When You Need to Be Sure You’ve Picked the Right Designer

  • Eva Blake, photographer

    Eva Blake, The Visible Business

    What an amazing experience it was to work with Lucy. My clients now have a super user-experience on my site and I saved so much time with all the booking automations put in place.

  • Catherine McHugh, Imbolc Pharma Consulting, client of Designs For Growth

    Catherine McHugh, Imbolc Pharma Consulting

    I engaged Lucy to support me with the logo and website for Imbolc Pharma Consulting. I had only recently launched the business and did not yet qualify for the TOV so Lucy suggested a one-page website that could be upgraded once I did qualify. From the first interaction, Lucy really listened to who I was and what I wanted to convey. I was astonished when I saw the mood board because it was exactly the colour scheme of my recently renovated house and the logo fits perfectly with my business focus. I would happily recommend Lucy to others looking for similar services

  • Aoibhne Hogan, Greet Street, client of Designs For Growth

    Aoibhne Hogan, Greet Street Commerical Art

    I hired Lucy to design my website, she was great to work with, so professional & clear-minded about the entire project, from the design all the way to the marketing & business side of the project, it was also all done within our stated timeline, which was quick! I would definitely recommend her, you'll find her a joy to speak to as well. Thanks Lucy!

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    Phelan Doyle Quantity Surveyors

    Would like to highly recommend Lucy!, we had a set view on what our new website should look like and say, Lucy carefully guided us through the process and gave us expert tips and changed what we had intended for the better. She is very prompt, efficient and gives excellent advice!. If we had used another designer, we would still be talking about the website, while now our is up and running and we are delighted!

  • Ronan Cavanagh, Cavanagh Communicatons, client of Designs For Growth

    Ronan Cavanagh, Cavanagh Communicatons

    Working with Lucy in Designs for Growth was a pleasure and I was very pleased with quality of graphics, layout and clarity in the new website she developed for Cavanagh Communications.

    The site also translates very well on the phone in terms of responsiveness across different devices. Very happy to recommend Lucy.

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    Sheila Considine, Designer

    I am delighted with my new website designed by Lucy.
    I had a vague idea of what I wanted and a bunch of photos and illustrations not much to go on , Lucy suggested the perfect shopify template
    and did a wonderful job of pulling everything together.
    Lucy was a pleasure to work with and no problems phased her.
    I couldn't recommend her highly enough.

  • Faye Godsell, Sligo Speech Therapy

    Faye Godsell, Sligo Speech Therapy

    Lucy was a pleasure to work with. Friendly, fun, professional and thoughtful. Delighted with the end result and all Lucy's support along the process

  • Robbie Ford, Campaigner for Disability Rights

    Robbie Ford, Campaigner for Disability Rights

    Lucy was professional, quickly understood my objectives and advised best on how to design a website in order to achieve them, she was open to suggestions and very responsive to change requests, and a pleasure to deal with. I'd highly recommend her.

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    John Ennis, Tana Recruitment

    Would highly recommend Lucy for her website design and advice on marketing for growth. She has a very personable and engaging manner which enables her to get to the heart of what you hope to achieve with your business from an online perspective. Her work is of a very high standard and she explains her design rationale succintly at every step of the process. I look forward to working with her again in the future.

  • Claire Walsh from Intentionality, client of Designs For Growth

    Claire Walsh, Intentionality

    Lucy from Designs For Growth was super to work with in building the website for intentionality.ie.

    Designs for Growth were focused and fast in delivering against the brief, and as an expert in Squarespace, delivered a website that is both functional and beautiful.

    With a real eye for design, Lucy took the content and made it digestible for the user, and ensured it was on brand every step of the way. Lucy also went above and beyond with advice for the LEO trading online voucher.

  • Helen Grant, client of Designs For Growth

    Diolta Estate Agency

    I’ve known Lucy personally for over 20 years and worked with her recently on my new Estate Agency website. She was very helpful throughout, offering thoughtful strategic advice and plenty of patience as we worked through the details.

