Work
Services
Website: JunketProductions.com
Website Design/Development, 3D Video Animation, Interactive Movie Player
CONTRIBUTORS
Challenge
Junket Productions, Inc. is a New York-based producer of press junkets and satellite media tours. After nearly half a decade of being represented by an outdated and modest website, the organization came to xiik looking for a change that would tell their story, demonstrate their capabilities and highlight the high quality of their brand.
Solution
Our team developed a simple, yet engaging site that defines the company clearly, with minimal text and Flash effects. The main page showcases recent work, while internal pages include a video archive, an interactive timeline of their 30-year history, and a custom video consisting of live action, 2D artwork and 3D animation that demonstrates how a satellite media tour works.
Services
Website: WaldenSchool.org
Website Design/Development, Content Management System, Survey Development/Analysis
CONTRIBUTORS
Challenge
Working with an aging design with limited functionality, the Walden School envisioned an updated web presence with an interactive experience to inform and excite applicants and donors. The existing site was content rich. Our challenge was to restructure the information architecture while bringing the summer music camp experience to life with evocative visuals. Their hands-on staff also needed to easily update content on the fly.
Solution
xiik developed a demographics-oriented navigation to lay out the numerous program components. Our design showcases their striking photo assets and employs color to both enliven and differentiate site divisions. The site is loaded with calls-to-action, the home page an invitation to dive deeper into press, events, e-signup and programming. Built in WordPress CMS, staff can refresh the site and create new landing pages as needed. The Walden School even has the option of embedding audio samples into their multiple program sliders to further bring the music experience to life.
Services
Website: Closet Works Customer Map
Web Development
CONTRIBUTORS
Challenge
Closet Works asked xiik to create an interactive experience that would demonstrate to potential customers just how well Closet Works has saturated the Chicagoland market. The desire was to create instant credibility for folks unfamiliar with their services.
Solution
xiik designed and developed a Customer Map tool that enables site visitors to plug in their zip code and see for themselves all customers within a 5-mile radius. Customer information and address are left anonymous to protect privacy, but individual placemarks identify the collective presence that Closet Works has within a neighborhood. And with over 22,000 customers in the greater Chicago area, the visual effect of the map is immediate and impressive.
Services
Print Design, HTML Email Design
CONTRIBUTORS
Challenge
Annual reports do not have a reputation for being fun to read. Walden School tasked xiik with creating a visually appealing, branded report that would interest donors without getting too lengthy. Above all, it needed to say "thank you". The client also sought to reduce print and mailing cost with a more eco-friendly email delivery.
Solution
xiik designed an 8-page print piece that utilizes the visual language of musical notation to simply say "thank you." The report incorporates program photography to highlight summer successes, and includes infographics that elegantly convey important facts & figures about Walden's financial outlook. The brand impression is an intersection of art, nature, community, and self-discovery. An HTML email accompanies the print design seamlessly, inviting supporters to read the report.
Services
Website: TheSororityLife.com
Website Design/Development, Content Management System, Interactive Quiz
CONTRIBUTORS
Steve Hering
Challenge
NPC asked us to bring a fresh design to their outreach sites, created to provide information to young women interested in sorority life. Three sites had been launched for these purposes, but NPC needed the disjointed sites to have more consistent branding and design, while making them easier to navigate.
Solution
We worked with NPC to overhaul the site navigation architecture and combined the three sites into one. TheSororityLife.com features profiles of actual sorority women, a "Sorority IQ Quiz" that reveals the truth about sorority life, e-newsletter subscription, and the latest news stories—all driven by a custom CMS that allows the admin to update content, navigation, and access data about site visitors.
Services
Website: MurphysWindows.com
Logo Development
Website Design & Development
Interactive Map Development
CONTRIBUTORS
Challenge
Murphy's Windows & Sunrooms is a family-owned replacement windows and exterior remodel company serving Chicagoland. xiik wanted to give Murphy customers an interactive web experience and brand worthy of a regional leader. They needed a rich information and browsing resource organized to reach a wide range of customers from homeowners to architects, with a compelling call-to-action.
