Friendly design from sunny Florida

We make friendly, useful and affordable web sites in sunny St. Petersburg, Florida. Since 2000 we’ve helped dozens of small and mid-sized businesses design, promote and maintain their web presence.

We design with purpose.

We dive deep into your business and your customers’ minds to discover the goals and motivations of your web site. Goal-driven design makes our web sites more than a pretty face, they creatively solve real problems.

We respond.

We are born communicators and enjoy frequent feedback and constructive critique. You’ll be included throughout the entire design process from start to finish. We keep our projects and communication on track with Basecamp, an excellent project management and collaboration tool.

We do it all with integrity.

Our advice is direct and in the interests of you and your business. We’ll never recommend more than you need.

Our People

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Andi Graham

Owner/Designer/Director

Andi started Big Sea Design & Development in 2005 after freelancing as a web designer for many years.  Her undergraduate education in Sociology, Visual Art and graduate work in Strategic Communication influence her uniquely thoughtful approach to web projects.  Her graduate research focused exclusively on social media and website usability.  She has an unhealthy obsession with cupcakes and expensive beer.

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Dave Rau

Creative Director

Dave’s been hand-crafting unique web sites since 1999. His fine art and photography background heavily influence his design style. He enjoys making web pages that are simple, friendly and useful and often finds himself writing code as well as web content. Dave’s a balanced designer who’s passionate about building thoughtful web sites.

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Adam Leonard

Lead Developer

Adam is a young but agile and experienced developer who works primarily in PHP, Javascript, and Ruby on Rails. He has worked on websites rich in custom code and implemented complex WordPress solutions that would blow your mind. He’s a true geek and you’ll find him at BarCamp on the weekends with more of his kind. He’s into loud music and Jimmy John’s subs.

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Maria Mora

Social Media Strategist

Maria Mora began working in the web marketing industry way back in 2002.  She loves today’s social web trends, blogging and user-generated content.  Maria offers friendly, down-to-earth social media consulting and editorial strategies.  Using free social media services such as Twitter and Facebook, she helps brands connect directly with consumers.  Maria believes that social media should be a fun, stress-free way to enhance customer interaction and satisfaction.