What is Artkade? It’s a bunch of things, but mainly web design and development.

Artkade pools its resources on a per project basis. If a project only requires one person to manage, design, and develop, then only one person will focus his or her time on this project. If it’s a large project, we will whip up a team to project manage, design, copyedit, produce, and develop it. We have team members experienced in both print and online media. The advantage of working this way is quality for the best price.

• Billy Pacholski Project Manager/Magic Maker email me
  Billy Pacholski has been involved in production and project management for over 10 years. He has worked alongside some of the most talented and creative folks in their field. He has overseen the creation of event, content, and multimedia deliverables for clients like Google, IBM, GlaxoSmithKlein, Grainger, Jack Morton Worldide, and The Second City. He has worked with smaller, independent organizations and businesses like The League of Chicago Theatres, Northwestern Children’s Practice, Collaboraction Theatre Company, August Jackson Company, The Goodman Theatre, and others. Billy brings both practical experience and creative problem-solving to each engagement and loves finding new and innovative ways for his projects – and clients – to engage the audiences they serve.
• Rocio Santillana Designer/Developer/Dreamer email me
  Rocio Santillana has been working in the graphic design field for over 10 years. She started out in the print industry where she climbed the rungs from production assistant to designer to manger. As the print industry downsized and the online industry began to take off, Rocio shifted her focus towards web design and development — a new phase of design she wholly embraced. She has worked with Levis Strauss, Dolby, Lindsey Creative, Creative Urge, SF Digital Studio, M. Gould & Co., and Ecast Inc. among others. From having worked in the print industry, Rocio also brings expertise in color management and retouching. She is the founder of Artkade. She has a degree in fine art and likes to ride her scooter around the city.
• David Adams Designer/Developer/Copywriter email me
  David Adams is an Interactive Designer with experience in Flash animation and production, UI design, web design, page layout, and photography. While he focus mostly on the visual, he’s also handy on the geekier side: proficiency in HTML, CSS, Javascript, and the fundamentals of coding and development. He’s also a writer with experience in news reporting and editing, copy writing, and copy editing. He studied at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, and at the Sessions.edu School of Design. David is fascinated by the points at which effectiveness meets elegance, the vivid intersection of what is clearly expressed and what is beautifully expressed.

The Skills

Here’s a shortlist of what we have to offer:

• Project Mangement
• Information Architecture
• Experts in Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, Fireworks, InDesign, and Illustrator
• Experts at XHTML/CSS
• Experience with content management systems
• SEO and sitemaps
• Copywriting and copyediting
• Press Checks, color correction, and image retouching
• Workshops and training on web design and content management systems
• Fluency in Spanish (a target market that few can tap in to!)