Website Development and Graphic Design
Highwire can help you keep your website and promotional materials current and effective
Website Development And Maintenance
Websites are now the go-to source for information about your organisation
Highwire has partnered with Oak Web Design to offer you a professional advice and seamless support from concept to launch and beyond.
There are a number of stages in developing a website to represent your organisation accurately, and do the job you require of it. There are also ongoing tasks needed to keep it relevant and accurate.
We can help you with:
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- Planning – making sure you know what you need for your organisation and your clients We can develop a plan with you
- Design – developing the look and feel of your website to communicate not just what you do, but how you go about it
- Development – setting up the framework, layout and content
- Testing and Launching – making sure that everything ‘works’ and the launch is spectacular!
We can assist with planning and implementing your LAUNCH
- Maintenance – establishing a process to make sure your website remains current, functional and secure
- If required, we can register the appropriate domain name for you and set up hosting on our secure, high speed, Australian server.
Graphic Design
Graphic design is not just a logo – it creates consistency in your branding and organises information so that over time, your audience recognises YOU in every message you deliver
Highwire has partnered with Hoffman Design to create a seamless pathway to high quality digital graphic design for your:
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- Annual Reports
- Strategic Plans
- Posters and flow charts
- Surveys
- Reports
- Submissions
- Special event posters
- Manuals, flow charts and learning resources
We can also assist you with re branding for a
contemporary look feel across all your promotional assets.
We get great feedback from clients.
Click here to see examples of our work.
Websites and Graphic Design Linkages can be Very Beneficial
Good design and stand-out graphics can be used together to empathise with your clients by literally showing them what life would look like and feel like with your service or advice
Cost:
- Prices for websites and graphic design are negotiated with you around the work required
First Impressions Matter: Eye-catching Information Creates Effective Communication
Planning your website properly can make all the difference!
Having a well branded and up to date website can provide vital information about what you do, and build trust and credibility
Good planning gives you a chance to clarifying your goals and what you need.
It also provides time to consult with key people to work out what would be useful and effective.
Design mock-ups and prototypes will help you visualise the layout and user interface, and an Action Plan for progress, including budgets and timelines can help you keep on track.
The ‘look and feel’ of your website is a powerful communication tool – it can show not just what you do, but how you go about it
The first time a visitor interacts with your organisation, your logo and other graphics will help show who you are, and set the tone for the rest of your relationship
Graphic design can help an organisation make a positive, lasting impression.
Compared with text, creative designs, informative graphics or pictures can convey ideas and information more effectively.
Infographics are a great way to summarise information that your clients and other stakeholders would otherwise skim over (or skip reading completely).
It has been demonstrated that infographics (which combine visuals with text) are three times more engaging than text-only content.
Click on the link below to see an example of graphic design used to send a clear and powerful message:
To make sure your website gets your message across at all times it’s
important to get the basics set up well so it’s easy to navigate, and easy to
maintain.
There are three main steps to setting up a website framework:
- Arrange a web hosting service, domain name and CMS platform
- Establish a sitemap and layout of individual pages that reflects your organisation
- Create content that will tell your story and explain your message clearly
Final checks and tests can make sure everything is working well before you
launch your website for the world to see.
We can assist with testing the effectiveness of functionality and content on your website, and we can help you plan and implement a launch that makes a splash!
Your organisation has a story worth telling, and graphic design is about communicating that story to your clients and stakeholders – this can build trust and goodwill.
Graphic design can help promote your activities with the help of effective visual communication. It can help inform, educate and communicate with your target audience.
Click on the links below to see how graphic design and imagery have been used to enhance information and communicate to a wide variety of stakeholders.
Rainbow Lodge Annual Report
Mallee Family Violence Strategic Plan
Consistency Creates Credibility
After the website has been launched, it is important to continue maintaining and updating it to ensure that it remains functional and secure. This may involve fixing any issues that arise, adding new features or content, and keeping the site up to date, such as:
- Editing existing content or adding new content
- Fixing bugs and issues
- Installing plugins
- Keeping up to date with technologies
- Ensuring your Google ranking
The Highwire group can assist you with an entire web development and maintenance process or parts as you require
“Wonderful Jane took the lead to get our website up and running. Two community guests at our AGM said they had accessed the website to find out more about our service, and their feedback was just so positive!
Several service providers, friends (and our ASES Assessor ?) have also commented about our new site … all very positive!! So, thanks Highwire!
Manager, Ngala Womens Refuge
Using a consistent style and graphic designs can help your organisation create credibility by reinforcing your message and showing you have a professional and thoughtful approach to what you do.
A picture tells the story of a thousand words
Images can communicate with a much wider audience than words can. This is because language can limit your audience, simply because not everyone is able to comprehend language at the same level.
This could be because part of your target audience speak English (or whatever language you’re communicating in) as a second language. Or they could have difficulty reading for any number of reasons. Images, on the other hand, are a universal language.
Images can help you build an emotional connection and project your values
Cost:
Prices for websites and graphic design are negotiated with you around the work required
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