Jinny Austin
Website Designer & Developer
Need an online presence, an online store or both? I, Jinny Austin, regularly work with freelancers, start-ups and established businesses who want to get their business online.
Every single customer and brand I have worked with over the last 23 years has been unique in its needs. My greatest strength is to be able to step into their shoes and find the best solutions in order to provide their website visitors with premium user experiences.
Need a Website Designer, Developer or Consultant?
Here are some of the areas I can help you with:
Website Design
Your website is your online brochure. I help you structure and design all content in order to attract the best clients.
Brand Identity
If you do not already have a brand identity, I can help you develop a complete portfolio of the type of designs you will need.
Web Development
Your website will be developed to work on all devices and to have the necessary components in line with current standards.
Content Writing
The contents of your website are especially important if you wish to be found easily through online searches. I will help you understand good SEO.
Online Presence
Your presence on social media, online platforms and browsers is very important if you wish to be seen by prospective clients. I can help develop this with you.
UX Research
I will analyse your websites user experience in order to establish what works best. Ensuring your site is providing the optimum experience.
Your Virtual Partner
And your friendly adviser when needed.
- I help you understand your online needs and define and create the website architecture.
- This may even start with defining your brand via logo and icon designs.
- Then moving forward I develop these ideas through intuitive interfaces designed to ensure the best user experiences to help attract and keep your customers.
- Responsive designs which encompasses all users across desktop and mobile devices.
- Search Engine Optimised sites, so your site can be found by interested parties
- Regular updates, maintenance and continuous support are guaranteed through my special retainer service pack deal.
Work Examples
Below are examples of some of the websites created for my clients. I have tried to provide a wide selection of work for your consideration.
The Client
Terence Austin is a British artist who lives and works in Portugal, for clients all over the world.
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The Brief
Terence wanted a portfolio site which encompassed all his skills from paintings and illustrations to photography and content writing. The site needed to be visually appealing first and foremost as well as entertaining. Easy to navigate and provide a great user experience. Easy to find on browser searches.
The How
Probably one of my oldest sites on here. It was produced using a premium artist theme by adapting this to the client’s specifications. Search engine optimised, this site has stood the test of time and is still going strong after 15 years.
The Site
The Client
Wine Eccentrics
Chris Price and Helga Wagner Price are a husband and wife team who are local wine-makers. After establishing, producing and subsequently selling on a very successful wine brand, they are starting again. This time, however, the site will also promote additional small wine producers from the central region of Portugal.
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The Brief
A site that is a delight to visit for all wine enthusiasts. It needed to demonstrate the vast experience and knowledge my clients have as well as help new comers to the world of wine to gain better understanding of the wine and grape varieties. A multilingual site as the wines will be shipped all over Europe.
The How
This is a constantly evolving site. I designed the logo and created and populated the foundation structure of the basic site for my clients. It has been produced so either my clients or I can add content as and when desired. I love working this way because I know the website will not be an afterthought but an integral part of the business’s success. This site is a continuous work in progress and will develop organically over time.
The Site
The Client
Casa Grande Holidays
Alan Thrupp
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The Brief
Alan needed a website to help promote his huge holiday villa on the Silver Coast of Portugal. Terence Austin took the property photographs and together we wrote the contents. Visitors needed to be able to view and understand the layout, as the property is on 3 floors and has many rooms. I was also required to create promotional materials, including business cards, postcards and posters.
The How
I was given free reign on this project as long as there was a booking calendar and contact page, the rest was left to me. Several blogs were also written to help promote the area. Since this project in 2015 I have created several more sites for Alan and am continuously working on a property portfolio site anstruther-holidays.co.uk.
The Site
The Client
Ennis Property Management
Toni, Kevin and Richard Ennis
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The Brief
This company had several existing websites, the 2 major sites were originally created in Joomla but had so many out-of-date modules and components that the sites were in danger of going down. The Ennis’s needed someone who understood Joomla and who could bring the sites up-to-date.
The How
Due to the fact that several of the used components were no longer being updated, I made the decision to transfer them to WordPress sites. It was not easy as the clients liked the layout and contents they had so a lot of coding had to be used as a work around. I’m happy to report I am in charge of all their sites now.
The Site
The Client
Knights Templar Lisbon
Peter Moore and Sylvia Anginotti
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The Brief
An informative site that reflected ‘the days of olde’ without compromising its appeal to the modern online world. With a sister site already in existence I was tasked with designing something similar in look and feel without direct duplication in order to avoid any negative comeback from search engines.
