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At Colombo Designs, we specialize in creative and engaging website and logo design. Because your website is the digital face of your business, it's important that your customers get a good feeling when they see it. Whether you are a sole proprietor or part of a multi-person company, we will work closely with you to create a visual presentation that will effectively communicate your products, services, and organization to your existing and potential customers. We can also help prepare digital files for printed materials such as business cards, banners or brochures.
At Colombo Designs, we build websites using modern content management systems (CMS), developing most of our sites using WordPress. We also support Blackbaud's NetCommunity and occassionally build sites using both WordPress and NetCommunity. Our code is always clean and standards compliant. We use XHTML, CSS, Javascript and PHP to build professional, easy to maintain websites that are compatible with all the leading browsers. Our website development services are often packaged with our graphic design services. If you already have a design, we will turn that design into functional website. If you are happy with your website, but need it converted to a mobile-friendly layout, we can help with that too. Ultimately, we program the design into working templates. Finally, we install the templates into the content management system that best fits your needs.
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Sharon has been in the technology industry for 25 years working as a consultant, designer, software developer, and team leader. In 2006, Sharon began working full-time as a freelance website and logo designer and Colombo Designs was born. In addition to the design work, Sharon does custom programming for the websites. Sharon has a master's degree in Computer Science from Northwestern University and a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Universiy of Michigan.
Sharon lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband Pete and their two daughters Greta and Ursula.
"I have been working with Sharon for 3 years on general website maintenance as well as a website re-skin and a full re-design. She is an excellent designer in both Blackbaud NetCommunity and Wordpress, a knowledgeable and patient trainer, and a thought partner that helps us strategize and put our big ideas into action. When we brought her examples of other websites that we wanted to emulate, no matter how complex, Sharon made it happen. Thanks to Sharon, our website is beautiful, functional, and thoughtfully done. Sharon is efficient, a good project manager, and has a great eye for design. She was an excellent collaborator with the graphic design team who did our organization’s rebranding, taking cues from their work but thinking outside the box to make it work even better for web. I’ve experienced many consultants who look down on novice clients. Although I am very inexperienced in website management and design, I have always felt listened to and feel that Sharon respects me as a partner in this work. I cannot recommend Sharon highly enough."
Camisha Lashbrook, Donor Relations & Communications Manager, Women's Foundation of Colorado
"Nonprofit Garden has been working with Colombo Designs for over ten years. Sharon has been instrumental in providing services that have allowed our business to grow exponentially. She always delivers great quality work, work within our budget requirements, and delivers the work on schedule. That is critical to us. The best thing about Sharon is her ability to respond quickly to changes in plan, and do it with the best possible attitude."
Lisa Lane, Chief Executive Officer, Nonprofit Garden
"Our project was a total website redesign that involved several contributors who all enjoyed working with Colombo Designs. Our site looks great and was delivered on time and within budget. Working with Sharon was a pleasure. She is technically very savvy, but also flexible and fun. Since the redesign we have continued working with Sharon. She's always available to help with any question. She keeps abreast of new developments, proposing solutions adapted to our needs and resources."
Catherine Martineau, Nonprofit Executive Director, Canopy
"Sharon Colombo is one the easiest people I have ever worked with on a consultancy basis. She is timely, forward thinking, creative, fantastic at web design and was a treat to collaborate with. She made me look great online and did it all with a great attitude and deep knowledge of her trade. I recommend her highly!"
Jennifer Abrams, Education Consultant and Author
"Working with Colombo Designs has been a treat. Sharon probed and listened, and brought her skills and creativity to design and build a website that makes me proud!"
Thomas R. Hoerr, PhD, Educator, Author and Consultant
"We turned to Colombo Designs in the early days of our business, when our existing website was holding our business back. We needed a new site with a lot more functionality, and we needed it fast. Sharon helped us get started quickly, worked within our budget and timeframe, and built an awesome website. We have been able to grow our business in new ways now that we have Sharon's technical expertise on our side. We couldn't recommend Colombo Designs more strongly - Sharon is a delight to work with."
Jen Long & Beth LaDove, Co-Founders, The Garden Tribe
"Colombo Designs has been a pleasure to work with and consistently delivers high quality work that exceeds our expectations. From the start of our Product Realization Group website development project, Sharon's combination of artistic abilities and technical knowledge brought unbeatable value for the cost, and her ongoing maintenance support is outstanding. I look forward to using Colombo Designs for future projects and recommend Sharon hands-down to anyone that is looking for help to create a new website."
Mike Keer, Founder & CEO, Product Realization Group
