Directory
Collaborate with our Standout web designer-developers on your next project, from plugin installations to template reskins to custom-coded website builds.
Ahdiya Gurgani
UX/UI | Branding & Web Designer
Shopify Design and Dev, Squarespace Design and Dev, Squarespace Template, Website Tweaks, Design and Strategy Intensives, Brand Design
Ahdiya Gurgani
Melbourne / Australia
UX/UI | Branding & Web Designer
Services
Shopify Design and Dev, Squarespace Design and Dev, Squarespace Template, Website Tweaks, Design and Strategy Intensives, Brand Design
Course Taken
Standout Squarespace, Standout Shopify
Selected Work
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Hi! My name is Ahdiya Gurgani and I’m a UX/UI | Branding & Web Designer based in Melbourne, Australia.
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Outside work you will often find me going to pilates, hiking, journaling and traveling to tropical islands
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But on a typical workday, I am usually helping clients get clear on their business goals, identify their niches and have strategy sessions. Designing, wireframing and developing.
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My day usually starts with journaling and meditation
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Most of the time I am working on designs, creating content for instagram
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What is the best part about the process of building websites for you?
Making the backend as seamless so my clients can sell their product or services with ease and almost passively!
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What is your favorite stretch or pastime in between coding?
Learning the best techniques to make the squarespace website as unique as possible
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How would you describe your Standout Style in 2-3 words?
Minimalist. Maximalist. Vibrant. Modern. Dark. Feminine.
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Which Standout workshops do you find yourself incorporating most often on your website projects?
seamless animations
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What makes your work standout?
My work is rooted in UX/UI and psychology principles.
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What are some of your proudest works you've worked on?
Sadia PsychologyWebsite →
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What are the biggest takeaways from the Standout programs?
How easily and effortless coding can be thanks to the course!
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What is your dream website project?
Building the website for Tony Robbins
Alex McGinness
Brand & Web Designer
Squarespace Design and Dev, Shopify Design and Dev, Shopify Template, Squarespace Template, Website Tweaks, Design and Strategy Intensives
Alex McGinness
San Diego, CA / USA
Brand & Web Designer
Services
Squarespace Design and Dev, Shopify Design and Dev, Shopify Template, Squarespace Template, Website Tweaks, Design and Strategy Intensives
Course Taken
Standout Squarespace, Standout Shopify
Selected Work
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Hi! My name is Alex McGinness and I’m a Brand & Web Designer based in San Diego, CA, USA.
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Outside work you will often find me practicing yoga, journaling, pulling oracle/tarot cards, hiking and cooking(VIEW)
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But on a typical workday, I am usually working on my computer brings me so much joy. (VIEW)
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My day usually starts with meditation, fire cider tonic + lemon water, and journaling.
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Most of the time I am working on Squarespace web and template design. I also regularly work on brand design projects. Shopify is another platform I work in as well.
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What are your first memories of the Internet?
My first experiences with the internet were when I moved from Virginia to California. In order to stay connected with my classmates from the East Coast, I got all their emails. After that, I stayed connected with them through AIM, and eventually MySpace (my favorite social media platform ever.)
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What is the best part about the process of building websites for you?
I LOVE to code. It's creative problem-solving. It's both a right-brained and left-brained task. I love it.
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What is your favorite stretch or pastime in between coding?
Outside of work, my biggest passion in life is cooking. You can always find me in the kitchen outside of working hours.
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How would you describe your Standout Style in 2-3 words? Otherworldly. Vibrant. Vintage/Retro.
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Which Standout workshops do you find yourself incorporating most often on your website projects?
Flexbox might be my favorite CSS trick I've ever learned. I use split screen sections all the time in my work, as well as sticky sections.
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What makes your work standout?
The main thing about my design style that sets me apart is the process I go through in the work itself. My intuitive approach to design is my biggest unique selling point. Everything is thought out and meaningful in its own way. Everything is drawn in using my intuition and creativity. My work is art. Plain and simple.
