true.code is a full cycle web design agency.
true.code is a full cycle web design agency, specializing in custom web design, web development, UI / UX. We help businesses find their clients on the Internet: create websites, set up advertisements, promote in social networks. Regular participants and winners of specialized web design competitions in Russia. We organized Behance Portfolio Review (Irkutsk, Russia: 2017, 2018 years). We have a lot of experience working with the top 5 web development and design companies in Russia, according to https://tagline.ru (Russian rating agency), such as Agima, Creative people, Notamedia. Our approach is to provide a full cycle of work: corporate identity development, website development, as well as its promotion and technical support.
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Portfolio
Immigrant.Kiwi, Easy School, Sberbank
Kiwi Immigration
TASK:
Qiwi has already had several project sites, and they all united in a common style in design. Our task is to develop a new, stylish website.
IDEA:
When you have to adhere to the overall style in the design, you can inevitably go into blank copying. In the same way as the customer. Kiwi, but at the same time carefully work out the little things: fonts, icons, backgrounds.
PROCESS:
A clear technical task was set before us: the customer clearly understood what should be on the site and where it should have its structure, where and what blocks should be on the page. We only needed to wrap up the finished “prototype” beautifully and inject our vision.
Since the main color of Kiwi Immigration is blue, then in the design we selected all the background images by this color: they were necessarily photos in soft colors, with blue hues or complementary colors, but always in the same style.
In the process of developing the design, we realized that we would very much like to “revive” the site so that it was not quite static. Therefore, it was decided to use some effects: for example, the process bar for the slider on the main page, a neat animation of the appearance of a submenu when hovering over a menu item, and also an animation when opening pop-up windows.
Behance Portfolio Review
Task:
Creating a landing site at the high level of sites quality, while having unique and unusual effects.
Idea:
Development of modern design, popular today glich-style.
Process:
Rating Runet, also authoritative award. We analyzed the winning sites as well as the nominees of past ratings. This was done in order to understand the level of sites suppressed in the nomination and to identify competitors. We have chosen a rough line of work.
The main criteria that were taken as the basis: unusual animation, large text, non-standard fonts. Portfolio Review 3, we set to work.
Easy School
TASK:
It is necessary to develop a website that would tell about Easy School as an educational center with a large number of areas. At the same time it is necessary that the site also combines the franchise sites of training centers in Kiev, Ulan-Ude and Krasnoyarsk. Due to the huge amount of information, it was necessary to develop an optimal site structure and menu item hierarchy so that the user on the site does not get lost.
IDEA:
Development of a full-fledged corporate website with an easy and understandable structure. The site should become the face of the Easy School company and interest the user, so unusual effects and animations were invented.
REALIZATION:
At the very beginning of our work, we faced a difficult task: the guys from Easy School wanted the site to produce an impressive effect on the user, while at the same time making it clear from the main page that you could come to the training center not only for English, but to find yourself an interesting direction .
That is why we have developed an unusual first screen: the user immediately gets on the "table", on which are laid out before him photographs - directions and schools, which are in Easy School.
Reviews
the project
WordPress Web Dev for EQ Consulting Business
"We were impressed with their personal touches and it seemed like they wanted us to be happy with the deliverables."
the reviewer
the review
The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
I am the owner of consulting company training people (private clients and corporate teams) to become emotionally intelligent to increase the chances of success in work and life.
For what projects/services did your company hire true.code, and what were your goals?
My previous website was created 7 years ago and had become outdated, not enough describing my new services/products. I hired a team to design and develop a WordPress site for me. By doing so, I am hoping to have "virtual business card" available so people can get to know me before we start working together.
How did you select true.code and what were the deciding factors?
I chose this company based on their design skills. I needed something visually appealing that would get my personality across. I chose. them based on a recommendation.
Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.
Initially, we FaceTimed with the team, I explained what I needed. They created amazing mock ups for me to see first. Everything was updated to reflect my company's services.
How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?
A project manager was my main point of contact throughout the process. There were 3 other team members working behind the scenes.
Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?
