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🐦‍⬛ Crowe: High Ambition, Hard Deadline: From 0 to Live in 10 Days

by | Sep 1, 2024 | Case Studies

Crowe Property Group a boutique real estate firm serving Metro Atlanta, faced a classic “high ambition, hard deadline” scenario: establish a complete digital footprint—from brand identity to hosting infrastructure—with a strict 10-day go-live target. Led by Principal Broker Catrina Crowe, the firm needed a premium platform that reflected their core values of integrity and transparency without the luxury of a standard multi-month development cycle.

Project Framework & Capabilities
This case study maps the specific capabilities executed during this project directly to the studio’s proprietary framework, ensuring deliverables were systematic and de-risked at every stage. Learn more about the 5 D’s of Creation on the Our Process page.
1. Discover
  • Stakeholder Interview
2. Define
  • Information Architecture,
  • Project Management,
  • Wireframing
3. Delight
  • Creative Direction,
  • Branding
4. Design
  • UX Design,
  • UI Design,
  • Brand Style Guide
5. Deploy
  • Coding,
  • WordPress Theme Development,
  • Visual QA,
  • Manual QA

The Strategy

The “Walk” Product Design Plan. To mitigate risk and ensure delivery, I deployed a “Walk” Product Design Plan—a high-fidelity MVP strategy focused on speed and impact. By leveraging a premium WordPress framework (Divi) and executing a “Lite” Brand Style Guideline session, we rapidly established a professional visual identity and voice that resonated with their client-first approach. I simultaneously managed the unglamorous but critical full-stack requirements, including SSL implementation, accessibility compliance, and hosting migration, freeing the client to focus on sales rather than server configurations.

Wireframes

Low Fidelity Wireframe

Responsive Microsite

Microsite

Brand Style Guide

Style Guide – Cover
Style Guide – Brand Logo
Style Guide – Brand Typography
Style Guide – Brand Colors
Style Guide – Usage Example 03
Style Guide – Usage Example 01
Style Guide – Usage Example 02

“You are the best! I love the site and I’m incredibly impressed with how quickly you were able to get this done. Thank you a million!” – Catrina, Founder & Principle Broker after we sent over the final files and a summary of the project closeout.

The Outcome: Rapid Business Value

The result was a polished, secure microsite delivered on time and under budget, ready to capture leads from day one. The platform launched with optimized contact forms and a clear showcase of services—from luxury estates to commercial acquisitions—effectively turning a logistical tightrope walk into a robust business asset.

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