Also, the fact that I am both a talented creative person and have strong technical development skills. When you connect with my brand, I do have a very distinct personal aesthetic. That being said, I am very open-minded when it comes to the types of design styles I take on for clients.
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What are some of your proudest works you've worked on?
Carolyn Egan's Holistic Academic DevelopmentWebsite →
Natalie Brite
Website →I love this project because it showcases how a client/designer relationship can remain longstanding even after the client's personal style changes and evolves. I built this site using a template, which I learned how to create using the template module. Gemini also features a lot of split sections.
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What are the biggest takeaways from the Standout programs?
I have learned to feel more confident writing code through these programs. This was something I always wanted to get better at, but I didn't have a chance to until I enrolled in Standout Squarespace. They changed the game for me and has given me a technical leg up on other designers in my field.
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What is your dream website project?
I would love to design a website for someone who has created an oracle or tarot deck. Or maybe they're a shop that sells a variety of decks and other witchy items.
Agnes Koller
Owner & Creative Designer
Squarespace Design and Dev, Design and Strategy Intensives, Website Tweaks, SEO Strategy, Photography, Brand Design
Agnes Koller
New Brunswick / Canada
Owner & Creative Designer, Fig Design
Services
Squarespace Design and Dev, Brand Design, Illustration, Graphic Design, Photography, Website Tweaks, Design and Strategy Intensives
Course Taken
Standout Squarespace
Selected Work
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Hi! My name is Agnes Koller and I’m an Owner & Creative Designer based in New Brunswick, Canada.
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Outside work you will often find me in sunny wildflower-filled meadows, digging in the garden, or walking barefoot on the beach. (VIEW)
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But on a typical workday, I am usually working in my home office with a big mug of herbal tea and the window open to outside breezes.
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My day usually starts with getting some morning sun and making tea, catching up with client emails.
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Most of the time I am working on branding and website design projects, interspersed with creating print collatoral for clients.
“The world is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper”
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What are your first memories of the Internet?
I still vaguely remember the days of dial-up modems, waiting patiently for Netscape Navigator to load to check out new releases on the Blockbuster website.
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What is the best part about the process of building websites for you?
I love the process of helping bring an idea to life by helping clients work through the brand and website strategy process. Designing mock-ups and refining them is always a lot of fun. It's the creative part of design that I enjoy the most.
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What is your favorite stretch or pastime in between coding?
I take frequent movement breaks and enjoy walks in the sunshine--they're re-energizing and great for sparking new ideas.
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How would you describe your Standout Style in 2-3 words? Vibrant. Playful. Earthy.
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Which Standout workshops do you find yourself incorporating most often on your website projects?
Among my favourite Standout workshops are "Styling the Scrolling Block", "Shape Block Borders + Saved Sections", "Sideways Text" and "Stylish Carousel Summary Block".
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What makes your work standout?
My work stands out in how well it captures the essence of each individual client, while staying true to my timeless, rich styling. For me, it's not about being trendy, it's about being authentic and honest.
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What are the biggest takeaways from the Standout programs?
Standout exemplifies the idea that you're only limited by your imagination. Connecting with a community of talented creatives is a great way to expand knowledge and grow as a designer.
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What is your dream website project?
I've always loved horses--their grace and beauty. I'd really enjoy creating a website for a horse rescue or farm that offers therapeutic horse-related services. Capturing the essence of the horses in a website would be a lovely experience.
Patricia Johnson
Founder & Creative Director, Cultivation Studio
Squarespace Design and Dev, Design and Strategy Intensives, Website Tweaks, Brand Design, Photography
Patricia Johnson
Los Angeles / USA
Founder & Creative Director, Cultivation Studio
Services
Squarespace Design and Dev, Design and Strategy Intensives, Website Tweaks, Brand Design, Photography
Course Taken
Standout Squarespace
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Hi! My name is Patricia Johnson and I’m a Founder & Creative Director, Cultivation Studio based in Los Angeles, USA.
