I'm Ian McIlwraith, a Web Designer.

And I'm working to make the web a more beautiful place.

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I believe in building websites different. Instead of taking months to deliver a lackluster product, I work to exceed expectations by building a custom website within a few short weeks. But speed doesn’t mean that the quality decreases: my goal with every new website is to create experiences that will delight your visitors.

My Design Philosophy

Winston Starts Website

Featured Website

Winston Starts

Winston Starts helps entrepreneurs successfully scale their businesses by providing founder support and mentorship along the journey. They were in need of a new website that was easy to update and manage the many companies, mentors, events, and news featured on their website. Through a collaborative design and development process, I was able to deliver a product that is visually pleasing and powered by a functional, easy to use backend.

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From the Client

Stan Parker
Stan Parker
President, Winston Starts
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I highly recommend Ian McIlwraith for website design work. He takes the time to understand your target audiences and brand strategy and combines that with outstanding technical knowledge and visual acuity to create websites that communicate and engage.  Ian is highly collaborative and very responsive.  He is a pleasure to work with.

Services

Website Design

Website design is a comprehensive process that involves everything from the actual design of the website to the implementation of hosting, your domain, and various related services.

Each website is custom designed from the ground up, based entirely on your needs. Your content, photos, and graphics are all expertely crafted into the design to create a cohesive experience — not just uploaded into a premade template. Then, the design and features are tweaked based on your input until you’re satisfied with it.

Once it’s done and you give the final go-ahead, the website is pushed live on an existing or new domain name.

Website Maintenance

If website upkeep isn’t your thing, then I am happy to offer monthly website maintenance. This service involves regular software updates, content edits, and anything else — all billed on an hourly basis.

What Clients are Saying

Testimonials

Jason Harris
Jason Harris
Desert Ridge Baptist Church
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As a growing church plant, we approached Ian with the need to develop a website that represented our ministry well and allowed our users ease of access to all of our church’s information. Ian listened to our vision and applied all of our formatting needs exactly as we desired. Working with him was a breeze and the project was completed within the timeframe we needed. We are looking forward to working with Ian again in the future.
Kristen Schweigert
Kristen Schweigert
Capsule RN
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I am so thankful for Ian’s skills and expertise and highly recommend him for building a website that can bring your vision to reality! He went above and beyond in answering my questions and making the changes that I requested along the journey so that the website turned out exactly as I wanted. He provided options and alternative choices that I wouldn’t have even known about so that I could make sure I was getting both what I needed for the website but not pay more than was necessary either. He not only built the website but also provided an incredibly helpful video that explained how to go about different tasks on the website moving forward! He was professional and easy to work with throughout the process. Thank you Ian!
Wesley Scruggs
Wesley Scruggs
Statera Solutions, LLC
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It was a joy getting to work with Ian to put my website together. He was incredibly responsive and knowledgeable. I got him the content and he had a great, professional looking website put together in no time. He went above and beyond to make sure I was happy with the results and even put together a great tutorial video showing me how to keep it updated.
Walter Holder
Walter Holder
Walter D. Holder, M.D.
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Ian McIlwraith did an outstanding job creating a website and blog for my new novel, Future Past Present and upcoming writing. He was very professional, creative and took my initial ideas and produced a site I am proud to have. We worked on a 6-week schedule. I highly recommend him.
Ryan Blair
Ryan Blair
Foothill Tax Services
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Ian did a fantastic job building a new website for my business. He is extremely knowledgeable, responsive, listens to his clients, provides thoughtful feedback when needed, uses best-practices in his website builds, is priced reasonably, and overall just a pleasure to work with. From start to finish we had my website off the ground in less than two weeks and I could not be happier. If you are looking for someone to help you build a website look no further and let Ian do it for you. You will be glad you did!
Tracy Shumack
Tracy Shumack
Shumack Realty
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Ian has been wonderful to work with and does great work. I had him build a new website for my company and couldn't be happier. He listens to his clients and delivers what they are looking for. He not only has a great personality, but is very responsive and punctual when responding to his clients. I highly recommend him for your website needs.
Emma Cheek
Emma Cheek
The Exchange
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Ian created an exceptional website for my event & wedding venue. In the beginning, I didn't know what I needed, but he gave me many suggestions and was able to interpret my desires and create exactly what I wanted. His organized communication throughout the process made my decisions easy! My favorite part about working with him is his foresight and ability to predict what I needed. He answered questions before I even knew I had them and provided tutorials and articles to help me manage the site after he finished. He even gave me a wonderful demo of the site in the middle of the project so that I could collaborate with him and be part of the design process! He was extremely professional and exceeded all of my expectations in only a few weeks! I highly recommend hiring Mcllwraith Enterprises, LLC for your website!
Michael Robinett
Michael Robinett
Southeast Salons
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Ian was hired to design a landing page website for our company's marketing campaign. His communication has been good, able to answer all of our questions, and design all which we asked of him. He was thoughtful in choosing good quality images and graphics for our site. He has been very responsive, quickly returning all phone calls and emails. Very professional and produces a quality product.
Nathan Smith
Nathan Smith
Rock Solid Artisans
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I can't say enough good things about my experience working with Ian on my new website. Right from the start he was very responsive and made changes to the site as soon as I requested them. The only thing that held up the process was me at times because I had to write up things for my website. I've been getting even more calls for business now that my new site is up. And on top of that 3 out of 4 customers comment on how much they love my website. His pricing was very fair and the quality was great. Can't speak highly enough abut my experience with Ian and the work that he does. Highly recommend this web designer.
Denise Heidel
Denise HeidelThe Office Nerd NC
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I recently worked with Ian to develop a new website for my client. He is a great listener who understood their unique needs. Working with him was seamless. He is detail-oriented, efficient, and the consummate professional. The website Ian designed surpassed all expectations we had, and my clients are absolutely thrilled. I’ve recommended him several times since we started working together and will continue to do so. I have been so impressed with Ian, I have even hired him to do my own websites!
Dawn Moore
Dawn MooreThe Torchlighters
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Ian McIlwraith did a fantastic job on our recent website redesign and upgrade. He worked directly with us to hear our vision and then create a site that is not only beautiful, but will also help our customers and potential customers connect to our products. Ian is knowledgable, responsive, intuitive, organized and professional, and he gets the job done in a timely manner. We are thrilled with the outcome and commend Ian’s work to others looking for a pain-free website design and implementation experience with excellent results!
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About Me

Hello! I'm Ian McIlwraith.

What started with a basic website for a local school over seven years ago turned into years of building beautiful, responsive websites for businesses of all sizes. I work hard to ensure that expectations are exceeded and that all my clients have a website that will serve them well for years to come.

I believe in doing the right thing every time, for every client. I quote all my projects fairly, taking into account the unique needs of each project. I also believe that if you pay for a product or service, you should own it. Unlike other agencies, I don’t host your website in my name — instead, everything is registered under your name and you have all the tools and knowledge to use those services.

If you want to talk and see if we’d be a good fit for each other, then just send me an email at ian@mcilwraithenterprises.com

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Get in Touch

If you’re looking to launch your online presence or your website just needs a facelift, I’d be happy to talk with you and see how I can help.



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