Services

Everything between the idea and the customer.

Vortex Systems Inc covers the four disciplines a digital product actually needs. Take one of them or all four — the standard is the same either way.

01

Web Development

Hand-written front-ends and back-ends on a stack you can hire for and hand over. No mystery plugins, no page-builder lock-in, no code your team is afraid to touch.

Details
  • Marketing sites, portals and dashboards
  • E-commerce and payment flows
  • CMS builds and headless content models
  • API design, third-party integrations, automation
  • Performance, caching and Core Web Vitals work
  • Security hardening, maintenance and support retainers

02

UX / UI Design

We work out what people are actually trying to do, then design the shortest honest path to it. The output is a system your team can build against, not a folder of pretty pictures.

Details
  • Discovery, stakeholder and user interviews
  • Information architecture and user flows
  • Wireframes, prototypes and usability testing
  • High-fidelity interface design
  • Design systems, component libraries and tokens
  • Accessibility review against WCAG 2.2 AA

03

Branding

A brand is the set of decisions that make everything you publish recognisably yours. We define those decisions and give you the assets and rules to apply them without us in the room.

Details
  • Brand strategy, positioning and messaging
  • Naming, verbal identity and tone of voice
  • Logo design and full identity systems
  • Colour, typography and art direction
  • Brand guidelines and asset libraries
  • Collateral, print, packaging and social templates

04

Marketing

Traffic is only useful if it converts and you can tell where it came from. We set the measurement up first, then run the channels that suit your market and your budget.

Details
  • Technical SEO, on-page work and content strategy
  • Local SEO and Google Business Profile
  • Paid search and paid social campaigns
  • Email marketing, lifecycle and automation
  • Landing pages and conversion-rate optimisation
  • Analytics, tracking plans and reporting dashboards

Common questions

Before you get in touch.

How much does a project cost?

Most marketing sites land between a few thousand and the low five figures; applications and multi-channel programmes scale from there. We quote a fixed price against a written scope after the discovery call, so you are not signing up to an open-ended hourly bill.

How long does it take?

A focused marketing site is typically four to eight weeks from kickoff. Larger applications and brand programmes run longer and are split into milestones you approve as we go.

Can you work with our existing site or brand?

Yes. A good share of our work is improving something that already exists — a performance and accessibility rescue, a redesign on the same platform, or a marketing programme on top of a site we did not build.

Do we have to take all four services?

No. Plenty of clients start with one piece. The advantage of having design, engineering and marketing in the same studio is simply that no one gets to blame the others.

Who owns the work?

You do, on final payment — source code, design files, brand assets and every account we set up in your name.

What happens after launch?

We offer maintenance retainers covering updates, backups, monitoring, security patching and a monthly block of change requests. You are equally free to take it in-house; the handover documentation is written for exactly that.

Have something you need built?

Tell us what you are trying to do and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right studio for it — and what it would take. Every enquiry gets a reply within one business day.