Pixel Engine - Web design, Web development and online marketing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- freelance WordPress and Shopify theme design
Pixel Perfect—Everytime.
Providing effective web design, web development and marketing services for businesses and non-profits in Philadelphia, PA and beyond.
We build websites based on the latest web standards, market them effectively using search engine optimization, search engine marketing, email campaigns and more.
Featured Work
Main Line Restaurant Week
Philadelphia's western suburbs finally have a restaurant week to call their own. Yum!
Center City District SIPS Banner Ad Campaign
This banner ad is part of an extensive ad campaign for Center Ciry District's summer SIPS happy hour event series. Each ad was designed in the visual style of the events' print advertisements to form the final piece of a unified media campaign.
Featured in Web Marketing for Dummies, 3rd edition, 2012.
Testimonials
Vance has done an outstanding job revamping our practice's website. The physicians and staff were very pleased with Vance's accessibility and his guidance. Vance worked with our schedule and managed to keep the team on task throughout the process. We can now boast a sharp, visually pleasing website that engages potential patients. Talk about user-friendly! Great job!
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About Me
I've worked in new media and interactive related fields for sixteen years—starting around the day Netscape went public—as a Web designer, developer, project manager, new media department director, freelance consultant, and all around “Web guy.”
Recently, my efforts have been aimed at providing core services to small- and medium-sized businesses, organizations and individuals that would not normally be able to procure agency-level relationships.
In recent years I've focused on WordPress theme design, developing easy to manage sites and blogs using WordPress as a CMS, and supporting those sites through effective online marketing methods.
Web Design and Development Services
- Web Design
- Web Development
- Website Maintenance
- Shopify eCommerce Store Development
- Shopify Theme Design
- WordPress Theme Design
- WordPress Development
- Project Management
- Wireframe Prototyping
- Information Architecture
- User Experience Design
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Search Engine Marketing (SEM)
- Social Media Marketing
- Direct Email Marketing
- Banner Ad Design & Campaign Management
- Technical Writing & Documentation
- Proposal & RFP Development
- Copywriting & Copyediting
- Web Hosting
Download My CV
A capable, trustworthy professional with a track record covering hundreds of projects for companies, non-profits, educational and cultural institutions. Sixteen years experience as an interactive project manager, web designer, information architect and web manager for interactive agencies. In 2007 I became a freelance consultant...
Click here to download my CVSample Works
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Main Line Restaurant Week
Main Line Restaurant Week launched Fall 2010 with participating restaurants offering special, prix-fixe menus showcasing their chefs' greatest dishes. Each restaurant will feature discounted, three-course dinners (e.g. appetizer, entrée and dessert) priced at $15, $20, $30 or $40 per person depending on venue. The week also includes a special calendar of food-themed events.
My Responsibilities
Web Design + Web Development + Information Architecture + XHTML & CSS Development + WordPress Theme Design + Search Engine Optimization + Email Marketing
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Style Matters
StyleMatters is a Philadelphia-based company delivering a full suite of professional writing, editing, marketing, website development, graphic design, video and strategic communications services.
My Responsibilities
Web Design + XHTML & CSS Development + Local Search Engine Implementation + WordPress Implementation
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Bridget Foy's Restaurant
Bridget Foy's restaurant has been a staple of South St., Philadelphia since well before I arrived in in the early 90s. I've always appreciated their tasty menu—from the calimari appetizers and burgers to the mahi mahi, grilled tuna and eggplant napoleon.
My Responsibilities
Strategic Consulting + Web Design + XHTML & CSS Development + WordPress Theme Design + WordPress Development
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One Shot Coffee
For those who live or work in Northern Liberties, One Shot Coffee is a rather well-loved fixture. Owner Melissa Baruno and her team made a collosal effort over the last year to bring the new One Shot Coffee location into existence. Now recently opened, the new building boasts two floors with area enough for live performances, private parties, and more.
The One Shot's new interior is a masterpiece of eclectic harmony—be sure to drop by if you are in the 'hood and check out the greatly expanded food and drink menus! And now for the delightfully lazy, there is even delivery service!
