Website Workshops

Looking to create or update your website, but not sure where to start? A collaborative workshop can add clarity to even the most complex of web projects.

Web workshops are intensive sprint sessions designed to hammer out the basic structure of your website. They also allow us to come to decisions collaboratively and make sure we’re all on the same page. We also touch on aesthetic preferences based on your existing brand’s look and feel and develop it further throughout your new site. They’re great for both experienced team members and those who are new to the website building process.
By the end of these sessions, we aim to have an agreed sitemap in principle, a good idea of your content architecture, and an overarching plan encompassing the various visual and structural components required. These sessions are also available remotely or in person where achievable.

Our Workshops are great for:

Underpinning your website’s goals
Getting large teams on the same page
User journey mapping
Understanding 3rd party dependencies
Collectively identifying challenges

1

Setting the foundations

We start by establishing the goals of your project along with its basic global requirements and any relevant 3rd party dependencies. We clearly identify project roles, points of contact and working processes for communications going forward.
2

Site Structure & Content Architecture

We map out your site’s initial structure, along with preliminary ideas for content on each page. We also discuss the nature of the content –text, images, data, etc– and make suggestions for optimising the user experience.
3

Functionality & Wireframing

The next step is to discuss the functionality required to effectively display and deliver your content. We’ll introduce you to wireframing concepts and advise on effective signposting to ensure your users get from A to B with ease.
4

Design & Visual Elements

This is the part where we talk visuals –both structure and style. What colours you like, and what fonts you don’t. We take a moment to examine your contemporaries, along with others outside your sector that may offer outside inspiration.
5

Making a plan

From here, it’s a case of finalising plans. We’ll make sure both sides have a clear list of responsibilities and deliverables, alongside a clear roadmap of the coming weeks.

Content Workshops

When it comes to content, it can be hard to know where to start, especially with particularly large or complex projects. As a result, it’s often left till last, but can ultimately frustrate a website launch when final content doesn’t fit into the space that’s been built. The result can be a fractured layout and lead to a poor user experience.

We encourage clients to begin work on content early on, and in parallel to our design and build processes. We can provide a content framework to aid you in content production including a centralised management checklist and document templates. This not only enables you to delegate authors and proofing responsibilities but also ensures you’re thinking about page titles, keywords and media.