Cirquel Design & Development LLC Information

Established in 1998, Cirquel Design & Development LLC specializes in web design and development, social media consulting, strategic planning, usability evaluations, information architecture, branding and logo design, illustration. Linda C. Schenk, Founder & CEO, can work solo on projects or assemble a team of capable specialists for each project based upon the client’s needs. Cirquel was created with this idea in mind: to be able to bring together the top talent in a flexible business model. In April 2009, Cirquel launched a new division, Social Media Works to help companies use social media to grow their business and network. No matter what your location or size of your business, Cirquel Design can help your business succeed. Based in Baltimore, MD, the team works with clients across the country. Recent projects include: The Marc Steiner Show / Center for Emerging Media: www.centerforemergingmedia.org Branding, Information architecture, design and development of a community & podcast website. Site built using Drupal to promo radio show, blogs, featured articles on a variety of topics. Content entered by client, then displayed based on template styling. Special promotional images for events & features. ECommerce donations uses PayPal. Military Benefits Portal & Website Redesign and coding of HTML templates. New flash elements to educate users on the various services available. Templates design to be used for other Military branches with minimal layout changes. Updated navigational elements so user does not feel “lost” in the site. Fashion Community Website Information architecture, design and front-end development of a community website featuring user profiles, fashion photo upload with rating system, "Add a friend", user comments, weekly video webisodes. Users created a "closet" consisting of their own and favorite items from other users. Design incorporated the site sponsor's look into parts of the website.