My Responsibilities
Web Design + XHTML & CSS Development + WordPress Theme Design + WordPress Development
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AroundMainLine.com
AroundMainLine.com, the Philadelphia region's first online magazine covering the Main Line, western suburbs and surrounding region. AroundMainLine.com offers readers a great selection of features covering dining, going out, travel, fashion, shopping, people and local buzz. From the advertising side, the e-magazine offers regional businesses a great opportunity to tap into the elusive Main Line consumer.
My Responsibilities
Strategic Consulting + Web Design + Information Architecture + XHTML & CSS Development + WordPress Development + Banner Advertising + Search Engine Optimization (SEO) + Email Marketing + Web Hosting
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Marisa Scully - Philly Dog Training
Training animals takes a special combination of kindness and patience—Marisa Scully of Philly Dog Training is endowed with generous amounts of both. Scully is a certified dog trainer and behavior specialist providing puppy training, basic obedience training, behavior modification, as well as solutions for aggression, anxiety and more.
My Responsibilities
Web Design + XHTML & CSS Development + Search Engine Optimization
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Gillian Grassie
Gillian a talented, young singer/songwriter who plays an unusual instrument—the harp. As part of her upcoming globehopping, she wanted a new site that would allow her to communicate with her fans and friends. The site represents a concept called Lifestreaming, tying together blogging, social media (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Flickr) in a single package.
My Responsibilities
Web Design + Information Architecture + XHTML & CSS Development + WordPress Theme Design
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Ron Plocek
Professional bassfisherman, Ron Plocek, wanted to connect online with potential sponsors and chart his progress in regional and national competition. The final site was developed to stand out from other competitors—something visually memorable.
My Responsibilities
Web Design + XHTML & CSS Development
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Stephanie Churchill
Stephanie Churchill enthusiasm for yoga teaching, and life in general, is contagious. We've worked together previously to bring her blog and Totally Zen store online. This personal site is the first step in bringing together her many projects as a writer, teacher, businesswoman and, perhaps soon, television personality.
My Responsibilities
Strategic Consulting + Web Design + XHTML & CSS Development
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Nocella Roofing
Have you seen the average small business website? If so, then you know the horrible state they are usually in—poor design, broken links, missing information, bad HTML, no search visibility and little traffic to speak of. Well, as a independent business person myself, I've made it a point to seek out projects that directly benefit other small business owners. Nocella Roofing is the latest example.
My Responsibilities
Web Design + Information Architecture + XHTML & CSS Development + Web Hosting
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Make Real Change
Philadelphia's Center City District has been working to enhance the attractiveness, liveliness, safety and beauty of the downtown area for many years. If you are from the area, you probably have attended Restaurant Week, received the (IN) Center City eNewsletter, or met a uniformed CCD street community service representatives.
My Responsibilities
Web Design + HTML Development
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BONGO Agency
BONGO is a hip, new agency founded led by experienced ad men—Michael D'Antonio and David Thompson. While staffed like a small agency, BONGO offers big agency expertise in brand development, advertising, public relations, interactive and marketing.
My Responsibilities
Strategic Consulting + Web Design + XHTML & CSS Development
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iPledge
Women Against Abuse, a Philadelphia-based non-profit, approached John and Amy Saal of UNTUCK Design to create a new domestic violence public awareness campaign. The wonderful result was iPledge—a campaign supporting a citywide anti-violence movement which calls on ordinary Philadelphians to help end violence at home and in the community. Fortunately, I was asked to become involved in the website buildout.
My Responsibilities
XHTML, CSS & PHP Development
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FreedomPay
Mid-sized companies and larger corporations often find it necessary to revisit and tune their branding, identity, and messaging—not only to better appeal to customers and clients, but to increase their recognizability, fuel customer loyalty, and inspire employee identification. This was no less the case for FreedomPay, the Newtown Square, Pennsylvania-based provider of cashless payment management systems and processing solutions.
To tackle this project, I teamed up once again with the very talented John and Amy Saal, the creative pair known as UNTUCK design. The result was a soup-to-nuts reworking of FreedomPay's corporate identity, marketing collateral and corporate website.
My Responsibilities
XHTML & CSS Development
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A & M Berk
Like many traditional businesses, A & M Berk wanted to move online. The necessary first step was launching a new, informative web site to act as their online brochure.
My Responsibilities
Web Design + XHTML & CSS Development + Web Hosting
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Contact Information
Pixel Engine
Vance Bell
4343 Baltimore Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
E-mail: vance@pixelengine.net