Freelance web designer
& developer in
Brighton & Hove.
Websites, online shops, apps and smart link pages for bands, artists and small businesses - built by someone who's spent 15 years building for brands like Lush, BT and EA.
- Based
- Brighton & Hove, UK
- Focus
- Websites, apps & smart links
- Status
- Taking on new projects
Trusted by household names & independent artists
Your fans. Your data.
No monthly fee.
Album out? Single dropping? I build custom smart link pages that send your fans to their preferred streaming platform - your artwork, your branding, your data. No subscription. No sharing your analytics with a third party.
One-off fee · You own it · No ongoing costs- Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Bandcamp & more
- Your artwork & brand identity throughout
- See which posts and adverts sent fans your way
- Show adverts to fans who've already clicked
- Pre-save pages for upcoming releases
- Loads instantly on any phone
esOterica
New release - Stream now
Featured campaign work
Live campaign landing pages built with full tracking implementation.
esOterica - New Release Campaign
One link for my own band's album launch, sending every fan to Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube - with tracking that shows which posts and adverts brought them in, so we can reach those fans again.
esOterica - Virtual Gig Landing
A page to promote my band's livestreamed gig, with a countdown to showtime, tickets built in, and tracking so we could show adverts on Facebook and Instagram to people who'd already shown interest.
For artists &
small businesses
Everything you need to get online and get noticed - from first idea to launch day and beyond.
- 01
Website Design & Development
A website that looks the part, loads fast and turns visitors into customers.
- 02
App Development
iPhone and Android apps from one codebase - the same approach Lush uses for theirs.
- 03
Online Shops
Sell online with a shop you can run yourself - products, payments and orders all in one place.
- 04
Website Speed & Performance
Speed up a slow website so visitors stay instead of giving up and leaving.
- 05
Tracking & Analytics
Find out where your customers come from, and show your ads to people who've already visited.
- 06
Smart Link Pages for Musicians
One link for your new release that sends every fan to their favourite app - with no monthly fee.
- 07
Website Care, Domains & Email
Your site kept up to date and secure, plus your domain and business email set up for you.
- 08
Paid Ads & Social Media
Google, Facebook and Instagram adverts run for you, with landing pages that turn clicks into customers.
- 09
Email Marketing
Newsletters and automated emails that keep customers and fans coming back.
Enterprise &
agency experience
Over 15 years of building for some of the UK's biggest names.
Lush
Building Lush's global online shop and mobile apps - keeping them fast and easy to use for every customer, in every country.
RoleSenior Web Engineer & mentor
App developmentBT
A digital marketing hub for BT, built from reusable building blocks so every new page looks and works the same.
RoleFrontend Engineer
Website designMoneySupermarket & MoneySavingExpert
Loan application forms for people comparing and applying for credit, plus the shared design system that keeps both sites consistent.
RoleDeveloper
Website designWhich?
Landing pages, banners and interactive tools across Which?, Which? Money and Which? Birth Choice.
RoleContract Frontend Engineer
Website careChannel 5
Turning the designers' artwork into Channel 5's website - looking right and working in every browser.
RoleFrontend Developer, via Jellyfish
Website designRiver Island
Pixel-perfect campaign pages, with tracking set up so the team could see exactly what was working.
RoleFrontend Developer, via Jellyfish
Tracking & analyticsFitbit
Promotional landing pages that load fast and work for everyone, on any device.
RoleFrontend Developer, via Jellyfish
Website speedEA
Designed and built landing pages and banners for EA across every European market.
RoleContract Web Designer & Developer
Website designSurrey Linen Company
Google Ads, Google Shopping and better product pages more than tripled monthly online sales in six months.
RoleOnline marketing & website
Read the case study
Questions people ask
- Who do you work with?
- Bands, artists and small businesses in Brighton & Hove and beyond. I've also spent years building for big brands including Lush, BT, Which?, River Island, Fitbit and EA.
- What can you help with?
- Websites, online shops, iPhone and Android apps, paid adverts, social media and email marketing, speeding up slow websites, tracking and analytics, smart link pages for musicians, and ongoing website care including domains and email.
- Do I have to pay a monthly fee?
- Not for a smart link page - it's a one-off fee and you own it. Ongoing website support is optional, either monthly or as and when you need it.
- How do I get started?
- Send me an email about what you need. I'll reply with some questions and a clear idea of what's involved.
Let's build
something great.
Whether it's a smart link for your next release, a new website or app, or finally knowing where your customers come from - tell me what you need.
Prefer email? hello@laurabrightondev.com