Seahawk Media

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

 I am the Founder of a Marketing Company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Helps franchises and multi-location businesses grow by making local marketing more visible, consistent, automated, and easier to manage across every location.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Seahawk Media to accomplish?

• Create an engaging website for a top realtor client

SOLUTION

How did you find Seahawk Media?

Online Search

Why did you select Seahawk Media over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Seahawk Media were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Seahawk Media was hired to design and develop a custom real estate website based on an approved wireframe and initial brand direction. The scope included: - building out the full WordPress website - implementing the approved page structure and layouts - integrating the client’s branding across the site - sourcing and placing imagery - making responsive design adjustments for desktop and mobile - revising the website after the client’s brand identity changed substantially during the project - coordinating and troubleshooting the IDX integration - completing final design, functionality, and launch preparation

The project became more involved than originally expected because the client’s brand direction changed after the initial build was largely complete, requiring significant visual and content updates across the site. Himanshu and the Seahawk Media development team worked through those changes, managed the revisions, and continued supporting the project through the IDX and final launch stages.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Client satisfaction.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Himanshu managed the project extremely well, was consistently responsive, efficient, and proactive, and while the overall timeline extended due to brand changes and IDX issues, he and the Seahawk team delivered promptly on the items within their control and were always quick to respond to our needs.

What was your primary form of communication with Seahawk Media?

Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

What impressed me most was the team’s responsiveness and willingness to adapt. Even when the project changed significantly, Himanshu and the developers stayed flexible, communicated clearly, and kept finding ways to move the project forward.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Seahawk Media could have done differently?

The main area for improvement would be setting clearer expectations around potential third-party integration issues, such as IDX, earlier in the process. That said, once those issues surfaced, Himanshu and the team handled them professionally and worked to keep things moving.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Co-Founder of a tour agency

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Our company is a tour agency that provides activities and adventures for tourists in Thailand.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Seahawk Media to accomplish?

• Develop a new website
• Increase sales
• Grow the companies presence online

SOLUTION

How did you find Seahawk Media?

Online Search

Why did you select Seahawk Media over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget

How many teammates from Seahawk Media were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

The brief was to create a new website, using a purchased template, that is significantly better than our existing Wix website. Our company already has a strong brand but the digital presence across the website had to match the same standard. 

The key deliverables included:

• Create a visually appealing website that matches our competitors 
• Improve the user journey to increase conversions
• Over 20+ activity listings on the website

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Due to the team's hard work and commitment, we have achieved a stunning-looking new website that is backed up by an excellent user journey. The team went above and beyond in creating the website that our stakeholders requested and ensured all changes were actioned within a 3-day turnaround. 

We are proud of our new website, which we are showcasing to our customers. Hopefully, this will increase conversions.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

The project management has been great. We have had over 100+ emails and countless online meetings about the website. We learnt that the best way of giving feedback was with a PDF that included screenshots and notes of what needed to be changed. The project manager was always positive, and the team who joined the call addressed all feedback. 

What was your primary form of communication with Seahawk Media?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The size of the teams, every call would have at least 3 members who were working on the project. This meant that all changes were received directly by the team member who was working on the project, and they understood what was required before leaving the call. 

Are there any areas for improvement or something Seahawk Media could have done differently?

Nothing stands out. Overall, it was an excellent service, and I will return to them for our next project!

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

 I am the Implementation & Project Manager of a Digital Marketing Agency

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Digital Marketing

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Seahawk Media to accomplish?

• Recreate a client's website from screenshots provided

SOLUTION

How did you find Seahawk Media?

Online Search

Why did you select Seahawk Media over others?

Pricing fit our budget

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Seahawk was to take the provided screenshots of our client's former website and recreate it as is

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Whether or not the website they created matched what was in the screenshots

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

The entire project was supposed to be wrapped up on a certain day, but they only had the site built at that point. I was not made aware that that time frame did not include edits to the site, mobile optimization, or uploading the site to our servers. This caused us to get several weeks behind schedule.

They were unable to complete all of the edits as requested. It became easier / more time efficient to just get them to hand over the website and complete them ourselves.

We were not made aware upfront of all of the things they would need / need access to in order to complete the website. This would have allowed for us to get these to them sooner and move the project along quicker

What was your primary form of communication with Seahawk Media?

Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

N/A

Are there any areas for improvement or something Seahawk Media could have done differently?

• Been more upfront on all of the things they would need to complete a project. 
• Quicker turnaround times or at least letting us know that just the build will take a certain amount of time. 
• Their design work was subpar and did not match our requirements.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Founder and Communications of a communications company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Communications

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Seahawk Media to accomplish?