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Outside work you will often find me teaching a yoga class, browsing vintage markets, dancing til the wee morning hours, or lounging at the pool. (VIEW)
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But on a typical workday, I am usually designing and/or developing Squarespace websites from my home office in LA with an iced latte in hand!
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My day usually starts with a coffee walk to my nearest coffee shop
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Most of the time I am working on empowering entrepreneurs to show up as their authentic selves
“Patricia took our wildest dream — creating a virtual space for our community to connect and feel at home — and made it into a reality, incorporating all of our ideas into a user-friendly website woven in with the fun personality of our brand.”
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What are your first memories of the Internet?
This makes me feel reeeeeeal old, but I LIVED on the internet in the 90s!
My first memory is logging on to our dial-up internet on my family's computer to play chat room card games. Not too long after that I was spending all of my free time on Neopets.
As a preteen I started designing my own websites for fun... I should have predicted that this would be my actual job over 25 years later!
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What is the best part about the process of building websites for you?
I love building websites because it allows me to balance both sides of my brain by being creative (design) and logical (strategy & coding).
But if I were to pick one part of the process, it would be development — I absolutely LOVE making designs come to life, it's like magic! I particularly love the problem solving aspect of coding.
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What is your favorite stretch or pastime in between coding?
Listening (and singing along) to late 90s R&B... literally the exact same thing I did while coding as a kid!
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How would you describe your Standout Style in 2-3 words? Playful. Bold. Vibrant.
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Which Standout workshops do you find yourself incorporating most often on your website projects?
There are SO many good ones that it's hard to narrow down, but I especially love the Fluid Tabs workshops because they bring an elevated, interactive experience to Squarespace.
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What makes your work standout?
My core belief is that authenticity is the most effective strategy in branding & marketing, because it enables you to build the meaningful connections that support you & your business.
This is what guides my work with my clients — my goal is to showcase who they are in their brand & website design, which in turn empowers them to show up authentically.
This is also what guides my own branding, as I want to build a business that's authentic to me and my goals.
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What are some of your proudest works you've worked on?
Brand & website design for Radiate Wellness
I designed this newly launched wellness brand from start to finish — including brand strategy, brand identity, photography, and website design & development.
I used the Section Decor workshop to apply a background image on this website, and also used lessons from Standout to animate this section decor on scroll.
This project was incredibly rewarding for me because I managed each touchpoint of the brand design. It was very empowering to be able to see my creative vision through for the client from start to finish. This was the first big project of its kind for me, so I learned that I do have the talent, skill, and tenacity to run a successful creative business!
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What are the biggest takeaways from the Standout programs?
It is impossible to distill everything I have learned from Standout Squarespace into one paragraph. It improved my coding skills beyond what I ever thought possible for Squarespace, and in turn brought an incredible amount of value to my business by enabling me to offer more value to my clients *and* giving me the confidence to charge higher rates. Beyond coding, the course's business lessons helped me better understand how to run an effective creative business, from taxes to contracts to sales and everything in between. With the support of Rache's mentorship I have been able to build a profitable business that supports the life I want to lead, and that transcends monetary value. I am forever grateful.
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What is your dream website project?
I love working with entrepreneurs who want to make a positive impact through their services. As long as this value is aligned, I am happy!
In the future, I would love to work with more brick & more wellness spaces so I can work on brand strategy as it relates not only to digital spaces but physical as well.
