Company 119

Flynn Restaurant Group is the largest restaurant franchisee in the United States, encompassing Apple American, Bell American and Pan American. Flynn's headquarters are in San Francisco, California with support operations in Greater Cleveland's Independence suburb, and the group operates more than 850 Applebee’s, Taco Bells, and Panera Bread bakery-cafes across the country. Flynn strives to set the standards for excellence in the restaurant industry and uphold the reputation for being the nation’s premier restaurant franchisee.

Company 119 designed and developed four brand new websites for Flynn Restaurant Group corporate, Apple American, Bell American, and Pan American. A bold color scheme featuring large visuals was carried throughout all the sites, making them feel cohesive and unified. The goal of each site was to strongly communicate Flynn’s unique growth story, approach to management, and support for their own employees and the community.

The newly designed website for Flynn Restaurant Group elevates their online presence to match their reputation as the premier restaurant franchisee in the United States, as well as serves as the digital foundation of their online marketing and hiring efforts.

The greatest resource Geauga County, Ohio has to offer is its natural beauty. From wooded areas to quiet lakes to hiking trails and even marshes, it’s hard to find the kind of natural diversity that exists in Geauga County. The Geauga Park District is not only competing against other parks, but it’s also competing against technology. Looking for a new way to take the great outdoors digital, the Geauga Park District turned to the team at Company 119.

How do you capture all of the stories that are told on 10,000 acres across 22 open parks? It’s a big undertaking but one that Company 119 was willing to tackle. The challenge would be to highlight each park individually but still maintain them across one easy-to-navigate site. This site had to be a one-stop shop for all of the information that someone would need when planning a visit to a park. But it had to be more than that. It had to be a pocket tour guide that individuals and families alike could use to plan out and execute their travels in the parks.

The website enhances the park-going experience. The interactive design provides a great user experience and makes looking up activities and planning a trip fun for the whole family. Once at the park, it’s easy to find where to go and what to do. The resources that are available make it feel as if users have their own personal park ranger with them at all times. The merger of nature and tech isn’t always a natural fit, but we think we knocked it out of the park this time.

The Geauga Humane Society’s Rescue Village is a safe place for animals who have been abandoned, and we don’t just mean puppies and kittens. The Rescue Village is home to horses, pigs, lizards, goats, snakes, and just about any other species, one could conjure up in their mind. Many of the people who work at Rescue Village are volunteers, and their programs are primarily run with funding from donors. They opened a facility in 2015, and they needed a new site that would showcase the new building as well as all of the adoptable animals that were waiting for a new home.

One look at this site reveals who the stars of the show are. Our Senior Photographer, Jon Klein, had the enviable task of catching the critters at their cuddliest. The headers on the site are large image areas with pictures that change as you view the site. A featured pet section on the bottom of the page is a real-time “who’s who” of the available pets at Rescue Village. Each of the featured pets has an adorable photo above their bio, so prospective families can see their future furry family members before moving forward. Each page is also adorned with pictures of the menagerie of fauna that resides in the village. The site is animals first, just like the facility.

While the award-winning design is one of our favorites here at Company 119, the real gem of this site is the functionality. There are many moving parts, and each of them is exciting and serves a purpose. 

The entire site is built on an easy-to-use, easy-to-update content management system, which means that as Rescue Village continues to grow, it will be easy to stay on top of new events, content, pictures, and donation opportunities. The site really captures the spirit of what Rescue Village is all about and gives a great look into what happens when people and animals come together for a great cause.

The Telos Institute is a management consulting firm based in Cleveland, helping business and industry leaders hone leadership skills, optimize business strategy, and embrace change as a strategic advantage. They serve many industries and many locations around the world, from large-scale global companies to smaller initiatives.

For the new design, Company 119 featured large, sweeping visuals on the Home page to capture users’ attention and entice them to spend more time on the website. The visuals also speak to the global reach of the company, through images like a large snow-capped mountain range, an aerial view of expansive treetops, and an intricately carved chess set. The site as a whole incorporates a striking, bold use of color and white space to create a very modern style that evokes Telos’ culture and brand.

The simple main navigation is designed to make it very easy for a user to find exactly what he or she needs upon arriving on the site, whether it is information about the company’s services or dates for the well-known Leadership Ventures experiences held by Telos across the globe, from Iceland to the Everest Base Camp in Nepal.

Company 119’s website design for Telos gives the company the online presence it was seeking, showcasing their brand and culture digitally, strengthening their reputation, and communicating their expertise and services.