Brilliant Move is the creative studio of Marci Hunt LeBrun
Equal parts technical expert and empathic mentor, I help my clients organize their ideas, hone their vision, and make their web presence the best it can be. I love working with small businesses, nonprofits, and artists and I'm committed to keeping my designs simple and affordable.
Services
Web Design & Development
For most people, building a website is overwhelming. Summing up your business, nonprofit, or art practice in an easy-to-understand way can be an enormous challenge. I excel at organizing your existing ideas and content, and helping you to generate new ideas and content where you need it. Whether you are building your first website, or revamping an existing site, I can take you through the process.
Brand Strategy & Logo Design
A new or reworked logo can be the central pillar of a website design. It can help guide the look and feel of your site and can quickly communicate your brand’s legitimacy. Through careful examination of comparable brands and thoughtful reflection on your business mission and aesthetic we will create something that keeps you relevant in your field while setting you apart from your competition.
Content Strategy & Creation
A website is only as good as its content - that is, the copy and images that make up your site. If you already have your content, I'll carefully review it and give you thorough and honest feedback about what you need to make it as good as it can be. If you don't have content for your site yet, I'll help you create, or help you make a plan for creating your own content. As a photographer and illustrator with over a decade of experience working with images I'm especially well-equipped to handle all of your imaging needs.
Training & Maintenance
Squarespace is a powerful platform with a dizzying amount of customization options. If you've got a Squarespace site that your stuck on, or you're new to Squarespace and don't know where to start, I can help. I am passionate about empowering my clients to take on as much or as little of their website as they want. I offer virtual one-on-one trainings and group workshops for those who want to learn the platform. If you're not interested in managing your own site, I can take over your site edits and updates at any point.
Testimonials
Marci was an absolute pleasure to work with! She was very patient with me when I was not focused on the project or when I changed my mind about something and wanted her to re-do something. She was able to take my ideas and turn them into reality – better than I could have imagined. I love my new website and am proud of how it turned out. She deserves all the credit and I will use her for any future projects.
A.B., Seattle
For years I have been a marketing consultant and project manager for website development. For years I have been looking for the perfect designer that could translate our marketing ideas into website greatness. Finally I found that designer. Marci LeBrun. Not only is she an extremely talented designer, but she doubles as an excellent project manager. Making the plan, meeting the deadlines, managing the client expectations. All with charm and good nature, Marci will make your next website project into a dream come true.
K. W., Oakland
Marci LeBrun is a maker of miracles. I had the same old stale website for 3+ years, which is a very long time in internet years. A few attempts were made to try something new on my own, which caused anxiety-ridden flashbacks of middle school math tests. I wasn't getting anywhere and my free trial was about to run out! Just when I had lost all hope, the angel Marci appeared...
Marci was highly recommended by a friend for possessing the exact skills that I so severely lacked. I instantly felt comfortable working with her, and we quickly came up with a vision and an outline for my new site. I gathered the photos of my art, and she took some nice professional shots of my studio. The whole process was so organized and well-planned, yet flexible. Communication was always easy and thorough. Marci was there to hold my hand and walk me toward the light of internet bliss, and I am ever-grateful.
R. S. S., Portland
As a small business owner just starting out, finding a talented web designer was daunting. I feel so fortunate to have worked with Marci to design a beautiful site for my new brand. She was so supportive and responsive through every step of the process but especially with the photography. She offered technical and aesthetic advice on how to shoot the best photographs and then edited all my image files so they’d look their best on the site. The result is nothing short of amazing – gorgeous, modern, and so user-friendly. I can’t wait to work with Marci again!
J. S., Portland
While preparing to launch our nonprofit we realized we were working with the wrong person and were panicked about deadlines, and our website. Marci stepped in to literally save our program. She is talented, efficient, pleasant to work with, has a great design eye and is strongly committed to your success. I full heartedly trust and recommend her.