Anita Cheung
Brand and Website Designer, Developer, Creative Consultant
Squarespace Design and Dev, Shopify Design and Dev, Brand Design, Design and Strategy Intensives
Anita Cheung
Vancouver, Canada
Brand and Website Designer, Developer, Creative Consultant
Services
Shopify Design and Dev, Squarespace Design and Dev, Website Tweaks, Illustration
Course Taken
Standout Squarespace, Standout Shopify
Selected Work
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Hi! My name is Anita Cheung and I’m a Brand and Website Designer, Developer, Creative Consultant based in Vancouver, Canada
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Outside work you will often find me sketching, gardening, horseback riding, surfing, reading, or watching movies. (VIEW)
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But on a typical workday, I am usually doing intensive client design work (which I call Snack Dates!), taking calls, or creating illustrations-- it all just depends on the day! (But always with at least two or three beverages by my side.) (VIEW)
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My day usually starts with matcha latte and a stretch.
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Most of the time I am working on client branding & website projects
““Working with Neets is an absolute joy! She takes the time to understand your business, vision, and clients to build a virtual space that engages your audience and fully represents your business. I love working with her and would highly recommend her to anyone looking for a website that stands out & truly embodies their brand!” ”
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What are your first memories of the Internet?
Some of my earliest memories of the internet were spent building my own webpages on geocities and asianavenue as a tween, and designing my neopet dream home.
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What is the best part about the process of building websites for you?
I work in an intensive-design-day format and my FAVOURITE day is the website design day. It's where I take everything the client has shared (copy, photos, brand kit, hopes and dreams), and put it together into a functional and beautiful website mockup. From there, we spend the day going back and forth, making edits and changes in real time. It is so collaborative and incredibly rewarding to see the client's dream website be created- literally right in front of their eyes.
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What is your favorite stretch or pastime in between coding?
Does listening to ghibli music count? Whenever I need a break, I also head downstairs to my partner's office (we both work from home) for a mid-day hug.
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How would you describe your Standout Style in 2-3 words?
Playful. Minimalist. Maximalist. Vibrant. Modern
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Which Standout workshops do you find yourself incorporating most often on your website projects?
Ah, so many! But I think the good ol' split screen sticky scroll has been a go-to.
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What makes your work standout?
As a libra, and a people pleaser, I've always been a bit of a chameleon-- which has really come in handy with my work. Instead of having a concrete cookie-cutter style, I like to tailor my designs for each brand and each project. With that said, my "signature" approach is to encourage my clients to infuse some delight into the design. Whether that's through scroll effects, gifs, or colour, I like to add just a touch of unexpected playfulness to everything.
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What are some of your proudest works you've worked on?
Decipher Counselling
Website →
I worked with Linda, the founder of Decipher Counselling, on her brand and website design. Over the course of four days, we were able to make her vision a reality. She came to me with keywords like "nostalgia" and "dreamy", and I think the final result is exactly that! You can check it out for yourself.
Standout Workshops used: Universal Filter, and a lot of pseudo elements were used in the design.
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What are the biggest takeaways from the Standout programs?
To have fun & play with website design! I'm always thinking of "how else can we do this" in a way that feels delightful and unconventional.
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What is your dream website project?
I'm currently loving minimalist websites-- minimal in terms of content, not necessarily design. Bring on the one-page websites! I think the boundary/ restraint that's needed makes it all the more interesting on a creative level.
I love the idea of a website being a portal. Providing mystery and intrigue, and just the right amount of information, so that folks are moved into action to speak with an actual human being/ continue down the path of discovering more about a business.
Estefanny Ramirez
Co-Founder and Design Lead
Squarespace Design and Dev, Brand Design, Design and Strategy Intensives, Website Tweaks
Estefanny Ramirez
Quito / Ecuador
Co-Founder and Design Lead
Services
Squarespace Design and Dev, Brand Design, Design and Strategy Intensives, Website Tweaks
Course Taken
Standout Squarespace
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Hi! My name is Estefanny Ramirez and I’m a Co-Founder and Design Lead based in Quito, Ecuador.
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Outside work you will often find me making ceramics, coloring, collaging, puzzling, talking to my plants, listening to a podcast, watching my favorite Youtubers, or traveling & eating with my partner and dog <3 (VIEW)
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But on a typical workday, I am usually cleaning up my email, creating content for our studio, showing up for our online creativepreneur community, browsing design inspiration for future brand/web projects, creating mood boards for proposal presentations, and/or working on a brand development or website design project for a client. Everyday is different when you're running your own creative studio, especially when you wear many hats. (VIEW)
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My day usually starts with conscious movement or meditation, a good breakfast, and a serene walk outside.
