About Us

Digital Design is a professional web & graphic design consultancy with offices in London and the Isle of Man. We're part of PDMS, an award winning software development company.

Our aim is to provide professional, affordable web and graphic design, Social Media & eBusiness services which help our customers get the best out of the web. We believe well designed and built websites can offer true ROI (Return on Investment) for our clients. We work with a broad range of clients from small businesses and charities to large public sector organisations.

Digital Design team

The Digital Design team is a small but very experienced group of professionals with a thorough understanding of what works on the web - and what doesn't. Our small size means we can be flexible about the way we work with our clients, but being part of an established software development company also gives us access to a wide range of technical expertise and infrastructure that many smaller design agencies simply do not have. We treat every project as a unique proposition and always put the needs of the client and their customers first.

We're based in Global House, a modern office building on the Isle of Man Business Park, but we also benefit from a PDMS office in central London which means we can work effectively with our UK clients.

Jim Rawson

The design team is led by senior designer Jim Rawson, who has over 12 years experience in publishing and electronic media and is an accredited eBusiness consultant with the Isle of Man Department of Trade and Industry. Jim is also an Adobe Certified Professional.

Jim's key skills & experience are centred around:

• Accessibility & user-centred design
• Search Engine Optimisation
• Content management systems
• Interface design
• Logo design, exhibition and print design

Sherrilynne Starkie

 Sherrilynne is an internationally recognised social media & public relations professional who has an in-depth knowledge of how people use internet technologies to form and participate in online communities. Sherrilynne brings a wealth of industry knowledge and skills to the team, including but not limited to:

• Social media & marketing
• Search engine optimisation
• Public relations and press training
• Corporate and blogging
• Social applications and 'Web 2.0' development

Alan Quirk

 Alan joined the Digital Design team in 2007 and has quickly earned a reputation for his creative and innovative approach to design, and he is also involved with the local music industry on the Isle of Man.

Alan's key skills include:

• creative web design
• Standards-compliant xhtml & css
• Content management systems
• multimedia production
• audio recording & podcasting
• social media & blogging

Michelle Hazel

Michelle has many years experience in IT and communications and has a degree in Business & Law from University College, Dublin. Prior to working at PDMS she worked in New York as a Financial Applications Analyst and Sharepoint Administrator for Newscorp. Most recently Michelle worked as an IT Project Manager and Sharepoint Administrator & Designer for News International in London.

Michelle's key skills include:

• Sharepoint training & customisation
• web design
• css & styling
• Corporate communications and brand identity

What makes us different

 Many design agencies profess to offer web design services (and come to think of it may non-design companies offer them too!) however we believe that many such companies miss the point of designing for the web: that there is more to it than visual design. Due to our affiliation with PDMS, we are able to offer a deeper understanding of the technical considerations behind web developments.

Our approach to web projects is very flexible,however in our experience it works best when we follow these steps:

• Analysis / requirements
• Design
• Development
• Testing
• Training
• Deployment
• Support / training / marketing

Communication and iteration with the client takes place on a continuous basis throughout the project lifecycle.