Locate East Sussex website named Not-For-Profit Website Of The Year

Results

Made in collaboration with Twelve Yards Out, the new website completely overhauled the creative and digital content, which has delivered over 40% increase in web traffic, and a significant increase in enquiries since launching in January 2019.

The website provides a smoother, more intuitive user experience across all devices, with a new improved Property Search, Interactive Map, and 'Find My Focus' facility that allows users to explore East Sussex by selecting criteria that delivers content based on their industry and location.

With a strategy to ‘showcase’ our county and services, the visual aesthetic Twelve Yards Out created creatively communicates what the county, and Locate East Sussex have to offer with a rich, design-led approach exploring the use of animation, bespoke iconography, infographics and illustration.

To read more about the website, you can check out the official project case study here.

The Award

Wirehive 100 is a benchmark of digital excellence across the South of England for creative and digital agencies. The awards celebrate the best work that is currently on offer and is independently judged by a panel of distinguished digital professionals.

One of the judges' commented:

The site is easy to use and looks great! The style and illustrations bring warmth and personality to the site and show how creative websites can be. The performance results are strong, and the design-led approach shines through. It made me want to relocate to East Sussex!

As the county's official inward investment service our new website is already ensuring businesses in all industries, from engineering to manufacturing to the creative industries, know what support is available through Locate East Sussex and our network of support partners.

Matt Child and Dan Gorham of Twelve Yards Out, after receiving the award:

This was a hotly contested category with some great competition, it was definitely a proud moment for the whole team. Our collective approach to create a website that really harnessed and celebrated the county has played a key role in the success of the project. The hard work between us and the team at Locate East Sussex really shows what can be achieved when collaboration is at the heart of a project.

Beth King, Marketing Manager at Locate East Sussex said:

We are thrilled that this work has been recognised. The new website has helped to realise all we were trying to achieve with our brand refresh, through new ways of thinking about design and how we promote the incredibly unique and interesting businesses that we have helped grow in East Sussex.