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Most of the time I am working on tasks or projects that matter and have capacity for that day –things that give us a healthy return on investment, not just financially, but also emotionally, that fills our cup and our creative souls.
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What are your first memories of the Internet?
Googling summaries of books as soon as that was a thing, haha.
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What is the best part about the process of building websites for you?
Doing the research and translating the client's personality into the website experience, making thoughtful design decisions –whether it's the navigation layout, colors, copywriting or the user-experience– I love being able to create and build something that truly represents the human behind, delivering something that client is proud of and feels connected to.
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What is your favorite stretch or pastime in between coding?
Anything from Brain Education TV videos.
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How would you describe your Standout Style in 2-3 words? Editorial. Bold. Vibrant.
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Which Standout workshops do you find yourself incorporating most often on your website projects?
Summary Block, Timelines, Custom Cursor, Lined Header, Vertical Scrolling Block, CSS Grids in Sections, Text Toggles, Blog List Borders
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What makes your work standout?
What makes our work standout is our intentional and collaborative approach to truly getting to know the people behind the brands we work with and bringing their voice, personality, authenticity and humanity into our creative process and the work we produce for them.
Our clients feel included and involved vs. it feeling like a one-way street type of partnership.
You also get to brag about working with an Ecuador-based creative team made up of a an Ecuadorian graphic designer, a Chinese-Jamaican art director, and a South-Korean dog-boss.
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What are some of your proudest works you've worked on?
Moonlab Productions Website Redesign
A quick throwback: In 2019/20, we first redesigned MoonLab Production’s kickstart one-page starter site into a sleek and simple multi-page Squarespace website to align with their new brand direction and better present themselves to the digital world.
A couple of years later, the agency grew exponentially and approached us with a larger budget to work on another redesign that incorporated more advanced coding, custom visuals + animations and bells and whistles/hidden easter eggs. We were so excited because we’ve already set up a strong site structure and foundation to seamlessly take on this second redesign and facelift.
In addition, we were tasked with:
• crafting a new mission statement for MLP
• hosting a social media + brand storytelling workshop for their team
• creating Instagram content for the launch of the website
This redesign was focused on visual enhancements and incorporating more animations and interactions via custom coding. With our vision and the client’s needs in mind, we sketched out our ideas and created moodboards of our creative direction to ensure that we were all on the same page. Then we restructured the sitemap to include additional pages and showcase the flow of the new website.
Once we had our wireframe sketches, moodboards and sitemap completed, we did a check-in with the client to present them all of our ideas and initial thoughts for the redesign.
We used so much of the base knowledge that was gained from Standout Squarespace: on coding to rally bring our concept to life, how to maintain a clean code setup on the backend, how to ensure a site has optimal loading time, how to implement so many cool features like the side-by-side-scrolling scrolling, the vertical marquee, read more toggles and more!
Overall, I learned so much with this project, and of course from Standout, that I can't even imagine being able to execute this project without Rache's knowledge and program.
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What are the biggest takeaways from the Standout programs?
Dream bigger, charge more, appreciate the process, give yourself a system, write things down so you don’t have to think about it from scratch every time and make yourself and your business goals a priority. The way that Rache has scaled her business has inspired us to meaningfully build upon our services and creative offerings. And of course, my creative developer skills feel GREAT now –This helps me provide a more complete Squarespace website package for our clients.
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What is your dream website project?