Solution
xiik began by designing a vibrant, upbeat logo to drive the site design, a sleek yet friendly aesthetic incorporating product photography. The site's navigation is organized by demographic to tailor content, and the extensive product catalogs and photo galleries act not only as a valuable information resource, but a big boost to SEO. The Customers Near You interactive map lends instant credibility for prospects, and amongst loads of useful content, users are always one click from a consultation with the global mini-form.
Services
Website: KilroysIndy.com
Website Design/Development, Marketing Consultation, Custom Photography, 360 (degree sign) Virtual Tour, Photo/Video Gallery Manager
CONTRIBUTORS
Challenge
Kilroy's is one of downtown Indianapolis' most popular venues. Anybody who went to Indiana University is well-versed in Kilroy's branding and their world famous stuffed breadsticks. The owners of the Indianapolis location approached us looking for a website that would express the restaurant as a fun place to go for drinks, but also a great place to watch football games, have dinner or for a girls' night out.
Solution
We did a heavy analysis of the competing restaurant/bars and focused on ways to position Kilroy's as the best. We featured their menu and drink specials online, brought our photographer in to take photos of their specialties, and created 360-degree tours of the space. We also integrated social media to their site and encouraged people to engage them in one or several of these modes. The result is an active site that they can be proud of and a more-satisfied clientele.
Services
Print Design (tri-fold brochure)
CONTRIBUTORS
Chris "Topher" Overstreet
Challenge
Window solution company Midwest Marketing approached xiik in need of a simple way to reach prospective clients for their specialized product, the Madico SafetyShield Safety - Security Film, which prevents window shattering from explosions or natural disasters. The design needed to build upon their logo, accommodate a lot of content in a user-friendly fashion, and brand them as the experienced, trustworthy company they are.
Solution
xiik designed a tri-fold brochure that can be mailed alongside a personalized letter and/or left behind with new sales contacts as a standalone piece. Additionally, a design scheme has been executed that can be emulated on other product brochures to achieve a branded set suitable for a folder presentation.
Services
Website: StudentAidServices.com
Website Design & Development
CONTRIBUTORS
Challenge
Student Aid Services needed a website for its Net Price Calculator, a technology for school financial aid offices. The site had to clearly showcase the product and its benefits, while establishing staff expertise and technical aptitude.
Solution
xiik designed a very clean layout with a striking graphic slider on the home page to illuminate product benefits, market share, and client satisfaction. Throughout: white papers, helpful ‘quick tips’ and testimonials convey both competency and service, guiding prospects to ultimately ‘Schedule a Demo.’ And with the Expression Engine content management system, SAS can update site content often, responding to changing institutional imperatives.
Services
Website: CommunitySolutionsINC.net
Website Design/Development, Content Management System
CONTRIBUTORS
Challenge
Community Solutions needed a visually-focused site redesign to better reflect the scope and caliber of their services, as well as to quickly and effectively educate and convert prospective clients. They required a scalable platform for long term enhancements, and an easy-to-use Content Management System.
Solution
Built in WordPress, xiik reworked the site structure for an audience-oriented hierarchy that is easier to navigate and more search engine friendly. The design utilizes color and visual elements to move the eye across the page, creating balance between the fun energy Community Solutions exudes and the professionalism and expertise they offer.
Services
Website: nrco.coop
Website Design/Development, Content Management System, Interactive Member Map
CONTRIBUTORS
Steve Hering
Challenge
National Renewables Cooperative Organization (NRCO) is a non-profit on the cutting edge of renewable resource development. xiik's task was to redesign NRCO's web presence to better establish their organization as professional, national, trusted, and revolutionary. The main call-to-action: encouraging prospective members to join.
Solution
xiik designed a branded experience with an interactive Members Map that illustrates NRCO's national reach and identifies members’ energy specializations. The homepage’s striking feature banner immediately conveys their mission. Contact forms are strategically located to encourage engagement. Finally, staff have an easy-to-use Content Management System, allowing them to quickly refresh the site with new projects, slideshows and news that bring awareness of NRCO’s evolving initiatives to the public.