• To build a new website for client

SOLUTION

How did you find Seahawk Media?

• Online Search
• Referral
• Clutch Site

Why did you select Seahawk Media over others?

• Referred to me
• via WP Beginners email newsletter. I read about them from my regular subscription to WP Beginners

How many teammates from Seahawk Media were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Seahawk Media built a brand new website for my not for profit business client and to host the website. A total of six pages in the end to start with. It is a website that will likely grow over time. Seahawk sorted out the technical issues around getting access to the domain so they could begin hosting it.                                

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Completed to specs and having a finished website that the client is happy with. Getting that acknowledgement from the CEO was a definite measure of success for this project.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

They assigned a project manager to work directly with me. He liaised directly with the web developers. 

What was your primary form of communication with Seahawk Media?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

With Seahawk, you have access to a scalable and highly experienced international team of experts but they are also approachable and easy to talk to. A great team to work with. 

One thing that stands out is that even though we were all in different time zones, no one ever made me aware of that. They operated as though they were in the same time zone as I was, that's a very unique skill I think. Excellent.

On a human note, I want to thank Saurabh for making this website journey possible in the first place. Saurabh has been so easy to deal with since the very first time I approached Seahawk Media. It's not easy trying to figure out who/which company you can trust to find a reliable supplier. But from the getgo, Saurabh was very helpful in helping me make the right website decisions for my client and to get started on it.  Thank you Saurabh. He never ever spoke down to me, thank you very much.

Thank you to our project manager Himanushu for your patience with us all ;-). It's not easy working with a new team for the first time but to the project manager's credit, Seahawk Media was very patient, and I felt we could be direct with each other. We appreciated that. And best of all, my client is happy so thank you all. 

Are there any areas for improvement or something Seahawk Media could have done differently?

This was my first time working with the team so this isn't about areas for improvement or something they could have done differently. Working in a new team is any setting can be hard and unknown at the start. But to Seahawk's credit, the project manager was patient, I was direct about what I needed, and they were very responsive.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

 I am the Senior Project Manager, Marketing of an education company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We are an EdTech company that provides technology-forward, age-appropriate solutions for students with unique learning needs.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Seahawk Media to accomplish?
offload some of our website production work

SOLUTION

How did you find Seahawk Media?

Online Search

Why did you select Seahawk Media over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Seahawk Media were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Seahawk has been working with us to create and update various marketing webpages. As part of larger project initatives, they have been responsible for the web production work and complete the work within our Wordpress templates. They provide screenshots for us to review and are responsive to feedback provided. They have adapted to our use of Wrike as a project management system and communicate easily with us through Wrike and Slack despite significant time zone differences.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

ability to complete assigned work on time and as requested

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Seahawk is responsive to our requests. They adapted well to using our project management system. They're generally quick to get work done and have recently adapted to some slight changes to our methods that improve our overall flow of project information and tasks. They are good about asking questions when something is unclear or when we make a mistake in the materials we hand over to them. Most of the time they deliver as required and on time.

What was your primary form of communication with Seahawk Media?

Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Friendly, accommodating, willing to try things. 

Are there any areas for improvement or something Seahawk Media could have done differently?

Sometimes they are not checking their work before submitting it to us for review. While we understand that they would not have enough background knowledge to question anything related to product content, checking links and ensuring that the correct file is downloading as expected needs to be done consistently.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Account Manager of Little Jack Marketing

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Digital Marketing Services 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Seahawk Media to accomplish?

• Website Development
• Website Optimization

SOLUTION

How did you find Seahawk Media?

Referral

Why did you select Seahawk Media over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Company values aligned

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

We hired Seahawk to rebuild a client's website that had 150+ pages. Our client didn't want to change their site's design but was looking for ways to improve the site.  Seahawk was attentive-to-detail and delivered a much improved new website that looked almost identical in design as the old website our client had, but 100x better.  The website is faster, easier to update, looks more professional. Seahawk was very easy to work with and extremely reliable. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• A new website delivered successfully
• The website was quickly approved by our client

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Whenever we had revisions for Seahawk they were applied and ready for our review within 5-7 business days, usually within 3 business days. The project only took longer because our client took longer to review new developed pages and revisions, but Seahawk was always very timely in working on revisions we provided. 

What was your primary form of communication with Seahawk Media?

Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

• The quality of their work.
• How easy it is to communicate with them.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Seahawk Media could have done differently?

Not at this time. The service the team delivers—whether for web development, maintenance, or site optimization—has been exceptional.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of Growth of a SaaS company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Software as a service

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Seahawk Media to accomplish?