    The finished Squarespace website is straightforward, easy to manage and does exactly what I need it to do. Overall, a very positive experience and I’d happily recommend Lucy to anyone looking for a practical, well-set-up website

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    Susan Kilcline

    I connected with Lucy initially for web design β€” but what I actually got was so much more. She helped me sharpen my business idea, clarify my focus, and see opportunities I hadn’t even considered. Lucy immediately understood what I wanted and positively challenged me to make it even better. Her strategy work is exceptional, and I’d thoroughly recommend her to anyone looking to start, grow or refine their business.

  • Mary Pyne, Executive Coach

    Mary Pyne, Coach

    It was a pleasure working with Lucy on my website design. She has a marvellous combination of technical expertise and creative design skills. She really paid attention to what was important for me in the design, while also challenging and encouraging me to see what was possible.

    I am also grateful that she introduced me to Finola Howard, who brought a focus and clarity to my approach and who transformed my understanding of branding and marketing. Their professional collaboration really helped bring what was in my mind to reality, and I can highly recommend them both.

  • Lisa Donnelly & Sinead from Interiors Atelier, Ranelagh

    Interiors Atelier

    Interiors Atelier was an existing Interior Design business which had come out of the challenges of covid with a new business model. We commissioned Designs for Growth to work on our new visual identity for both the updated brand, updated website and the new shop in Ranelagh Dublin 6. Adapting the IA brand into three new strands of the business was fundamental to the new business plan and we worked with Designs for Growth quickly to deliver the new branding, artwork and logo for all platforms including shop signage and social media. We then worked with Lucy O'Reilly on the square space website relaunch for www.interiorsatelier.ie - Lucy is extremely professional, amenable and knowledgeable about her craft and for entrepreneurs like us who were busy with so many other elements of the launch - including designing a new furniture collection and shop fit out - she was brilliant at organising us, taking calls and whatsapps rather than formal emails, and collating all our elements into a stunning, customer friendly e commerce website. Lucy gave great advice, went beyond her brief to deliver a cohesive social media and e commerce website and on a tight budget delivered everything she promised.
    Her training after launch is very helpful and she has continued to support us since launch. We would highly recommend Designs for Growth for any new, e commerce and retail business or entrepreneur needing Visual Identity and Websites built and developed in Ireland

  • Tracy Byrne, The Wellbeing Edge, client of Designs For Growth

    Tracy Byrne, The Wellbeing Edge

    Having met Lucy through a number of women in business networks, I knew exactly who I wanted to work with on my recent rebranding project.

    Her calm demeanour and exceptional knowledge was exactly what I needed in my corner for what was a a big investment both emotionally and financially.

    Lucy first advised me to tackle my whole brand & marketing strategy before remotely contemplating logos or colours - such spot on advice! After completing that work and chanelling all of the results back to Lucy, we then began the process of designing a new visual identity for The Wellbeing Edge. Lucy takes the design process very seriously and requires an indepth insight into how I envisage my business and how I want to represent that in print and online. After a number of calls and a couple of moodboards, Lucy returned with her presentation. Because of the thoroughness of her initial work, Lucy managed to successfully nail the logo, colours and typography in the first of the 3 options presented. One minor tweak later and I now have a visual identity that I feel is so reflective of me, my ethos and my vision for my business. I cannot recomment Lucy highly enough and know this will not be the end of my own journey with Designs for Growth ☺️

  • Claire Mason, PR Specialist

    Claire Mason

    I had high expectations for my website. And then LucyDesigns surpassed them all! My website is a work of art and already attracting enquiries. And the experience of working with Lucy O'Reilly, was exceptional. Platinum level user experience all the way.

  • Tara Connaghan, Donegal

    Tara Connaghan, OTL Construction

    I wanted to work with the best. I searched for quite a while and took recommendations that led me to Designs For Growth.

    Not only has Lucy a keen design eye but she also made the website build process very easy and simple. I actually can't believe it happened so quickly and pain-free! I am so thrilled with the website, as are our staff, our funders and anyone who has seen it.

    I would recommend Designs For Growth to anyone who wants a professional website using a professional service.

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    Niamh O'Callaghan, Tigh Design

    You always know you’re in expert hands when someone simplifies the process no matter what the medium.