The How
This was a fun project to work on. I designed the logo to reflect the sister site. The whole thing was turned around within a few days as most of the content was provided quickly. I still have regular meetings with Peter and Sylvie when we need to update the prices and dates of the tours or add/remove any content.
The Site
The Client
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The Brief
Christopher Kirby-Higgs and his team already had a basic website which had been created using Wix. However, they wanted a dynamic yet informative site to help promote their luxury properties.
The How
Although an easy brief the execution was a lot more involved. This included links to many different media types and organising the contents into a clear, easy to navigate, user friendly site.
The Site
Client Testimonials
“Jinny is great to work alongside and learn from, she’s not just a fountain of knowledge but a waterfall that keeps on flowing with help, ideas and wonderful positive energy to enable our solopreneur businesses to grow.”
“She more than exceeded my expectations with her help as I am truly slow when it comes to techy type things and all that I hope to learn but Jinny was super patient and explained things and then re-explained things and then re-explained some more, even plenty more times to help me and even came on board many months later to help me again at very short notice.”
“I will definitely be using Jinny again to help me upgrade my website and add stuff and change things because I can’t navigate it all by myself and it can be time-consuming and frustrating but it’s what she does best.”
“If you are thinking of using Jinny, don’t think for too long, just contact her, you won’t regret it, I promise, she is five stars actually like the most exclusive hotels six stars, Thank you, Jinny I’ll be back, Fiona.”
“I believe we work very well together and Jinny certainly meets and surpasses our expectations.”
“I would most certainly continue to work with Jinny and would certainly recommend her to others.”
“I would also add that on the occasions we needed urgent assistance (when emails weren’t working for example) I was very gratified and relieved how promptly Jinny answered and solved the issue.”
“If going the extra mile had a face it would look just like Jinny’s!”
“Jinny, my wife, produced my terenceaustinartist.com site some years ago now. Today, it’s still my preferred window on the world for my work and I love it!”
“It has been central to showcasing my art and explaining what my work is about to thousands of people. I have had a lot of success from it and it’s all because of Jinny.”
“She is very organized and patient which helped me then because I didn’t always know what I needed. Because she has always been a good listener, she was able to take my wants and actually provide a site which I needed. This is because she has great knowledge and experience. She is refreshingly bristling with ideas but tempers this with information which you can use for a unique tailored site.”
“I have found that Jinny is good at finding solutions and workarounds. She has monumental patience and application which is focused on the client’s requirements. She is very tenacious and something of a perfectionist which is what you need when you put your on-line presence in someone’s hands.”
“Probably her best quality is that she is not a pressure person, you will find her easy to work with and she is always conscious of your ambitions. Never doubt she will give you a special site regardless of your budget.”
“Jinny was a fantastic support to me when I was setting up my website. I was new to this way of working, but she guided me very professionally through the whole process and I found her very easy to work with. She is a great source of expert knowledge and I will definitely be working with Jinny again when I develop my next website. I would certainly recommend her to others.”
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Together!
Do you have a project in mind? Or maybe wish to discuss an idea? Get in touch so we can chat!
About
Jinny Austin
I started making websites when the presentation company I worked for added it to my list of duties. I had already dabbled in creating a couple of sites and enjoyed the challenge of making one that would be viewed by prospective and existing company clients.
It was so well received the company decided to add website development to the services it offered and my workload started piling up. As a presentation company we provided conference services. One of the most effective ways of showing what we did was to create videos of the sets and shows. However, in those days videos took up a lot of memory online and it was a long uphill journey to get towards a fast-loading, all dancing and singing website. I virtually gorged on any new technology that helped make the process faster and smoother in order to give the site visitors a better and more and more extensive experience. Our team grew and one day out of the blue I was presented with the opportunity to manage a graphics design business the company had just acquired. It was a promotion and an opportunity to add a new section to my CV.
It went swimmingly to start with, I learnt a great deal and was able to add to my graphic design knowledge but it meant much longer commuting times. After one year, however, I decided it was not for me and resigned.
That was when I first started my own freelance web developing business, which I have been able to continue even after our move to Portugal 15 years ago.
Although I still have some clients in other parts of the world, now the majority of my customers are expats who live in Portugal and who are seeking effective methods for getting their businesses known.
Over time I have added to my website and graphic design skills. I help my clients with Search Engine Optimisation and even help research and create content if required. I am able to do this most effectively because one of my clients was a translation provider and I helped proofread all the English translations.
In this field where today’s technology is yesterday’s news I will never stand still and will never stop learning. It is a part of making the online presence service I love to offer one of the best.
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