New Skies is a family-owned and operated guide service based in Gakona, Alaska. Offering scenic fishing and rafting trips on the Copper River, Gulkana River & Klutina River, New Skies opened for the 2015 season, although they have a long history in the area.

GOAL: To create a website that promotes the services that New Skies offers, provides local information for their clients and highlights the dramatic beauty of Alaska.

RESULT: The beauty of Alaska is dramatic and key to creating that connection for potential customers for New Skies. We focused on big images to evoke emotion, emphasis on being a family operation and being a resource for visitors to the area in general.

WNC Appraisal Services, Inc is a commercial real estate appraisal company specializing in valuation and consulting in western North Carolina. Founded in 2007, WNC Appraisal built its clientele and reputation primarily on a referral basis. They decided that they needed an online presence and in 2015, they approached Spark Media Collective to design a website that is primarily informational and appropriate for their demographic. We also provided the content for the site (writing copy & image curation).

GOAL: To create a website for WNC Appraisal Services, Inc that highlights their services, experience and knowledge of their service area. The overall goal of the website is to provide enough information to encourage the prospective client to contact WNC Appraisal Services, Inc for an initial consultation.

RESULT: The final product is fairly traditional in in design and color, with a few modern elements and a splash of color to keep it up to date. We went with a streamlined design that is not cluttered, but still informational. Our focus was on concise copy, appropriate images and intuitive design. We included “call-to-action” buttons on each page to facilitate contacting WNC Appraisal Services and pulled the blue from their logo to make the button “pop” on the screen.

Mountain Sun Community is an independent, Montessori-based school located in Brevard, NC. After refreshing their logo, they wanted to update their website to reflect their new branding, as well as better manage the large amount of information they need to deliver to their current and prospective families. School philosophy, registration information, calendar, pdfs and downloadabe material and classroom information are just some of the pieces that needed to be implemented into the new website.

GOAL: To create a website is visually appealing, while managing and organizing a large amount of information.

RESULT: In order to keep the page relative clean, we opted for a full-width design for the homepage, without  sidebar or a lot of segmented sections that would clutter the page. The focus was placed on a well organized menu to allow visitors to easily find the information that they were looking for and also help first timers an easy way to simply “peruse” the site.

Overall, the site is built on layers, with the top layer being the most general and allowing the visitor to go deeper if they so choose. This was a fun challenge for us and think we were successful in creating a site that delivers a large quantity of information, while not being overwhelming.