    I knew exactly what I wanted, but getting from A to Z on a platform with which I was unfamiliar, was the problem.

    Listening to a Client’s needs, taking those thoughts and moulding them through their expertise to over deliver an end-product that exceeds expectations, is what Lucy achieved.

    Her knowledge and guidance of website development and the Squarespace platform was second to none.

  • Heather McGuire

    Heather McGuire

    You can choose a web designer that will "paint the outside of the house" to make it look pretty and that is all you may need. I needed someone to get into the trenches with me; listen to and understand my story, develop my brand and entwine it into every single page.

    In walked Lucy. She didn't just get into the trenches with me she dug them. She listened to my vision, asked all the hard questions, and developed a brand that was entirely me, visually and emotionally. She doesn't miss a beat, from messaging to design. She understands the vulnerability of small business owners with big ideas and helped me navigate through all the choppy waters.

    It was an absolute pleasure to work with her.

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    Trinity College Dublin

    Lucy from Designs for Growth was recommended to us by colleagues from UCD who had worked with her previously. She certainly takes the hassle out of getting a new website! She is patient, friendly and has a clear, straightforward process that meant I knew when she was getting started and when the website would launch. She also included training on how to manage the site myself, which means I can now take ownership of the site and I am not relying on someone else to make edits and updates.

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    Rosemary Gannon, UCD

    It was a pleasure to work with Lucy. She is a very talented web designer and we were delighted with the new website she designed for our project the All Island Cancer Research Institute (AICRI). Lucy is very creative and presented our content in a fresh and engaging way which helps to catch the attention of our site visitors. She is very efficient, well organised and met all our agreed deadlines. I would highly recommend LucyDesigns and wish Lucy the very best with her future web projects.

  • Elaine Russell

    Elaine Russell, Coach

    Lucy has a wonderful calm, confident energy. When working with Lucy everything feels possible. She has a clear, simple proposition to build beautiful websites. This she does undoubtedly well as you can see from her portfolio but how she creates this beauty is where the magic lies.

    Lucy makes the process simple from beginning to end. Starting with supporting me to develop my brand and logo, to her support to access the Trading Online voucher which helped fund the build, introducing me to photographers, to content writers to GDPR expertise; any obstacle I encountered Lucy had a solution.

    Once we were ready to get started, all the ducks were in a row and we swam seamlessly through getting the website live. Lucy’s listening and asking skills are incisive so that when I saw my logo and its colours, I was blown away as to how closely Lucy had captured my essence.

    Along the way Lucy answered my questions from her wealth of experience, guided me with her insight, allayed my fears at times and mostly encouraged me to get on with it. Thank you Lucy for a wonderfully simple, calm, easy and enjoyable process.

  • Maureen McCowen, SoftSkillSucce

    Maureen McCowen, Soft Skill Success

    I wanted a new website that portrayed a more professional image of my business. I contacted Lucy as one of three website designers when getting my quote for the TOV and I chose to work with her because I liked her structured approach.

    Lucy spent quite a bit of time in our intro call establishing what I wanted to achieve with the new website. The welcome pack outlined the process, and gave lots of useful tips for preparing content, while the Brand & Style questionnaire helped me focus on what I wanted my website to look like.

    I really liked Lucy’s 2-week schedule for building the site. We had several calls during this time, making changes and adjustments, with Lucy making helpful suggestions.

    My experience of working with Lucy was very positive. I wanted a website that I could be proud of, and she delivered that- I love my new site and my sales have increased since it was launched in October.

    I have already recommended Lucy to other business owners. She will be your partner in creating your beautiful new site!

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    Laura Chambers, Cashmere Designer

    We wanted to upgrade our website and improve the look and the usability of the website. We sell exclusively online so it was crucial to us that the website functioned as a shop as easily and securely as possible for us and our customers. From the moment we made contact with Lucy we were struck by how professional she is. She was so helpful, knowledgeable and efficient and worked to the agreed timeline. Nothing was too big an ask. She gave us a website that not only looks beautiful but is very easy for our customers to navigate, it is now secure and easy for us to make any adjustments we might like to make. It was a pleasure to work with Lucy on upgrading our website. I would highly recommend Designs For Growth to any company who want a professional, considered and impressive website.

