startups of all sizes. Beginning with market research and finalizing with product launching and user experience testing, Codal’s team of design professionals guide their clients along every step of the digital design process. The agency’s services range from app design to e-commerce optimization, and they serve enterprises hailing from agriculture, nonprofit, hospitality, real estate and a range of other industries.
The full-service team at Dom & Tom develop and design websites for businesses of every size, from startups to Fortune 500 companies. The agency implements various UI and UX strategies to create individualized design experiences, while deploying the latest in web engineering and devops tools to build fast, reliable sites. Following a launch, the team at Dom & Tom continues to maintain the website and will introduce new products when necessary.
Hashrocket is a full-service development and design agency for both websites and mobile apps. The team at Hashrocket is well-versed in Ruby on Rails, Elixir and React and has the ability to build everything from complicated backend tools to simpler, customer-facing interfaces that drive sales.
Orbit Media Studios designs and develops websites with conversions in mind. The company focuses heavily on creating unique visual experiences and running sites on the latest versions of content management systems, all with the goal of turning visitors into sales leads. In addition to its robust UX and development sectors, Orbit Media Studios also provides strategy and SEO help.
Solid Digital is a full-service agency specializing in digital consulting, marketing and, of course, web design and development. Guided by UI/UX best practices, analytics and a company’s future goals, the team specializes in everything from third-party API integration to responsive mobile design and open source development.
This article was originally published in 2019.
Margo Steines contributed reporting to this story.