• Website Redesign
• Website Development
• SEO

SOLUTION

How did you find Seahawk Media?

• Referral
• Other

Why did you select Seahawk Media over others?

• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Seahawk Media were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

We are a SaaS company based in NYC and Tel Aviv. After being around for years and not happy with our website, we needed to refresh. We also didn't have a blog previously, now have a really nice scalable WordPress blog that is best in SaaS. So the project was: 1. redesign the site and create blog 2. develop the site 3. optimize for SEO First we started with UI mockup concepts in Figma where we went through a few iterations.

We customized the homepage and blog only, then rest of the subpages were replicated with a very similar design on Elementor. During development we finalized content, assets, product screenshots and did final QA before going live. All communications occurred in a shared Slack channel where we had close support. It's like having a marketing powerhouse on standby. Monika from Seahawk really helped push us to the next level, so shout out to her!

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Web design, website development and user experience, SEO implementation

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Yes, we communicated through a shared Slack channel and had access to their team. It's like having a marketing powerhouse on standby. Monika, one of the web project managers was our main POC throughout the project. Monika was extremely responsive and helpful, and I would highly recommend requesting her if possible!

What was your primary form of communication with Seahawk Media?

• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Design capabilities, Figma collaboration, flexible communication options (created shared Slack channel), quick turnarounds, etc

Are there any areas for improvement or something Seahawk Media could have done differently?

no

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I run sales and marketing for a global technology services business focused on building hi-performance web applications.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Seahawk Media, and what were your goals?

We engaged Seahawk Media to take completely rebuild our website. We brought the strategy and initial design concept and they took it from there thru finished site and beyond.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We conducted an intensive international search for this important vendor, interviewing over 15 companies. We selected Seahawk for a few factors: US and India presence, strong executive leadership/involvement, impressive design portfolio, very competitive pricing.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

We kicked off by sharing our goals, design preferences, and overall strategy. We spent the following two months working through an iterative design process until we had the look & feel that we felt best reflected our brand.

Seahawk's SEO stayed materially involved throughout. Subsequently, their development team took over and quickly built the site. We had a successful launch with only a few glitches. Seahawk quickly addressed those and has been responsive to any subsequent needs. Never balked at requests to fix or change things.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

CEO, Project Manager, Designers, COO, Development Team

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Seahawk delivered a hi-quality site for an extremely competitive price. Work was completed on time and on budget.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

Strong use of communication tools, especially Slack. They tracked the project closely and met with our team regularly to keep things moving.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Really operate well across the globe. They have very strong Polish design resources and very talented Indian development resources. They did a great job of delivering outstanding work with a very cost-effective team.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Only minor bugs on launch, but that's to be expected. They've worked diligently with us to correct everything and never balked at our requests or hit us with a change order for more money.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Marketing Coordinator at a technology company that specializes in RPA Consulting and IT Staffing.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Seahawk Media?

Our company contracted SeaHawk Media to create a the design of a questionnaire for our website.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We looked for designers on Dribbble. SeaHawk stood out amongst the other designers as professional, experienced, and well priced.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

After choosing SeaHawk to complete our design project, we met with them to discuss the requirements for the project. They walked us through their process, timeline, and pricing. I was given progress updates and was able to provide feedback after each draft was complete. SeaHawk provided the final design in Figma.

How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

We worked 3 team members from SeaHawk – the COO/CO-Founder, Head of Ops, and Designer to complete the project.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Currently in development.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The Head of Ops provided an easy channel for communication via Slack. They were professional and timely, providing updates as the project progressed.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The Designer was able to capture exactly what we wanted the design to look like. Very happy with the outcome.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

No.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Director of Communications for the multi-platform sports interview show In Depth with Graham Bensinger.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Seahawk Media, and what were your goals?

We needed a complete redesign of our outdated website, from design elements to functionality.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

Seahawk had done beautiful work in the past, and put an emphasis on customer service and communication, which was key given the accelerated timeline of our project.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

The Seahawk team used provided art to completely re-imagine our website. We started by discussing inspiration, what we needed in terms of feel and functionality. From there we were provided a detailed mock-up in figma, and once that was approved, building began using Elementor in WordPress. The team looked for feedback and made adjustments on the fly throughout the project, and continued to be available with support after site launch.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

I primarily worked with three people, Japheth Miranda, Head of Ops; Gautam Khorana, COO and Co-Founder, and Ryan Hussey, Founder and CEO.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

We've received much positive feedback on the redesign.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

The Seahawk team was available for communication at all times via Slack, and scheduled regular meetings for feedback.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Their communication and customer service were impressive.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

No, we were very pleased with the process and end result.