  • Luciana Herda, UCD

    Luciana Herda, UCD

    I have already recommended Lucy to others! I enjoyed working with her for a few reasons: we communicated easily, she kept the timeline initially agreed, she always returned my emails promptly and has taken all my suggestions on board.

    I am also happy to work with a platform that is easy to use (upon a quick training) and allows me to have ownership of my website.

    I'd be happy to work with Designs For Growth again and recommend them!

  • Christy O'Hara, HR Works

    Christy O'Hara, HR Works

    Just again to thank you Lucy for an excellent job done. It was a pleasure working with you and I commend you highly on the top class service provided.

    Very professional, very friendly and easy to deal with.

    I certainly will recommend you to my contacts.

  • Claire Mason, Thought Leadership Coach

    Claire Mason, Thought Leadership Coach

    I had high expectations for my website. And then Lucy surpassed them all!

    My website is a work of art and already attracting enquiries.

    And the experience of working with Lucy O'Reilly of Designs For Growth, was exceptional. Platinum level user experience all the way.

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    Peopledom

    Lucy created a website I love. I had to drag myself kicking to the project but was actually sad when it ended. All because Lucy made the process easy and enjoyable and really collaborative. She also tooled me up to manage the site myself and gave me numerous tips & tricks for turning my site into a marketing machine in a way that fits my style and my values.
    In sum....Lucy's the bomb!

  • Perrine de Montard, Acupuncturist

    Perrine de Montard, Acupuncturist

    Highly Highly recommend Designs For Growth! I tried and failed badly at building my own website... so I do appreciate all the work and dedication Lucy put into my new website! After a good talk through my needs and desire for my website, I gave Designs For Growth carte blanche and was not disappointed at all. Since the launched of my new website recently, my business has been way busier.

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    Banagher Family Practice

    Banagher Family Practice chose Lucy Designs to upgrade our website and add a commerce platform so that we could accept payment of invoices online. She came to the job with enthusiasm and professionalism throughout. The work was completed to schedule and with great care and attention to detail. Before completion she explained everything very clearly and I now feel that I have the confidence to make changes and updates on our website as required, but if I run into any problems I know that Lucy is only a phonecall or an email away. Great peace of mind.

  • Rachel Dubber, Artist

    Rachel Dubber, Artist

    Lucy's professionalism, expertise and ability to understand my needs resulted in a website that is clear, concise, well laid out and very effective.

    Her profound knowledge and care resulted in an e-commerce site I am proud to share, the business has gone from strength to strength.

    Thank you Lucy, I can not recommend you highly enough, you deserve more than 5 stars!!!

  • Mockup of website designed by Designs for Growth for Niall McDonnell, Creative Director

    Niall McDonnell, Creative Director

    Lucy designed my portfolio and from beginning to end, it was a very clear and simple process. Great care, consideration and diligence at every turn. Overall a super experience. I'd highly recommend Designs For Growth.

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    Eoin Costello, Digital Dun Laoghaire

    I would highly recommend Designs For Growth for the personal service, attention to detail and the output at the end of the process of a very user-friendly website.

  • Claire Walsh, Intentionality

    Claire Walsh, Intentionality

    Lucy from Designs For Growth was super to work with in building the website for intentionality.ie.

    Designs for Growth were focused and fast in delivering against the brief, and as an expert in Squarespace, delivered a website that is both functional and beautiful.

    With a real eye for design, Lucy took the content and made it digestible for the user, and ensured it was on brand every step of the way. Lucy also went above and beyond with advice for the LEO trading online voucher. Thank you Lucy!

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    Joanne Markarus, Podiatry Ireland

    Lucy at Designs For Growth has created our new website for Podiatry Ireland, and it was an absolute pleasure to work with her.

    Being a national respresentative body, we had many stakeholders to satisfy and thus, the process was an involved one. Lucy listened to our goals, looked for specific sites and site features we wanted, and along the process took on our feedback at each stage of the design process. She also supported us in sourcing a copywriter to speed the project along which we couldn't have done without.