Services
Website: UmbaughFilmworks.com
Website Design/Development, Interactive Video Player, Multilingual Functionality
CONTRIBUTORS
Steve Hering
Challenge
Umbaugh Filmworks is an Indianapolis-based film production company that specializes in commercials and even delves into short and feature length films, under the creative direction of Joel Umbaugh. The company needed an online presence to showcase their evolving portfolio in a way that would be clearly branded, easy-to-use, and international in scope.
Solution
xiik developed simple yet impactful branding and designed a straightforward layout that allows the client's very engaging visuals to speak for themselves. The site includes a customized content management system that allows the client to update their well-organized portfolio in real-time. Finally, the site welcomes an international audience, with 4 different languages versions: English, Japanese, Russian and Spanish.
Services
Website: Stiglmeier.com
Website Design/Development, Content Management System, E-Commerce Development
CONTRIBUTORS
Steve Hering
Challenge
A previous client of ours–the Stiglmeier site was originally designed in '04 and was in need of a design overhaul, updating it for modern browsers and resolution. We aimed for an improved user experience on the site, while considering that this popular site already had a lot of customers who were used to the design and functionality.
Solution
Our design team worked to renew and strengthen the Stiglmeier brand. The new design warmed up the site and increased exposure to the variety of products available. New search options were added to the global navigation, allowing customers to easily find products by category or name. An e-newsletter template was created for special offers and promotions.
Services
Website: SororityParents.com
Website Design/Development, Content Management System, Social Media/Blog Integration
CONTRIBUTORS
Steve Hering
Challenge
SororityParents.com was created to provide parents of sorority members with a place to discuss their concerns, share stories, and offer advice. The existing site lacked a message to new sorority parents that there are other parents "just like them" who understand their concerns. It also needed an attractive design that supported the NPC branding and engaged visitors.
Solution
The redesigned site features targeted user paths to invite parents with different concerns to engage in the discussion. The blog was expanded to allow blog filtering by tag, date, or keyword and easily submit questions to NPC. The new design is consistent with the other outreach site: thesororitylife.com. Sorority Parents is a WordPress-driven blog that has customized administrative control over blog posts, comments, contributors, and page content.
Services
Website: IndyHumane.org
Web Development
CONTRIBUTORS
Challenge
IndyHumane's rebranding called for a new web presence to enhance its animal welfare outreach in the local community. The nonprofit, active in social media, needed a digital home base to organize its messaging, easily connect users with animals in need, and conduct fund raising activities-- integrating forms and pages from third parties in a branded, seamless way.
Solution
Utilizing assets from IndyHumane's design team, xiik built the site on the Expression Engine publishing platform, whose Content Management System delivers complete editing control over site content like featured animals, news and success stories. The site is also highly social: visitors can leave comments, subscribe to the RSS feed, and share content on countless social media sites. xiik has seamlessly integrated important external functions like the PetPoint database, Convio donation forms, newsletter signup, and ecommerce. Customizable callouts appear in the sidebars to highlight important campaigns or events and get visitors involved.
Services
Website: AleraOnline.org
Website Design/Development, Logo Development, Content Management System, E-Newsletter Design
CONTRIBUTORS
Challenge
ALERA's specific goals in rebranding were to enhance its visibility as the expert non-profit organization in its field statewide, as well as to build membership by engaging the current and future generations of labor and employment professionals.
Solution
This non-profit's new logo and site presents branding both professional, modern and Arizonan. Functionally, the new web presence offers membership enrollment with PayPal integration, an events calendar and registration, email signup, and a members-only discussion forum and members directory. All site pages and functions can be edited using xiik's content management system (CMS).
Services
Marketing Consultation, Print Design, Direct Mail Marketing, Digital & Print Advertising, Email Marketing, Radio Advertising Campaign, TV Advertising Campaign, Media Buying
CONTRIBUTORS
Challenge
eDentist is a search engine site that provides an easy way for people to find a local dentist—and is a great way for dentists to pool their marketing resources with other local dentists and be found at the top of online searches. eDentist brought xiik onto their team to create a marketing plan for establishing their brand locally and progressively taking it to a national level.
