Wildfire Studios is Nathan Snelgrove: a UI, UX, and product designer who codes.
Nathan designs results-focused websites and software for organizations and non-profits all over the world. He probably eats more salsa than you do.
An expert digital designer and web developer with over a decade of experience making bespoke websites, apps, and products.
Since 2013, I’ve designed dozens of websites, products, and apps for a wide range of clients and sectors. My work has doubled six-figure revenue streams, multiplied national audience sizes by a factor of seven, and saved businesses by increasing conversion rates. If your project has a real goal, I make it happen.
Businesses and nonprofits like working with me because I help them identify and achieve their strategic goals. Startups like working with me because I help them create market-fit products.
- Years
- 12
- Since starting Wildfire Studios in 2013, I’ve helped dozens of clients with hundreds of projects. If you’re good at math, you’ve already noticed that’s a lot of return customers. I’m very proud of that.
- Referrals
- 80%
- 80% of my new business comes from happy clients who have already completed a project with me — or who are the enjoying the process so much they share it with a friend.
- Daily caffeine
- 300mg
- Every day, I drink somewhere between two to four eight-ounce cups of coffee. On average, this is my caffeine consumption before 1:30pm. Something has to power all this design, and coffee’s cheaper than gas!
What makes me different
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I go beyond briefs and make your website or product better than you think it will be. I don’t just take the brief and run with it. I solve the business problem at hand. If the product, business model, marketing message, or communications strategy can improve, I find it.
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I want you to empower you to succeed. If you're making a website, I make sure you know how to use it. If I'm helping you design a product or an app, I'll work with your development team to make sure it's as great as we envision.
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I design websites and apps that work for your business, not for mine. A lot of studios design websites and apps that look great in their portfolio. For me, that’s a bonus, but it’s not the goal. My goal is always to design something useful and functional that works for your business.
Simple and straightforward pricing. No mumbo jumbo mystical numbers coming out of nowhere.
Standard weekly billing
My current rate for most projects is $1,000/week. Each week, clients with this pricing get a one-hour meeting to check in, see progress, and get an update on next steps. If a client’s project wraps sooner than expected, we’re done, and if a client wants to settle up and end the project because they don’t like what they’re seeing, they can.
Value-based pricing
For Fortune 500 companies, tiny mom-and-pops, and micro-sized non-profits, I offer a few alternative options. Most of my other pricing is value-based, so it's based on what you'll make off my work, rather than just a number pulled out of a hat. This also helps keep my pricing affordable for micro-sized clients. I can't offer cheap pricing all the time for obvious reasons, but I try to help when I can. Value-based pricing also helps ensure that Fortune 500 companies help pay for my retirement. (Apple, I'm right here.)
Great reviews: Lots of client love from all sorts of great clients
“Nathan has been a dream to work with from the beginning to end of our project. He not only designed and built a beautiful, creative and functional website that met our objectives, but he was able to partner with our team right from the beginning to understand what we wanted to accomplish through the project and partnered with us to come up with the best solutions to get us there. From creative designs to writing in copy to fill our gaps, he wasn’t just trying to get the job done, it felt like he had joined our team and was working with us to achieve our objective.”
Chris Vandijk The Meeting House“Our team provided Nathan with an incomplete design, a nearly unrealistic deadline, and many pending questions. Yet, Nathan delivered the entire project on time, on budget, with no stress, and he set up the entire website on the most user friendly platform we’ve ever used. We’re thrilled with the work Nathan did and are looking forward to starting a new project with him later this year.”
Lucas Belem Jesus Collective“Nathan defies many of the expectations of a web designer: He is incredibly responsive, does what he says he’ll do, and shows up with seemingly unflappable calm. Oh, and he’s got a great eye for design, technical proficiency and an understanding of how real businesses use websites. Thanks to my new website, I currently have a waitlist of dozens of patients, and dozens more in my inbox.”
Matt Lundquist Tribeca Therapy“Nathan is an organized thinker with great peripheral vision. He is not just a designer; he is a strategist. He is able to anticipate what’s coming in the dynamic world of technology, knows how it will impact his clients, and lays a digital foundation so they can take advantage of it. He finds innovative solutions to challenging problems. One of Nathan’s gifts is helping his clients present their messages in a way that is clear, compelling, and organized. We would recommend Nathan to any organization who needs a digital strategist, designer, or developer.”
Jacqueline Dugas EHC International / Canada“Nathan surpassed all my expectations. He truly listened to what I wanted, came up with better ideas, and then implemented them to perfection. Since hiring Nathan, I constantly receive positive feedback on the simplicity and clarity of my website. Working with Nathan was a joy!”
Tyler Reeves Plimsoll Financial Planning“Being a product designer, I’ve worked with many developers of the years, and I’d have to say that Nathan is one of best. He translated my designs to code with absolute tedious precision — something I’ve discovered is hard to find. He was also very prompt with his communication, often weighing in on the design using his areas of expertise, giving us a more cohesive end product. I sincerely hope Nathan and I can tag team another project in the future.”
Phil Goodwin Fivebox“In the past we’ve worked with all sorts of individuals, some excellent at design, some excellent at coding. Nathan is good at both. He also possesses a good business mind, and his ability to grasp the business need rather than getting lost in the technical or visual aspects of the project was refreshing. I believe it is a combination that many individuals in this field lack.”
Jonathan Agosta Risolv IT Solutions“I can emphatically state that working with Nathan was fantastic. He took the complex ideas behind our products and reframed them into simple concepts, easy for our clients to understand. We loved his work so much we have hired him to work on some of our client work as well.”
Kieren Tinning Terraflow Geomatics
