LimeRed Studio

And then there were three: LimeRed hires Erik Kraft

HI EVERYONE.

Please join me in welcoming our newest staff member, Erik Kraft. Starting September 8th, Erik will join LimeRed Studio with some serious design skills and invaluable programming expertise. Kristi-Lynn and I are thrilled for him to join us as our fulll-time Art Director and EE Programmer. We are excited for the shape of things to come and anticipate BIG things continuing to happen!

Headshot forthcoming…

Erik comes to LimeRed Studio with 8 years of experience as a web designer and front-end developer for higher education institutions, not-for-profits, and small businesses of various stripes. While working for the University of Chicago, he redesigned the university's central homepage and College Admissions website. Following these formidable projects, he struck out on his own as a freelancer, and spent three years working directly with clients to design and build beautiful, functional websites. Erik has done freelance work for LimeRed for the past several months, and is thrilled to be coming on board as a full-timer.

When not pushing pixels in Photoshop or turning out well-crafted code, Erik is likely to be found with his nose in a book or taking Gemma, his beloved half-Rottweiler, half-Australian Shepherd, for a walk. He trawls used bookstores for vintage Penguin paperbacks to add to his collection, and his Ultimate Design Hero is Max Huber.

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So now we're up to three full timers and a handful of contractors. Here's to job creation, small business growth and keeping it local.

LimeRed Studio is a nationally-certified WBE (Women’s Business Enterprise)

We're 100% woman-owned! We made it!

LimeRed Studio, inc is proud to annouce our certification as a women's business enterprise through the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the national's largers third party certfified of businesses owned and operated by women in the U.S. The WBENC is a resource for the more than 700 US companies and government agencies that rely on WBENC's certification as an integral part of their supplier diversity programs.

WBENC's national standard of certification implemented by the Women's Business Development Center (WBDC) - Chicago is a meticulous process including an in-depth reiew of the business and site inspection.

We're ready to walk through some newly opened doors! 

A Twitter account we can be proud of

And keep current. Yes, we have a new Twitter account.
Follow us here: @limeredstudio

For some magical reason, Twitter won't let us upload our snazzy new background image. Here's a crop of it. Clever, eh? (Note: Only Photoshop users will get this one.)

LimeRed has moved to the Loop!

New address and phone and office: LimeRed Studio, Inc. 203 N LaSalle Street Suite 2105 Chicago, IL 60601 Phone: 312-238-9070 Please make a note of it!

I’m giving it all away at this event

For $20. There will be wine, too. GO HERE to register for this event. If you ever wanted something for almost nothing, here's your chance:

EVENT: March 16, 2010 Homepage Design Bootcamp for Small Business

Terrific web design is at once beautiful, functional, and intuitive. It takes a bit of talent and a lot of experience, yes, but the basic concepts are universal. And we're going to reveal them. Come for website design, stay for wine! At this After Work Special, we'll learn what makes the best small business homepages work the hardest. We’re talking design, audiences and usability best practices for design AND content. PLUS, we'll spend the second half looking at attendee's homepages and suggesting changes that can make a big, immediate difference! Bring your company’s homepage and let The Web Farmers whip it into shape.

Learn:

• How to get in your users' heads.
• What kinds of things your users are looking for
• The psychology of web usage
• Easy fixes you can make right away
• Ideas for long-term improvements

Instructors: Emily Lonigro, online branding and user testing specialist Location: OfficePort Chicago, 9 W. Washington, just west of State Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM Format: Interactive presentation, getting down and dirty with your webpage, tasty drinks Cost: $20 per person NOTE: After you register, make payment via PayPal