Web Design at Work: President of Reflection Films, Rachel Jellinek

Rachel Jellinek is the President of Reflection Films, based out of Arlington, MA. She has a background in nonprofit work in public health and education, enjoys jigsaw puzzles, going for walks, and cooking.

Web Design Mar 2019

Gutenberg, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love WordPress’ New Page Builder

Gutenberg is not a horrifying nightmare after all. It's actually quite nice, and it's going to allow us to build custom themes for clients that grant them an unprecedented level of control.

Freelance, Web Design Sep 2017

Web Design at Work: Interview with Digital Producer Annie Truong

Annie Truong is a veteran digital producer whose freelance experience spans across (most of!) the big advertising agencies in Boston.

Freelance, Web Design Aug 2017

Web Design at Work: Interview with Creative Developer Yurij Lojko

Yurij Lojko is a part-time web developer at WuXi NextCODE who also runs his own freelance web development studio at Lojko & Co.

Web Design Feb 2015

Use MailChimp’s Email Designer to Make Your CRM’s Campaigns Suck Less

Leverage MailChimp's email designer when you're saddled with a different CRM's tools: your web editor can edit templates in MailChimp instead of your CRM.

Web Design Aug 2014

Democratizing the All@ Email

The end result of democratizing the workplace isn’t warm fuzzies. It’s about removing barriers that prevent people from doing their work.

Freelance, Web Design Jan 2014

Top 3 Project Management Pet Peeves for Web Designers

There are many reasons why developers lose their souls and become pitiless automatons over time, but chief among these reasons is you.

Your Website in Five Steps

Yep, it’s really that simple. There’s a reason why the waterfall approach is a mainstay of web design: it works. After a decade of WordPress websites, I have my process down to a science.

Discovery

User Experience

Visual Design

Development

Deployment

My Process