S. A., San Francisco
Knowing that my website was becoming out of date I turned to Marci to help establish a Squarespace account and get my new website up and running. Having worked with her previously on some photography work I trusted her visual eye and found her easy to communicate with. I valued her design opinion when it came to the layout of my site but she was also great at first listening to what I wanted and giving me some different options on how to proceed.
Her organized approach to working together was very effective for someone like me who didn’t quite know where to start having never worked with Squarespace. She was clear with giving instructions and sticking to time frames but also comfortable with changes along the way. If I got hung up on something Marci was always available to walk me through it, even some months after we wrapped up the site when I wanted to make a few small changes. She understands that websites evolve just as small businesses do. I know I can reach out to Marci when changes are needed once again and just as before she answers the call. Thanks Marci.
A. M. H., Portland
Marci LeBrun came highly recommended to us, and even though we had to work remotely, the process was always smooth. She was always professional while working with a team that included a project manager, the owners, a copyrighter and some of our employees. Marci is a good communicator and would remind us of deadlines or segments that needed to be completed. She presented several designs from which to choose our look and took our ideas and decisions with grace and implemented them perfectly. She also trained us to do some edits and blogging so that we could be more self sufficient when the web site was completed. We are very proud of this web site and love how it looks. Kudos to Marci.
M. H. B., San Francisco
My old site had become dated and I really didn't know what to do but it was getting embarrassing. Thankfully, a friend shared a link to her great looking new site and I was able to meet Marci. I had heard the commercials on podcasts about how easy Squarespace was to use but I didn't have any idea how to start. Marci took my list of requirements and combined them with the simple look of some sites I had shown her. She not only showed me what the site would look like but she showed me how to build it. Her instructions were easy to follow and she even made video tutorials for me to follow if I got lost. I don't know what it would be like to have Marci do all the work because I did it but I was only meticulously copying what she had shown me. When I relaunched the site people couldn't be more complimentary. It was like I was the guy with a ponytail at work the day after he finally cut it off—everybody loved it. Especially me.
J.W., Portland
When our organization had outgrown its first website, we hired Marci to help us determine what the next step should be for our online presence. Ultimately, we decided on a Squarespace platform and Marci worked tirelessly with us to generate content and then organize and edit it to make sense in the new layout. She was wonderfully responsive to our needs, patient with our process, and extremely encouraging along the way. Marci expanded our e-commerce and online donation features, added a more sophisticated image gallery, and made the whole thing more accessible to visitors. The new site has vastly improved the web image of our nonprofit and the feedback has been terrific. We are so grateful for Marci's expertise and we couldn’t be happier with the result. I can’t recommend her highly enough!
J. L., Portland
I was in the market for a website for my personal training practice and wanted original photos, a logo and a format that I could modify if any information were to change in the future. I needed a rebranding for my private practice and wanted something current and fresh but not trendy. I wanted something clean and inviting with an organized layout of all the services I offer.
Marci has a real keen aesthetic. She created my logo and helped me choose a color scheme to give the website a smooth likeness. What she created is eye catching and clean without being sterile or too modern. It’s friendly and personal without being cute. She worked with me on all of this so that it still felt in line with my vision but also stepped in with her opinions to help steer me in directions I wouldn’t otherwise. She is an excellent designer and collaborator. She really listens to what you want and considers the context of the market you exist in.
Marci is a pleasure to work with. She had very smart suggestions on how to organize all the services offered and necessary information. She made certain aspects pop out on the page and the more tedious ones blend in seamlessly. If it weren’t for her suggestions I would have felt overwhelmed otherwise. She made me feel very confident that I was in good hands with her very calm and assured demeanor.
From the ground up, Marci designed and shaped my website in a way that appeared simple and effortless! Together we organized a photo shoot at my studio and Marci shot and edited custom photographs that were both eye catching and relevant to the information on my site. She crafted something that I am very pleased with. I truly feel it is timeless and will last me for years to come. Thanks Marci!!!!
L.L.Y., Portland