We would love to work with brands that believe in gender-neutrality or focuses on weight and body neutrality or with a not-for-profit that focuses on global impact. It would be awesome to work with people like Jameela Jamil and brands like iWeigh, or maybe a web redesign or even a branding revamp for a booming startup from Shark Tank! Being able to work with respectful, creative and open-minded clients on projects where we can explore things and create things that are bold, beautiful, functional and thoughtful. #goals
Anjuli Garcia
Founder & Creative Director
Brand Design, Website Tweaks, Squarespace Design and Dev, Shopify Design and Dev
Anjuli Garcia
Houston, TX / USA
Founder & Creative Director
Services
Brand Design, Website Tweaks, Squarespace Design and Dev, Shopify Design and Dev
Course Taken
Standout Squarespace
Selected Work
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Hi! My name is Anjuli Garcia and I’m a Founder & Creative Director based in Houston, TX.
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Outside work you will often find me… To stay balanced and recharged, I enjoy watching movies, jamming to concerts, being a foodie, nature bathing, and being present for friends and family.
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But on a typical workday, I am usually on Figma or Adobe designing brands and websites!
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My day usually starts with checking on emails and daily overview in Notion.
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Most of the time I am working on brand and web projects!
“Studio Junk is a black-led brand and web design studio that creates authentic brand experiences for thoughtful businesses committed to social good. We believe social impact can exist in many forms! Our creative genius infuses soul and purpose into every touchpoint to give you a fresh brand that deeply connects with communities and beyond. Currently, we are amplifying our efforts to work with local brands and the younger generations who are passionate about community.
Our work has been featured in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Forbes and the MOCA- LA just to name a few. And we are excited to announce we have been honored as Goldman Sachs: Black In Business alumni.
We can see you’re a fellow visionary who likes to shake things up within your business, and Studio Junk is here for it. Let’s bring the same energy to spread social good 🤟🏾!”
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What are your first memories of the Internet?
AOL and dial-up!
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What is the best part about the process of building websites for you?
I love getting creative direction to guide my UI/UX process when building websites.
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What is your favorite stretch or pastime in between coding?
My mid-coding pastimes include walking my dogs, singing, chatting in creative communities, and enjoying good food.
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How would you describe your Standout Style in 2-3 words? Maximalist. Bold. Earthy. Vintage/Retro.
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Which Standout workshops do you find yourself incorporating most often on your website projects?
So hard to pick, but anything that makes summary blocks look different! Also, anything that stacks!
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What makes your work standout?
My design infuses a very expressive approach that combines creativity and authenticity.
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What are the biggest takeaways from the Standout programs?
First, take the time to learn and master the foundations! Secondly, learning in a community setting really propels your growth vs. working alone. Lastly, RACHE IS A GENIUS!
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What is your dream website project?
I would love to work on music festival or an event advocating for climate activism. Another one would a be a LGBTQ+ brand!
Amy Fang
Shopify Web Designer
Shopify Design and Dev, Website Tweaks, Shopify Template, Design and Strategy Intensives
Amy Fang
Miami, FL, USA | Lima, Perú
Shopify Web Designer
Services
Shopify Design and Dev, Website Tweaks, Shopify Template, Design and Strategy Intensives
Course Taken
Standout Shopify
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Hi! My name is Amy Fang and I’m a Shopify Web Designer based in Miami, FL, USA | Lima, Perú.
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Outside work you will often find me watching K-dramas and animes, reading self-development books, or baking and eating desserts.
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But on a typical workday, I am usually creating new layouts and looking for inspiration to design my next Shopify website and amaze my clients!
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My day usually starts with a cup of tea in my favorite cup, and a simple skin care routine.
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Most of the time I am working on Shopify creating the dream website for my client or on intensive 1-week projects.
“THE PROMISE:
From our first meeting until the day we deliver your new site, our goal will be to create a website that increases your sales possibilities and makes your customers fall in love with your brand even more.”
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What is the best part about the process of building websites for you?
Is it when designing and creating mockups.
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What is your favorite stretch or pastime in between coding?
Listening to music or doodling on a piece of paper.
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How would you describe your Standout Style in 2-3 words? Minimalist. Modern. Playful. Vibrant. Bold.
