Rude Goose
UK > South East > Haslemere
Specialists in communication of brand identity through web and print
Rude Goose is a multidisciplinary design practice, specialising in the creation and enhancement of visual identity and web design in businesses.
We strive to produce solutions to every project that are original and relevant in concept and meticulous in execution.
We use valid, well formed code in our websites, ensuring accessibility to both end users and search engines, and ease of maintenance for our clients.
Clients and Projects
Industry Sectors:
Professional Services, Retail, Other, Consumer Services, Financial & Legal, Sports & Leisure, Not for profit / Charity
Tends to work with:
SMEs, Non-profit Organisations, Private Companies
General location of clients: UK
Latest Project
Oceanland Logistics
Website for shipping and transport logistics and management company
What We Have Achieved
Latest Review
20 May 2009
Sarah Orchard at Orchard Marketing Associates
Zoe's design flair and ability to consistently transfer a brand identity into the online environment is impressive and as a marketer highly valued and respected.
The process of working with Zoe at...
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Interview
WWDC:
Describe your company in 5 words.
Rude Goose:
”personal, creative, compulsion for detail”
WWDC:
Where do you see your company in 10 years time?
Rude Goose:
”Still personal, creative and with a compulsion for detail. Still striving to master whichever technology provides the best user experience at the time. Perhaps on a bigger scale, perhaps not. It depends on technological developments in the industry.”
What We Do?
Technologies Used:
CSS, (X)HTML, JavaScript, mySQL, PHP, Flash,
CMS Used:
Open Source, Own Brand
Custom systems may be built from the ground up for sites with very specific requirements or for whom the full functionality of an off-the-peg solution would be surplus to requirements.
Full functionality may also be provided using Joomla.
Company Overview
Languages Spoken:
English
No. of Employees: 1-5
Established: 2005
Joined WWDC: 9 March 2007
We Recommend
Hosting company:
1 and 1
Oceanland Logistics
Website for shipping and transport logistics and management company
Languages: English
Project type: Basic (Static)
Organisation category: Private Company
Industry: Other
Content managed (CMS): No
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 1
Technologies used: CSS,
Completion date: April 2009
Orchard Marketing Associates
- Development
Website with content management system for Guildford marketing consultancy
Languages: English
Project type: Content Managed
Organisation category: SME
Industry: Professional Services
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: Joomla
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 1
Technologies used: CSS, mySQL, PHP,
Completion date: March 2009
Jane Kaufmann Associates
- Hosting
Website for a fundraising consultancy
Languages: English
Project type: Basic (Static)
Organisation category: SME
Industry: Not for profit / Charity
Content managed (CMS): No
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 1
Technologies used: CSS,
Completion date: January 2009
British Society of Cardiovascular Imaging
- Development
Website to promote the BSCI as an organisation, and also to act as a community hub for members. Includes a forum.
Languages: N/A
Project type: Content Managed
Organisation category: Non-profit Organisation
Industry: Other
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 2
Technologies used: CSS, mySQL, PHP,
Completion date: October 2008
GMFitness
- Branding
- Development
Website with payment system for a company who specialise in rowing machine hire.
Languages: N/A
Project type: Basic (Static)
Organisation category: SME
Industry: Sports & Leisure
Content managed (CMS): No
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 1
Technologies used: CSS, mySQL, PHP,
Completion date: September 2008
Cedar Landscapes
- Development
Brochure website for a landscape gardener
Languages: N/A
Project type: Basic (Static)
Organisation category: SME
Industry: Other
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 1
Technologies used: CSS, mySQL, PHP,
Completion date: August 2008
Caroline Jayne Church
- Branding
- Hosting
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Development
Portfolio site for popular children's illustrator and author
Languages: N/A
Project type: Basic (Static)
Organisation category:
Industry: Other
Content managed (CMS): No
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 1
Technologies used: CSS, Flash, JavaScript,
Completion date: May 2008
Becky and Lolo
- Branding
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Development
Ecommerce site for a company who sell exclusive children's gifts and accessories that are not available anywhere else in the UK.
Languages: N/A
Project type: E-commerce
Organisation category: SME
Industry: Retail
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 2
Technologies used: CSS, mySQL, PHP,
Completion date: November 2007
Concept Financial Planning
- Branding
- Hosting
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Development
Financial Services Advisors, specialising in mortgages, personal and corporate financial planning.
