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Web design & SEO in Leeds Websites that look the part and get found.

We’re a two-person studio in Leeds. We design, build and optimise websites for businesses that want more enquiries, and you’ll always talk to the people actually doing the work.

Design, development & SEO studio in Leeds, West Yorkshire

The Shock Creative homepage design shown on a laptop and a phone

What we do

Design, development and SEO. One small team.

No hand-offs between agencies. The people who design your site build it, and build it to rank from day one.

  • 01

    Web design

    Distinctive, conversion-focused websites that make your business the obvious choice, designed around what your customers search for.

    Web design in Leeds
  • 02

    Web development

    Fast, secure builds on Laravel, Statamic and WordPress, from easy-to-edit brochure sites to booking systems, portals and integrations.

    Web development
  • 03

    SEO

    Technical SEO, local search and content that puts you in front of the people already searching for what you do.

    SEO in Leeds
  • 04

    Branding & design

    Logos, identities and the details that make a small business look established, right down to a properly built email signature.

    Branding & design
  • 05

    Development consultation

    Senior development advice without signing up to a full project: software design, architecture reviews and help fixing stubborn issues, from a single session to an ongoing retainer.

    Development consultation

How we work

Search-first from the very first sketch.

Most agencies design a site, then hand it to someone else to “do the SEO”. We plan the pages people search for before we design a single screen, so the site that looks good is also the site that ranks.

  • Built to be found

    Keyword-led structure, clean markup and structured data as standard.

  • Built to be fast

    Lean, server-rendered pages that pass Core Web Vitals on a phone.

  • Built to convert

    Clear journeys and calls to action, measured once you’re live.

A studio desk from above: a tablet showing a website, sketchbook wireframes, a keyboard, a phone and a coffee

Selected work

Recent work, built to perform.

  • The FB Comms website homepage on desktop and mobile
    • Web design
    • Development

    FB Comms

    Web design and a WordPress build for a bold, playful social media and content marketing agency.

  • The Shock Creative lightning bolt logo mark in ink on brand green
    • Development

    Travel company

    An API integration that pushes a travel company’s invoices from their online invoicing platform straight into Sage, with no rekeying.

The process

From first chat to first enquiry.

  1. Discovery call

    A no-obligation chat about your business, goals and what your customers search for.

  2. Plan & design

    Keyword research shapes the sitemap, then we design the pages around it.

  3. Build

    A fast, accessible build with an easy CMS (Statamic or WordPress), so you can update it yourself.

  4. Launch & grow

    Redirects, tracking and ongoing SEO to keep you climbing after go-live.

Who you’ll work with

No account managers. Just us.

You’ll deal directly with the designer and developer building your site. No briefs lost in translation, no junior hand-offs.

  • Ash, co-founder of Shock Creative
    Ash Co-founder · Development & SEO
  • Design

FAQs

Straight answers.

How long does a new website take?

A typical small business website takes 2–4 weeks from sign-off to launch. Larger or more complex builds take longer, and we’ll confirm the timeline in your proposal.

Do you only work with Leeds businesses?

Not at all. We’re based in Leeds and work with businesses across West Yorkshire and the rest of the UK, meeting in person locally or by video call further afield.

Can you take over and improve my existing site?

Yes. We can start with an SEO audit, improve the site you have, or redesign and migrate it with proper redirects so you keep the rankings you’ve already earned.

Insights

Useful stuff, no fluff.

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A content management screen for editing a page's blocks, beside the template code behind it

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What actually happens during a website build

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