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Which Standout workshops do you find yourself incorporating most often on your website projects?
Exploring all the possibilities with the power section! I love incorporating it into all of my projects multiple times.
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What makes your work standout?
Is designing a website in collaboration with the client so they can feel confident about selling! I believe that everyone deserves something special for their business and tech and design stuff shouldn't stop anyone from achieving their goals and dreams.
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What are the biggest takeaways from the Standout programs?
That coding can be fun and not as scary as you may think. And that the layout you wanted can be just a few lines of code away from you.
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What is your dream website project?
My dream projects are anything related to pottery brands. So if you are one and you are looking for a web designer to partner with, I would love to help you make your vision come to life!
Lindsey Freeman
Lindsey Freeman
Bend, Oregon / USA
Creative Director
Services
Squarespace Design and Dev, Squarespace Template, Brand Design
Course Taken
Standout Squarespace
Selected Work
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Hi! My name is Lindsey Freeman and I’m a Founder based in Bend, Oregon.
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Outside work you will often find me binge watching Netflix, eating tacos and studying Human Design.
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But on a typical workday, I am usually chugging coffee while designing cool stuff for cool clients.
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My day usually starts with coffee.
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Most of the time I am working on creating the coolest things ever.
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What are your first memories of the Internet?
Dial-Up, BABY.
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What is the best part about the process of building websites for you?
I love organizing all of the components of a website to make it flow!
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How would you describe your Standout Style in 2-3 words? Vibrant. Playful. Maximalist.
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Which Standout workshops do you find yourself incorporating most often on your website projects?
Styling Accordions
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What makes your work standout?
My playful style.
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What are some of your proudest works you've worked on?
Play & Public. I wanted my site to feel like a playground!
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What are the biggest takeaways from the Standout programs?
Using efficiency when coding.
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What is your dream website project?
Anything that is fun, playful and expressive! I love working with creatives, healers and anyone in the spirituality realm.
Lucia Alford
Lucia Alford
Canada
Founder
Services
Brand Design, Design and Strategy Intensives, Website Tweaks
Course Taken
Standout Squarespace, Standout Shopify
Selected Work
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Hi! My name is Lucia Alford and I’m a Founder based in Canada.
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Outside work you will often find me at the gym or walking my dogs.
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But on a typical workday, I am usually designing or learning something new .
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My day usually starts with green tea.
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Most of the time I am working on websites.
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What is the best part about the process of building websites for you?
Designing
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What is your favorite stretch or pastime in between coding?
Walk
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How would you describe your Standout Style in 2-3 words? Minimalist. Modern. Vibrant.
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Which Standout workshops do you find yourself incorporating most often on your website projects?
2.1 SQSP SETUP + ASSET PREPARATION
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What makes your work standout?
We help businesses connect with their audiences and stand out in the digital world.
Intentional design and genuine online experiences.
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What are the biggest takeaways from the Standout programs?
I would give the Standout program 10 out of 10. I especially enjoy very well organized Knowledge Base
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What is your dream website project?
What is my dream website project? I don't have a specific preference. Each project is unique and challenging, and I love the excitement of creating something new every time.
Alyssa Phillips
Web, Brand, and Graphic Designer
Brand Design, Graphic Design, Illustrations, Creative Direction
alyssa phillips
Asheville, NC / USA
Web, Brand, and Graphic Designer, helping passionate small business owners stand out with strategy, intention, and style.
Services
Squarespace Design and Development, Custom Projects
Course Taken
Standout Squarespace
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Hi! My name is Alyssa Phillips and I’m a Web, Brand, and Graphic Designer, helping passionate small business owners stand out with strategy, intention, and style based in Asheville, NC, USA.
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Outside work you will often find me cooking, baking, listening to music, or planning a trip somewhere fun.
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My day usually starts with a cup of mint tea, breakfast, and browsing design inspiration before diving into the day's tasks.
