You’ll work directly with an experienced consultant, web designer & web developer in-one.
Your organization can leverage my over two decades of experience across web strategy, design, development and marketing. No account managers. No junior devs. Just me. I value a collaborative process and long term relationships where I feel like part of your team.
🚀 Web Design & Development
A website thats easy to use for you and your team. Built for longevity, not just for launch.
I design and develop custom websites to match your needs and workflows. No templates or settings you don’t need. I create intuitive admin experiences so your website will be a pleasure to use. Some of the websites I’ve built are over a decade old and going strong.
⭐️ Featured Project
An easy-to-manage custom website for a community charity in Saint John
❝
I really enjoyed the process of building our new site with Greg. The new website is far easier to manage than our old one—updating pages and posting new material is quick and intuitive, which means I do it much more often. I’ve heard so many positive comments on the clean, modern design and how easy it is for visitors to find what they need. I’d absolutely recommend working with Greg.
🧠 Strategic Web Consulting
Let me work with you to map out your digital strategy.
Starting from an understanding of your business goals, I'll guide you through technology decisions and long-term planning that positions your organization for growth.
Actionable insights from someone that knows the effort involved.
A review of your website's performance, usability, SEO and any other opportunities for improvement backed by the ability to help you determine the ROI of your investment.
Custom website design and development for an Atlantic Canadian video production company
❝
I have high expectations and standards for the product and the process and I really enjoyed my working collaboration with Greg for many reasons. Because we worked collaboratively and iteratively together I was able to get comfortable with the admin back end. The iterative process of working was really effective. He is extremely calm and friendly and easy to work with, and has a solid problem solving attitude.
More About Greg Ord
Greg has been a freelance web consultant, designer & developer since 2014. He's been designing and developing for the web for well over two decades.
Previously, he worked as a senior web developer and web designer at prominent Atlantic Canadian agencies and in the marketing departments of other Nova Scotian businesses.
Reasons to work with Greg:
Exceptional Value
Custom projects by a senior-level developer and designer without paying agency markups.
Direct Communication
When you work with Greg, you're working directly with the developer building your project.
Optimization Expertise
He's an expert on website performance, technical SEO, accessibility, and usability.
User-centric front to back
Greg puts a strong emphasis on the admin panel user experience, that others overlook.
Holistic View
Being a web consultant, developer, and UX designer, Greg can identifying issues and opportunities that specialists focused on just one area might miss.
❝
He’s made our website and CRM integration seamless and provides a quick response. I appreciate his diligence and ability to problem solve.
❝
Greg has consistently provided valuable advice and excellent support over the years. More than just a web consultant, he feels like an indispensable member of our team.
❝
Nocturne’s website gets a lot of visitors during festival time and Greg ensures that everything is running smoothly. He is always quick to help and responsive when there’s a question or a change.
Are we a good fit to work together?
I work with organizations that understand the value of their website, want a custom solution to best fit their needs, and a long-term partner in making it a success.
Although, I like to think of this as more of a collaboration between your team and I.
Being a web consultant/designer/developer combined allows me to work very efficiently and tackle large web design and development projects.
Of course, there is a limit depending on timeline and scope. I have a network of talented people I can call on when I need to.
I've been working solo for over a decade with no plans of going anywhere. I am not your fly-by-night freelancer.
But it is a valid concern. Things can happen. So:
🔑 You own the keys I'll make sure you have access to everything including website hosting.
🏋️ I'll train you you and your team to be as self sufficient as possible.
I use standard technologies and clean maintainable code that another developer could jump into easily.
So whether something happens to me, or you just no longer want to work with me, I make it easy for you to pick up and go.
I work best with organizations that produce their own content or work with someone that does.
I want to spend my time developing the tools to empower your team to be self sufficient rather than update your content for you. That's why I put so much emphasis on developing user friendly content management experiences.
I can help you strategize, plan and organize your content in the initial phases of a website development project and provide on-going consulting.
Yes, and I've been developing website on WordPress for over a decade.
I've built a lot of Wordpress website in the past, and still occasionally do, but more often than not I recommend Craft CMS as a better alternative to WordPress. It just makes a lot more sense when developing a completely custom website and leads to a much easier to use backend experience.
My clients love Craft CMS and usually describe it as a "A breath of fresh air" when coming from Wordpress. It's easy to maintain, has great security, and has very high quality plugins.
✅ The right one for the job.
I find that for the type of websites I'm building, the answer to that question is usually Craft CMS. Craft is like Wordpress in many ways. Imagine if Wordpress was actually a pleasure to use, and came with the features you need to build a great site without installing a ton of plugins. It's also focused on custom websites, which is what I do.
I still occasionally build WordPress sites, and maintain them quite often. I've been developing websites on WordPress for well over a decade.
But I'm more concerned about the right technology for the job, sometimes that means Webflow, Framer, or just building static websites. Over the past two decades, I've used dozens of different content management systems (and even built my own! 😱) - Mainly that's helped me know what to avoid!
Yes, AI has helped me be more productive as a solo consultant and web developer than ever before. Which means more value for my clients. I use AI for:
Research and generally project organization
A coding assistant
And sometime even image generation
It depends.
For maintenance on existing websites, I usually have to be a bit more picky and I'm looking for:
An organization that updates their content themselves and seeks to improve their workflow.
A certain level of investment for maintenance and continuous improvements.
No, Atlantic Canada is my focus, but I work with organizations all across Canada.
Most of the organizations I serve are in Atlantic Canada, mainly Halifax, Nova Scotia where I live, but ultimately it's more about the right project/client relationship fit (The best way to figure that out is to book a discovery call! )
