We're an agency of strategists, technologists, designers, marketers and entrepreneurs. We run a lean and flexible operation that produces results both we and our clients can be proud of.
Small teams. Big ideas.
Small Teams
Collaborate & Iterate
Manage & Grow
About Us
Our approach is built around helping clients identify needs and develop effective digital strategies to grow their business.
Ripcord was built on the foundation of seamlessly integrating the highest levels of business innovation, strategic marketing, creativity and technology. We're small by design, but we can quickly scale up depending on the size and needs of your project.
Discover
We listen to our clients. Successful engagements always involve clear communication and a deep understanding of the client’s business situation. We are passionate observers of how real-life users interact with products and websites to achieve a desired outcome.
Steps include:
- Stakeholder interviews
- Website usage analysis
- Identification of usability issues
- User research
- Competitive research
Plan & Define
Most likely your plan has many important business goals, with various levels of priority and difficulty. We’ll carefully study your technical and content constraints, and help you organize everything into an actionable roadmap that can drive the design and development process.
Steps include:
- Project brief & schedule
- Information architecture
- User flows
- Content matrix
- Technical specifications
Create & Test
In this phase, solutions come into view. We take our detailed understanding of your customers and start solving their problems in a way that leverages the strengths of your business. We continue to discover fresh solutions as we define the conceptual design.
Steps include:
- Interaction & visual design
- User testing
- Graphical build out
Build
In this phase, we turn our visual designs into a fully functioning website.
Steps include:
- Infrastructure setup
- User interface development
- Server-side development
- Database development
- Integration of 3rd party systems
- Quality assurance
- Analytics configuration
- Launch management