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Most of the time I am working on highly custom website designs and brand identities to help amazing business owners transform their brands into unforgettable powerhouses.
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What are the qualities you've developed or hurdles you've overcome?
Over 10 years of working as a graphic designer! Design runs in my blood. I've actually been doing this work since high school! Today, my business is the culmination of my formal design education, agency experience in NYC, and proven track record of happy clients.
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What are the tasks you do for work?
To create strategic, thoughtful design experiences that feel like the home-sweet-home for my clients' businesses is a task rooted in collaboration and strategy.
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What do you love about Website Design and Development?
Deeply getting to know the businesses I work with on an intimate level, and translating everything they're about into design that connects with their audience..
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What are your first memories of the Internet?
Chatting with my friends on MSN messenger and Skype, and logging onto Neopets to play games!
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What is the best part about the process of building websites for you?
Translating design to code. I am unapologetically hyped when I can see my vision come to life via a language I didn't realize I had the capability to learn.
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What is your favorite stretch or pastime in between coding? During the workday I admittedly don't take enough breaks as I should! That's something I'm working to get better at. Typically I break to sip tea, pet the cats, and listen to some music. When it's nice out I love ending the workday with a run to get some exercise. On weekends and evenings I try new recipes and sink into travel planning for the next adventure!
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How would you describe your Standout Style in 2-3 words? Bold. Playful. Vibrant.
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Share your unique style, your design philosophy and/or aesthetics that appeal to you.
Truly standout design that gets you noticed without relying on trends. Your website shouldn't look like anyone else's because you're not like anyone else. My work leans heavily into your brand values and story to create truly one-of-a-kind design that is completely unique to your business and no one else's.
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Which Standout workshops do you find yourself incorporating most often on your website projects?
Split section, Sticky sections, Stacked side tabs, Pseudo elements, Custom summary block designs, Fun custom Headers and Footers, Image and icon reveals on hover, Custom buttons, Custom hover effects
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What makes your work standout?
My bold, eye-catching style based on your business's personality, not based on trends. My conceptual approach that roots design in your brand values and story. By branding lens; I am a well-rounded brand and graphic designer, as well, and cohesiveness across all visual touch points is one of my specialties. My formal design education, years of experience working as a professional designer, and passion for helping small businesses grow.
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What are some of your proudest works you've worked on?
Caitlyn Burke Website and Branding
Visit Website →Caitlyn Burke is a consultant at Adobe who works with companies’ creative teams to help smooth out their workflow processes. Our collaborative design process began with in-depth brand strategy and brand identity design. Before moving onto the website build, we focused in on her goals, the sitemap, and website content planning to make sure her site strategically helps her work towards those goals.
Caitlyn puts so much personal care and intentionality into her work, and wants her clients to feel excited, energized, and empowered. In her website design, we validated her expertise by showcasing her confidence and professionalism; drew her audience in with fun, bold, and welcoming design; and created a hub for information about her services, background, and event series.
This project was such a fun exercise in design for a mostly text-based website with very few photos. Throughout the site design I used flex box, split and sticky sections, masked images, custom list carousel sections, stacked side tabs and top tabs, custom buttons and hover effects, pseudo elements, custom gallery arrows, and custom header and footer layouts. I learned so much about scoping sections properly in a way that makes it still very easy for the client to edit her site.
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What are the biggest takeaways from the Standout programs?
Create highly custom website designs that go far beyond a Squarespace template to an incredibly unique branded experience that wows visitors. Using the coding skills learned in Standout Squarespace, I'm proud to be able to build anything I design, all while keeping it incredibly easy to update for the client.
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What is your dream website project?
Full custom website design and branding for small businesses in these industries: health & wellness, food & beverage, jewelry, gifts, apparel, handmade products, skincare & beauty, small shops & boutiques.
My favorite collaborations are with entrepreneurs who are in a growth phase, and who are passionate and excited about their work and want to work with someone who's as dedicated to their business as they are.
