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Web design and development services

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the digital
renaissance.

Creative web design and development, combining brand clarity, craft and commercial momentum to create distinctive digital experiences that help ambitious brands grow.

Websites that do more.

We bring brand, UX, SEO, content and development together from day one, combining creative ambition with strategic thinking and technical excellence. The result is a digital experience that feels distinctive, works intuitively and delivers measurable impact long after launch.

Creative web design.

Translate your brand into a digital experience with its own rhythm, personality and point of view. Creative thinking and intuitive UX come together to create experiences that feel effortless to use and impossible to confuse with anyone else.

Web development.

We build fast, flexible websites that deliver on the creative idea, rather than compromising it. Clean code, thoughtful interactions and robust technical foundations keep everything running beautifully behind the scenes.

Wordpress & CMS.

Your team shouldn’t need a developer every time a sentence changes. We create flexible, modular content systems that make pages easy to build, edit and evolve without letting the design descend into chaos.

Looks good. Works harder.

The proof is in the pudding.

64.1%

increase in conversions after 6 months.

83.14%

increase in sales after 1 year.

70.8%

increase in average engagement time after 3 months.

104.9%

increase in organic visits after 1 month

Our web design and development process.

Every project is different, but the thinking stays joined up. We move from discovery and digital strategy through UX, creative design and development without losing the thread (or the big idea) along the way.

Discovery1 week

Before opening Figma, we get properly under the skin of the business. We speak to stakeholders, review your current site, study the industry and dig into how your audience behaves. This gives us a clear view of what the website needs to communicate, where the existing experience is falling short and where there’s room to do something more interesting.

Work involved

Stakeholder questionnaires and interviewsCurrent website auditAnalytics reviewCompetitor reviewAudience and category researchKick-off meeting

Digital strategy1 week

This is where business goals become a plan for the website. We define what the experience needs to achieve, how content should work and which journeys matter most. Brand, audience, search visibility and conversion all shape the direction before we begin designing screens.

Work involved

Digital objectivesAudience journeysContent strategySEO considerationsConversion opportunitiesFeature requirementsTechnical recommendations

UX and information architecture1 week

A strong website makes complex things feel simple. We organise the content, structure the journeys and map the key interactions so people can find what they need without fighting the interface. Wireframes give us space to solve the experience before visual design takes over

Work involved

Sitemap developmentInformation architectureUser journey mappingContent planningFigma Wireframes & prototypingFunctional specifications

Creative direction1 week

Now we decide how the website should feel. We explore visual territories, interaction ideas and digital behaviours that bring the brand to life online. This establishes the creative rules for the experience before they’re applied across the wider site.

Work involved

Creative explorationDigital art directionTypography and colourMotion principlesInteraction conceptsKey page designCreative presentation

UI and web design2 weeks

With the direction agreed, we build the full visual system. Every page is designed to feel connected, responsive and recognisably yours. We consider hierarchy, accessibility, interaction and conversion alongside the creative details that give the site its character. We’ll design either bespoke templates for each page of the website (in mobile and desktop resolutions), or look to design a component builder approach.

Work involved

Responsive page designUI componentsInteraction designConversion touchpointsDeveloper-ready files

Web development5 to 6 weeks

Our developers bring the design to life without sanding off its edges. We build responsive, high-performance websites with flexible CMS systems and carefully crafted front-end interactions. Development happens alongside design rather than appearing at the end to tell us what isn’t possible.

Work involved

Front-end development Back-end development CMS configurationComponent developmentMotion design and interactionThird-party integrationsPerformance optimisation

Content population and testing1 to 2 weeks

Before launch, we put the whole thing through its paces. We populate agreed content, test the experience across browsers and devices and check performance, accessibility, forms, integrations and CMS functionality. Small details get the same attention as the headline moments.

Work involved

Content populationResponsive testingBrowser testingAccessibility checksPerformance testingCMS trainingQuality assurance

Launch and ongoing supportOngoing

Going live isn’t where we disappear. We handle deployment carefully, monitor the site after launch and give your team the tools and training to manage it confidently. We can also stay involved through hosting, optimisation, SEO, content and ongoing creative support.

Work involved

Launch planningWebsite deploymentRedirect implementationTechnical SEO & GEOAnalytics setupPost-launch testingCMS documentationOngoing support packages
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Looks good. Works harder.

"As a design agency, handing responsibility for our web re-design to another creative agency needed to be well considered. We were immediately impressed by their designs and their interpretation of our brief. Nice bunch of people to work with too!"

Laurie BusheHead of Marketing

"It was our brand positioning work that really made everything click. KOTA were empathetic, patient, flexible, quick, and, most importantly, incredibly talented with brand positioning, visual identity, and digital experiences. I've already recommended them twice!"

Shanice DaecheCMO

"Beyond the aesthetics, the site is incredibly functional. The CMS gives us the flexibility and control we need to keep our content fresh and relevant, and they have significantly improved the website’s UX. We couldn't be happier!"

Jenny FrameMarketing Manager

"As a design agency, handing responsibility for our web re-design to another creative agency needed to be well considered. We were immediately impressed by their designs and their interpretation of our brief. Nice bunch of people to work with too!"

Laurie BusheHead of Marketing

"It was our brand positioning work that really made everything click. KOTA were empathetic, patient, flexible, quick, and, most importantly, incredibly talented with brand positioning, visual identity, and digital experiences. I've already recommended them twice!"

Shanice DaecheCMO

"Beyond the aesthetics, the site is incredibly functional. The CMS gives us the flexibility and control we need to keep our content fresh and relevant, and they have significantly improved the website’s UX. We couldn't be happier!"

Jenny FrameMarketing Manager

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FAQ's

We connect brand thinking, UX, creative design and development from the start.

That means the strategic idea doesn’t get lost between separate agencies, freelancers or internal teams. The people shaping the concept work closely with the people building it, creating a more coherent website and a much smoother process.

A web design and build project can last around 12-14 weeks. But there are always ways to consider your business objectives (such as phased launches), so even if your timescales don’t work with this, it’s always worth reaching out. 

A lot of it depends on the size of the site, technical complexity, content requirements and level of creative ambition. Smaller websites may move faster. Large platforms, complex integrations and immersive digital experiences will need more time. We’ll set out a clear programme before the project begins.

Yes. We handle the full process from discovery, strategy and UX through to creative design, development, testing and launch.

Keeping design and development together helps us protect the creative ambition while making sensible technical decisions early. Fewer surprises. Better websites.

We regularly build websites using WordPress, Sanity, and other flexible content management systems selected around the needs of the project.

We’ll recommend the right setup based on your team, content requirements, integrations, scalability and technical constraints rather than forcing every website into the same platform.

A website should keep evolving alongside the business, that’s why KOTA’s SiteCare is a key part of our business. We can continue supporting the website through hosting, maintenance, performance monitoring, SEO, conversion improvements, content and ongoing creative development. You can read more about SiteCare here. 

The majority of our full projects sit between £30k and £150k, but project costs will depend on the final scope of work and vary from project to project. We generally have a minimum website project size of £25k and prefer to agree a fixed cost with agreed milestone payments.

Interested in working with KOTA?

Drop us a line at
hello@kota.co.uk

We are a Creative Digital Agency based in Clerkenwell London, specialising in Creative Web Design, Web Development, Branding and Digital Marketing.