Solution
After conducting research on the target audience and appropriate media venues for reaching each segment, we constructed a plan for marketing eDentist, while growing the product and national brand. We have recently begun implementing the plan and continue to oversee the development and implementation of each phase.
Services
Website: FosteringMediaConnections.org
Website Design/Development, Logo Development, Video Logo Animation, Content Management System, Social Media Integration
CONTRIBUTORS
Challenge
xiik was asked to redesign the FMC website and brand with a hopeful and empowering tone that would improve site hierarchy, be easy to update, and encourage interactivity. It needed to be the premier place for the press to get relevant, compelling content for their coverage of foster care and foster children in America.
Solution
The new branding is colorful and strong. This WordPress-powered site lets visitors track FMC's national campaign via an embedded, customized Google "My Map," learn about federal legislation, read FMC's latest blogs, participate in the discussion forum, and discover resources and ways to get involved in this grass roots non-profit campaign. Every page is editable by the client, creating a more nimble organization.
Services
Website: MyCleanPlateClub.com
Website Design/Development, E-Commerce Development, Content Management System, Advertising Campaign
CONTRIBUTORS
Challenge
A two-sister team developed a business designing personalized melamine plates. We designed their initial site and they were so pleased that when they began to offer more products, they came back to us for a design upgrade and a safer, engaging shopping experience.
Solution
Our goal was to maintain the fun and color of the previous site, while adding a fresh look with an improved shopping experience. The site features an easy-to-use admin panel that allows the owners to create unlimited products and categories, and update site copy. Completed orders are automatically sent to the fulfillment agent with pre-printed UPS tracking labels. Additionally, the site supports coupons and fixed-duration or ongoing sales. We continue to help with site enhancements, electronic mailings, ongoing marketing strategy, and media buying.
Services
Website: SterlingHope.com
Website Design/Development, Digital Roadmap, E-Commerce Development, Social Media Integration
CONTRIBUTORS
Challenge
Create an easily expandable e-book store for Kay Whitaker's fiction novel, Between Dreams, that incentivizes purchase through charitable proceeds. The web presence also needed to make an inviting pitch to other aspiring authors to join their publishing platform.
Solution
The site's main page features 4 javascript panels that showcase Sterling Hope's ebook, their giving model, the charities they serve, and an invitation to authors. The vote and donation counters on all pages reinforce their unique concept and drive interaction. Social media widgets were also integrated into most pages to encourage content sharing.
Services
Website: Members.MOtion1.com
Website Design/Development, Content Management System, Multi-Role Login Authorization
CONTRIBUTORS
Challenge
MOtion1 is a group of private medical practices; due to the wide range of roles within the staffs of member companies, the organization requested a more complex Content Management System. This system would need to contain roles, limiting access to sensitive areas of the site depending on whether the user was authorized to view it.
Solution
For this site redesign, we created a content management system that allowed the clients to add new products and information to their member support site, especially a sizable sales force. This CMS also allows the client to add items with a secondary navigation system. We developed a multi-role login authorization to solve the access issue between multiple departments.
Services
Website : IndyMuttStrut.org
Website Design/Development, Convio Integration
CONTRIBUTORS
Challenge
For IndyHumane's 8th annual and single largest fundraiser, Mutt Strut, they needed a fresh look to engage returning attendees without creating a completely unfamiliar web experience. Moreover, they asked for two things: make the what/where/when obvious on every page and inform visitors about the myriad ways they can get involved beyond event registration.
Solution
Building upon the vibrant 2011 branding, the refreshed site communicates the most important basics very well -- via large rotating home page banner and a universal sidebar banner on internal pages. The navigation is uncomplicated, quickly guiding prospective attendees from learning about the event, to registering, to donating, and perhaps even becoming a volunteer or sponsor. The site seamlessly integrates several Convio forms, newsworthy stories from their relaunched IndyHumane.org site, and a photo review of last year's adorable pups and happy owners.