Clients loved my updated website. They told me it is very clear what I do now and how precisely it gets my character across, since they know me in person.
Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.
Project manager would set up Zoom meetings with me to discuss the details. She was super attentive to all the details I was noting that needed corrections including extra dots! Management style: personable and I loved it.
What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?
They actually taught me how to use the site myself if I needed to enter some corrections. We were impressed with their personal touches and it seemed like they wanted us to be happy with the deliverables.
Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?
When we first started working, there was some confusion who was going to be project manager so I communicated with 2 different people. They fixed it quickly.
the project
Web Dev & Design for Education Center
"We like their work, and it is easy to get our ideas across to the team."
the reviewer
the review
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m a teacher and the head of the marketing department at an educational center.
What challenge were you trying to address with true.code?
We wanted to change our website, and we needed someone to give us some direction.
What was the scope of their involvement?
true.code develops and designs our website. We have different websites with them because we have different directions.
What is the team composition?
I mainly communicate with seven people, but I know they have more people than that.
How did you come to work with true.code?
One of true.code’s employees worked near our education center. We knew that he was good at developing and designing websites and that their company had many good projects. When we decided to change our old website, we chose him and his company, true.code.
How much have you invested with them?
The project cost was around $10,000–$25,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working with them in April 2018, and one of the websites launched in June 2018. true.code has done all of our websites.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
We are satisfied with our engagement with true.code. We like working with them because they are professionals, and they always help to solve our problems. We want to continue our work together.
How did true.code perform from a project management standpoint?
true.code’s project management is good. They are friendly, and they understand our ideas. Their team also provides quick responses and help when it comes to dealing with problems. We communicate via emails for bigger projects, and then we use WhatsApp and Telegram for daily communication.
What did you find most impressive about them?
We like their work, and it is easy to get our ideas across to the team. They are always friendly and helpful when it comes to solving our problems. Their turnaround time is fast, and they do everything on time.
Are there any areas they could improve?
I don’t have any problems with them at all.
the project
Web Development for Travel Company
"Modern thinking, no fear of experimenting, the best digital agency on the market."
the reviewer
the review
The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
Company position: Digital marketer About company: "Grand Baikal" is a leader in the field of inbound and domestic tourism in the Baikal region (Russia, Irkutsk).
The company provides services that meet international quality and environmental standards, and creates new tourism products in accordance with the needs of customers.
At the same time, the company works in the field of outbound tourism, strengthening partnerships with major tour operators in Irkutsk, Siberia and Russia.
For what projects/services did your company hire true.code, and what were your goals?
We hired a digital agency true.code to develop the site for the ski resort - "Gora Sobolinaya". The main goal was to develop a new website to increase the number of online hotel room bookings from the website and increase ski passes sales.
How did you select true.code and what were the deciding factors?
When choosing a contractor for the development of the website, we prefer the reliability of the company, its leading positions in Russian and international ratings, and the presence of the "Golden Site" award in Russia.
We also liked the appropriate portfolio of the company, we decided that true.code will help us solve our business goals.
Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.
First, we filled out the brief and determined the scope of work and main goals of the project. After that, the project manager and the developers drew up a detailed technical task.
The technical task contained description of design layouts, functionality of the future website and the stack of technologies that will be used to develop the website. After that, the true.code developed a prototype for us in which the main functional elements of the site, buttons, navigation elements was demonstrated.
They provided us several design layout options, we collectively chose the most modern and youthful one, since our audience is 18-35 years old. After we agreed on the design, the true.code team made up the html layout, and integrated them to WordPress.
An interesting page of the site is the route map, on which you can see the operation of the ski elevators. The content manager of the website can turn on and off working and non-working ski routes on the map. The weather on the mountain is displayed online, which is important for skiers and vacationers.
There is a button "view camera", cameras are set to the mountain, where you can see the quality of the snow and the amount of snowfall, which is important for our visitors. Another special feature of the website is the ability to switch the seasons.
The website is coloured in warm yellow tones color when choosing summer and in blue color when you choosing winter Technologies: WordPress, PHP, HTML5
How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?