    Designs for Growth have delivered a professional, easy to navigate, beautifully desinged website that we are absolutely delighted, and very proud to call our own.

  • Paula Zuccherelli

    D6 Translations

    Lucy designed my business website from scratch professionally and on time, to reflect what I wanted for my personal branding. She made the whole process super smooth and was always open to suggestions. She took the time to explain to me what was best for the website in terms of imagery and copy as well. And a plus was that she recorded and shared a step-by-step training session with the essentials to self-manage the website. I cannot recommend her more.

  • Siobhan Dowling, Shivaun.ie

    Siobhan Dowling, Shivaun.ie

    I loved working with Lucy in bringing a new and more professional look to my Aromatherapy & Pilates business www.shivaun.ie.

    Lucy helped me with visual identity design so I could bring my vision of my business to life. Lucy created a Squarespace website for me which looks great, is really user friendly, and has wonderful tools to help me grow my business.

    Thank you Lucy for guiding me through this journey. xx

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    Sarah Irwin, The ECG Hub

    Lucy developed a great website for us using Kajabi. We are really happy with it and with Lucy’s initial expert guidance, we find it very easy to manage day to day.

    Lucy gave us great ideas, feedback and really kept us on track for the duration of the process which we really appreciated.

    Highly recommend Designs For Growth!

  • Gavin Tonks, HR Consultant

    Gavin Tonks, HR Consultant

    I contacted 3 marketing consultants to discuss my project, and Lucy clearly stood out from the beginning. Lucy exceeded my expectations, creating clear project milestones, has a friendly and warm communication style, and ultimately delivered to a high level. I

    'd highly recommend Lucy and Designs For Growth Ltd.

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    June Robbins, Association of Music Educators

    Lucy was so creative, understanding and professional in her approach to our new website design. Not only did she listen intently, advise and navigate us she also picked up on design details of our logo and the colours and incorporated them into our new website. This attention to detail gave us all a lesson in website design and function! She made us think differently.

    Our members have commented how user-friendly, easy to use and inviting the new site is. We will be forever indebted to Lucy for her attention to detail, kindness, patience and extreme professionalism. Thank you a million times over Lucy. You have preserved our young Music Education site, and encouraged us and our members to be innovative, tech-savvy and collaborate. We have great plans for the future and highly recommend Lucy Designs.

  • Ciara Feely, client of Designs For Growth

    Ciara Feely

    I LOVE my new website. It's exactly what I wanted and needed and Lucy helped me to make that happen. She really cares about her clients and goes the extra mile to make it right.

  • Conor Healy, Photographer

    Conor Healy, Photographer

    When I was getting three quotes from Web designers, Lucy was the only one to come back to me and ask questions about what exactly I was looking for and also suggested companies and ideas that could help my photography business.

    Lucy was not just creating my website, she also helped me by asking questions about what I wanted and made me think lots about what was important to show on the website.

    I am super impressed with my site and receive lots of compliments about it.

  • Adam Crane, Creative Director

    Adam Crane, Creative Director

    Lucy was brilliant to deal with, she listened to the brief, and asked questions that ultimately improved the final outcome. Her first response to the brief was exactly what was asked, it was quick, value for money, and she even made a personal short video on how to maintain the site based on questions I had asked. I would recommend Lucy without hesitation.

  • Ciara Shaffrey, SettleIn

    Ciara Shaffrey, SettleIn

    I would highly recommend Lucy to plan, develop, and deliver your online presence. She gave excellent personal service and has a depth of knowledge on what is needed to provide a strong web presence. Lucy is a consummate professional and her commitment to the job coupled with her strong business acumen, communication and writing skills meant that the process was very effective and efficient. The end result, has been an excellent investment in top quality online presence.

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    Sadhbh Smith, Artist

    I recently had a wonderful session with Lucy. Lucy met me with great energy & listened carefully to my story. I received sound advice on her opinion on my business. I liked that Lucy challenged me with some brilliant questions to get me thinking about my brand story. Lucy went out of her way to connect me with people to support me in the direction for next steps to build my business. I feel really grateful for this.