Languages: N/A
Project type: Basic (Static)
Organisation category:
Industry: Financial & Legal
Content managed (CMS): No
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 1
Technologies used: CSS, (X)HTML
Completion date: July 2007
Biomedex
- Branding
- Hosting
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Development
Biomedex offer complete management services for medical and scientific conferences and exhibitions. For the second consecutive year, Rude Goose designed the website for the annual Scotland Against Cancer Conference, managed by Biomedex for Cancer Research UK.
Languages: N/A
Project type: Basic (Static)
Organisation category:
Industry: Professional Services
Content managed (CMS): No
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 1
Technologies used: CSS, (X)HTML
Completion date: July 2007
Marianne Anderson
- Branding
- Hosting
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Development
Marianne is a talented jewellery designer whose work is exhibited and sold all over the world. This brochure website allows her to display all of her current work as well as details of exhibitions and stockists.
Languages: N/A
Project type: Content Managed
Organisation category:
Industry: Consumer Services
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 1
Technologies used: CSS, (X)HTML, mySQL, PHP,
Completion date: March 2007
Boxwood
- Branding
- Hosting
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Development
Online gifts and home-ware shop.
Languages: N/A
Project type: E-commerce
Organisation category:
Industry: Retail
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 1
Technologies used: CSS, (X)HTML, JavaScript, mySQL, PHP
Completion date: October 2006
Reviews
Zoe's design flair and ability to consistently transfer a brand identity into the online environment is impressive and as a marketer highly valued and respected.
The process of working with Zoe at Rude Goose was smooth and very efficient. Feedback was always taken onboard and evaluated before the next round of design. No request was too much trouble.
The new website has proved highly effective for us - we've had a significant increase in web visitors, longer dwell time on the site with an 80+% increase in both the number of pages visited and the time spent on each page. The site has now started to generate more effective leads for the business. We're delighted with it!
by Uta Boeger-Brown at BioMedEx (conference and exhibition management services)
www.scotlandagainstcancer.org.uk
I can highly recommend Rude Goose. Zoe Tucker and I have been working together for years including several website projects (see also hhtp://www.walescancerconference.org.uk, hhtp://www.bsci.org.uk) as well as design of conference announcements and abstracts books. The work is always delivered on time and in budget. I like the crisp, clean designs developped by Rude Goose.
The relationship we have with Zoe is excellent. She is extremely professional and accomodating and no matter what we ask for she delivers with fantastic results and always with such a speedy response.
She takes the time to understand exactly what it is we want to achieve and is extremely patient as we often have no idea what we are talking about. We just describe the kind of things we are looking for and she goes away and always comes back with amazing ideas for us.
We are working extemely hard on promoting our brand and the company website and without Zoe's help we would not be able to achieve this.
We would recommend her to everyone, she is absolutely brilliant.
Rude Goose handled my difficult brief very well. As an illustrator and designer I'm very visually aware....... I wanted someone else's input and was open to new ideas. The brief was to get across that my work is traditional in execution (not digital).
I feel the final result has shown my work in a friendly, appealing way which is exactly what I wanted.
by Marianne Anderson at Marianne Anderson - Designer Jeweller Goldsmith
www.marianneanderson.co.uk
I found Rude Goose a great company to work with. They interpreted my brief to the letter without any loss of creativity or flair, presenting aesthetic and technical solutions that I hadn't considered. Communication from them was regular and concise. They were approachable and accommodating and I would thoroughly recommend their services.
With the internet becoming the most popular media form it is vital to have a profession website that reflects your company image. I found Rude Goose EXCELLENT in every way, customer service, the development of ideas and most important of all value for money. Nothing was to much trouble even when I have high expectations, these were always matched. I would have no hesitation to recommend their services – BRILLANT.
Can I just say ‘Thank You’ AGAIN !
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WWDC:
Describe your company in 5 words.
Rude Goose:
”personal, creative, compulsion for detail”
WWDC:
Describe your office environment.
Rude Goose:
”Open fire, 2 Spaniels and a lovely Mac.”
WWDC:
Where do you see your company in 10 years time?
Rude Goose:
”Still personal, creative and with a compulsion for detail. Still striving to master whichever technology provides the best user experience at the time. Perhaps on a bigger scale, perhaps not. It depends on technological developments in the industry.”
WWDC:
What computers do you have use in your offices, PCs or Macs?
Rude Goose:
”Mac”
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