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We are a nursery chain of 4 nurseries in the UK and are working on a software product that is set to be completed early next year.
We are looking for a talented web designer/front end developer with a strong eye for design and modern web aesthetics and a high attention to detail to create a fast, light, clean and visually appealing website for our soon to be launched software product. We would like the website to be built on the WordPress platform, and would prefer a custom or semi custom build over heavy templated site.
OUR REQUIREMENTS
1) Clean, light and visually appealing design that mirrors the current bootstrap like style of many software product websites. High attention to detail with great effort paid to white space, font weights and alignment.
2) Eight to twelve brochure pages
2) Blog section with three layout styles (full width, boxed etc)
3) Built on the WordPress platform.
4) Custom or semi custom build, but may consider template if strong case is made for it.
5) Largely static website with some interaction/animation for menu items and button hovers.
WHAT I BE PROVIDED WITH?
You will be given a detailed brief that explains our software product, its main features as well as precisely what we are looking for, from the website, in terms of pages. You will also be provided with additional support via video calls/emails where the product and page requirements can be explained to you in more detail.
You will also be given direct access to our main project manager for our software project, whom you can communicate with on an ongoing basis.
HOW CAN I GET A BETTER IDEA OF THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THE SITE YOU WANT?
Below are examples of websites we like the look of and would like to emulate;
We are expecting the chosen freelancer to work closely with us, to understand our product and work hard to create a website that presents it in a clear, persuasive and attractive way.
WHAT ARE THE MILESTONES/DEADLINES?
We will agree milestones with the chosen freelancer.
The main deadline for the website is the 21st October.
We want the homepage prioritised and completed first before the rest of the website.
PROJECT BUDGET?
Project budget is 500-800 GBP depending on turnaround time, experience of freelancer and culture fit.
