About Web Design Manchester
Manchester built its reputation on making things that work, mills, machines, canals, code. We're a Manchester web design agency in that tradition: engineered to work, made to last, priced straight. A dedicated account manager who's also doing the work, no agency theatre, no adjectives where a number should be.
What we believe
Four convictions we build by
A website is a tool, not an ornament
It exists to win work. Every design decision gets asked the same question: does this help the visitor become a customer? If the honest answer is no, it doesn't ship, however nice it looks in a mockup.
Show the workings
Speed scores, rankings, conversion rates, we put numbers on our work because we're proud of them. If an agency won't tell you how they'll measure success, they've already told you something.
Fixed quotes, plain English
You'll know the price and the plan before we start, and you'll never need a glossary to read our emails. Jargon is what complexity sounds like when it's trying to charge more.
No hostages
Your domain, your content, your code. We keep clients by being good at the job, not by holding the keys. Ask any of them, we'll happily make introductions.
The director
Meet James
Web Design Manchester is led by James, founder, director, and the person who actually answers when you get in touch. Every project gets a dedicated account manager, and nothing gets handed off: the people on your calls are the people designing and building your site, from day one to launch and beyond.
James founded the JM Digital Solutions network, of which Web Design Manchester is part, a group of studios with over 300 completed projects between them, all built to the same standard: engineered to work, made to last, priced straight.
The record
Our numbers, since we insist on everyone else's
Projects completed across our network of studios
Average PageSpeed at handover
Of quotes honoured at the quoted price
Dedicated account manager per project, no hand-offs
The proof lives in the portfolio, every case study carries a number we're happy to stand behind.
How we work
Small by design
We're a deliberately small studio. When you hire us, the people in the first meeting are the people doing the work, designing, writing, building, answering the phone. It's why projects move fast, why nothing gets lost in handover, and why our clients tend to stay.
We work with businesses across Greater Manchester, the North West and the whole of the UK, from Stockport trades to Salford startups to clients we've never met in person, and everything we build is covered by the same guarantee: it does what we said it would, measured, or we fix it.
Part of JM Digital Solutions
Web Design Manchester is part of the JM Digital Solutions network, a group of studios sharing one engineering standard, with over 300 projects completed between them.
Why the hexagon?
It's the worker bee's cell reduced to engineering geometry, hive, bolt head and circuit trace at once. Manchester, in one shape.