I create digital experiences and brand identities that are powerful and beautiful. My love and passion for design makes the difference for my clients - I might be a one-man shop, but it is my humble belief that it is far better to be small and agile than large and clumsy. But at the end of the day, the greatest value I bring to the table is the fact that I understand creativity is only as valuable as the strategy it is built upon.
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My name is Chris Depa and I'm an Interactive Art Director from Chicago. Over the past 11 years I've experienced work life within a catalog and branding firm, an internet marketing agency, a wickedly bitter Chicago liqueur company and through various freelance clients. I've been really fortunate to have worked with great companies like National Geographic, The Field Museum, Lou Malnati's, Jeppson's Malort and The Republic of Tea, amongst others.
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Benjamin Goldenhersh
Jan 16, 2022
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Tara Majeed
Nov 03, 2021
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Kathryn Gerken
Aug 18, 2021
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Jennifer Petterson
Jun 16, 2021
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Pathlights has had an excellent experience working with Chris Depa on SEO following a rebrand with a new organization name and look. Chris was easy to work with, quick, and thorough setting up redirects from our previous website, helping increase our local SEO score with directory listings, fixing inconsistencies etc. We plan to add more SEO to our budget for next fiscal and look forward to working with Chris on additional ways to gain visibility for our nonprofit in the Southwest suburbs of Cook County.
Alison Cagle
Jan 25, 2021
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Our team worked with Chris to re-build our website. Chris was able to take our vision and bring it to life with minimal direction. He offered suggestions and recommendations along the way; we were able to tap into his expertise to build a better end product. When we finally launched the new site, Chris stayed with the team and provided ample training and support to help us along the way. He even went the extra step to provide recorded training videos since we were novice users. Chris has always been super responsive during the build and even post website launch.
Stephanie Rasmussen
Sep 09, 2020
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If you are looking for someone to develop your brand and website - look no further Chris is your guy. When searching this out for my company, many of the companies and people I talked to didn't seem to care what I was needing/wanting from a website developer. But then I called Chris Depa Web Design & Branding, when we first spoke he got some basic understanding of what I was looking for and then we set up a time to discuss everything in more details. I knew Chris' company was the right fit for me after we had our initial meeting. Chris developed our website not only by listening to our vision but
Jestine Lenckus
Jun 14, 2020
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Chris has been instrumental in getting our web changes and site fixed the right way. His knowledge and expertise in site restructures, tag management and even SEO knowledge has lead our company to success. He is also able to make changes quickly on the fly when needed and also almost always hits our company deadlines. Chris is a great person to work with!
Paul Glover
Jun 07, 2020
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Chris is the consummate professional. His ideas were creative, but not crazy. He was patient and thorough as he guided us through the website development process. We especially appreciated his responsiveness and his turn around time was spot on. Without reservation, we would recommend Chris to any person or business that wants a professional looking website at a reasonable cost.
Peter Wengerski
May 06, 2020
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Lindsay Zoeller
Dec 21, 2019
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There are not enough kind words to express my gratitude for Chris, his design, and the difference he has made in the trajectory of my business. Not only do I love the site that he built me, I have gotten TONS of compliments from customers and my site traffic has increased exponentially. The design is beautiful and functional, and Chris held my hand and advised me every step of the way, saving me from myself on more than one occasion. He is great at what he does, and he just so happens to also be a wonderful human being. I recommend him and his services wholeheartedly.
Andy Sotiropoulos
Sep 13, 2019
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Greg Wixted
Jul 25, 2019
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I've worked with Chris on at least a dozen projects (maybe twice that - I've lost track) and he never fails to impress me. His talent as a designer is evident but equally impressive are his people and organizational skills. He's truly a professional businessman and artist and one of my favorite people to work with.
Jim Depa
Oct 15, 2018
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