Technical support specialists, project manager, CEO
Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?
Site traffic increased by 300% Two hotels in the ski resort exceeded the online sales plan by 120% and 136% The website win 3rd place in the Russian web design competition «Zolotoj Site».
Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.
Completion of the project on time, delays were on our part. A very responsive project manager, he will answer any question with the necessary and understandable words. Communication tools: email, phone calls
What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?
Modern thinking, no fear of experimenting, the best digital agency on the market
Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?
We have no any questions to developers. Our company continue to work with true.code on the technical support of the website. We ordered another website in this digital agency.
the project
Website for Digital Marketing & Video Production Startup
“The project management was impressive, and the team complied with deadlines.”
the reviewer
the review
The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
I’m the digital marketing manager at a startup called Kiwi Investment Group. We’re an Auckland, New Zealand-based digital marketing and video production agency founded in 2018.
For what projects/services did your company hire true.code?
We hired true.code to develop a fully functional website with a responsive design.
What were your goals for this project?
The goal of the project was to create a website to which we could drive traffic from organic and paid sources.
How did you select this vendor?
True.code had previously created a website for our other projects. They excelled in work quality, and we were fully satisfied with their performance, so we chose them again for this new project.
Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.
They designed, developed, and launched a new website for our agency. The project began with a discovery brief and a conference call, which led us to understand our goals and desires.
What was the team composition?
Their project manager, designer, and web developers were involved with two resources on our side. There was no unexpected turnover.
Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?
They created and launched our website on time according to the agreements. Thanks to their work, we launched our social networks earlier and started working with our first customers.
How was project management arranged and how effective was it?
The project management was impressive, and the team complied with deadlines. We communicated with Skype, Telegram, and emails.
What did you find most impressive about this company?
I was impressed by their well-coordinated work. They understood our requests and created a website without significant problems.
Are there any areas for improvement?
No, not that I recall. The team performed well when doing their work.
the project
Web Development & Support for Immigration Nonprofit
"They always communicated well and responded quickly to our needs."
the reviewer
the review
The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
I’m a customer service manager at Kiwi Support. It’s mostly a nonprofit organization aiming to provide information about life and settlement in New Zealand for the Russian speaking audience.
For what projects/services did your company hire true.code?
We needed someone to assist us with our company's website development.
What were your goals for this project?
Our objective is to attract the audience potentially interested in moving to New Zealand by providing comprehensive information about the country and connecting with the Russian speaking community living there. We also connect people to our other businesses and make New Zealand popular as a destination for studying, working, and living.
How did you select this vendor?
We had already had a good experience with the true.code’s team. They developed two websites for other businesses we have. They always communicated well and responded quickly to our needs, so when the time came to work on the next project, we didn’t have to think too much about who to hire.
Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.
true.code developed our website on WordPress. Since its launch, we’ve continued to work with the developers on a support basis.
Can you share any information that demonstrates the not impact that this project has had on your business?
We haven’t had any data yet.
What did you find most impressive about this company?
They offer excellent customer service.
the project
Website Design & Dev for Immigration Services Firm
“Their customer service was impressive.”
the reviewer
the review
The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
I'm the director of an immigration services company.
For what projects/services did your company hire true.code?
We hired them for website development.
What were your goals for this project?
Our goal was to have the perfect website.
How did you select this vendor?
They were a recommendation. We also checked true.code’s website and portfolio.
Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.
They provided end-to-end web design and development.
What was the team composition?
We only had two contacts, which was quite convenient. We were in touch with a wonderful project manager and a financial manager.
Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?
We now have an excellent website for our company. They offered a reasonable price for such a high-quality service. We used the money we saved for marketing.
How was project management arranged and how effective was it?
Everything went perfectly. Also, our communication was quite easy and professional.
What did you find most impressive about this company?
Their customer service was impressive.
Are there any areas for improvement?
No, nothing comes to mind. I hope they keep growing the same way.
End users loved the new website created by true.code. The team showed great precision, communication. and project management skills during the engagement. The group also initiated to teach the clients everything needed to know about hosting a website.