Luz Gémea
A fashion and beauty studio in Lisbon that shoots the photographs and the films on the same set. The page shows six campaigns and four films first, then how a shoot runs from the first call.
A website as good as your brand
You send your notes, logo and photos. I plan your pages, write your copy and design them in your colours, and your website is live in 1 to 2 weeks.
Brands I have worked with
Nomad Tanzania
Planet Lodges
Rivertrees Country Inn
Good Earth Tours
British School of Zanzibar
Adina Lodges
Seissense
Lairs Camps
Love BooDesign, redesign and care
AI can make a page in minutes, but it doesn’t know your business or the people you sell to. I start every website with a questionnaire about both. The more you tell me, the better each page answers what your clients ask before they get in touch.
AaManrope · Bodoni Moda
DesignYour colours, type and words
BuildWordPress, checked on every screen
Website care
- Updates, with a backup first
- A monthly security check
- A test message through your form
- Broken links fixed
- About 30 minutes of small changes
CareWebsite Care, each month
- Website designFor a business that needs a new website: the page plan, copywriting, design and build.
- Website redesignFor a website that looks old, breaks on a phone or is hard to update. Same packages as a new website.
- Website CareUpdates, backups and about 30 minutes of small changes each month, even on a website someone else built.
- Working on websites since 2011I first built websites in 2011, then spent more than 10 years in branding, design and marketing for lodges, schools and lifestyle brands.
Each website sells something different
An art director’s studio, a safari camp, a foundation, a church, an events company and a law firm. Four are my own projects and two are redesigns I proposed to real organisations. Open any of them to see how the page was planned.
Mara Velour
Twelve tents in Kenya’s northern Mara, with the tents, the seasons and a sample five nights laid out before a guest sends their dates.
Ocean Church
A redesign I proposed for a church in Dar es Salaam, built around service times, what a Sunday morning looks like and planning a first visit.
Mo Dewji Foundation
A homepage redesign I proposed for the foundation, with its three programmes, its scholars and its published results easy to find.
NAVA Events
Event photographs up front, the planning and decoration services explained, and an enquiry form for the date, venue and guest numbers.
Morrow & Vale
Practice areas, lawyer profiles, fees and briefings, with each area of law given a page of its own.
Guides for planning your website
Articles on what a website costs, which pages you need and how to choose a designer.
Trusted by founders, schools and brands
Before websites, I was a brand lead, art director and creative project manager, working with teams from Zanzibar to London and New York. These references come from that work.
“Alan delivered our full rebrand: a new logo, new values and new slogans. He managed the whole brand transformation with steady execution.”School Director, British School of Zanzibar
“Alan developed a complete four-week launch structure that gave our internal team real clarity. His planning bridged strategy and execution, turning ideas into a practical roadmap. The rollout felt organised and consistent, with clear phases to follow.”Marketing Strategy, Love Boo, UK
“Alan did a fabulous job on our rebrand and supervised our website work through to launch. He also supported our family business, Planet Lodges, with its branding and rebrand at the same level of excellence. I recommend him without hesitation.”Director and Co-Founder, Good Earth Tours
“Alan brought order to our content chaos. He structured raw concepts into a creator-ready system that matched our brand voice. He improved our content workflow and made execution clearer for our creators.”Brand Operations, Seissense, UK
“Alan led the Lairs Camps project with clear creative authority. He understands the creative process and directs the work without diluting it. Reconnecting years later, his judgement and leadership felt even stronger, with precise feedback and high standards throughout.”Marketing Director, Lairs Camps
CFA Logistics
“Alan is my go-to guy when it comes to design work. He helped me reshape a lot of what the brand is today.”Managing Director, CFA Logistics
“Alan has been a constant presence across our brands since 2021. He leads complex creative projects with clarity, manages agencies confidently and protects brand standards. We value him as a long-term partner who understands how brands get built and maintained.”Partner, Adina Lodges
“Alan introduced new strategic objectives across our branding and marketing, and his recommendations are practical to put into action. He has strong knowledge of social media and digital marketing, and his experience makes him the right person to talk decisions through.”General Manager, Planet Lodges
“Alan brought fresh ideas that lifted our office brand and our day-to-day environment. His creativity showed in practical ways, and his attention to detail and control of our brand collateral made him key to how our brand was presented.”Brand Director, Nomad Tanzania
“It’s been an honour working with someone as talented as Alan. He shared knowledge that strengthened the team, and his impact will stay with us. Beyond results, he brought energy and commitment that made the work better.”Regional Sales Manager, Nomad Tanzania
“Our revenues grew significantly through Alan’s sales and marketing work. He brought clear communication and reporting, and a rare mix of efficiency and attention to detail, with creative problem-solving across the challenges inside the hotel.”General Manager, Rivertrees Country Inn
“Alan made a real contribution to our business, and his professionalism strengthened our operations.”Managing Director, Rivertrees Country Inn