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We work closely with each client to align creative vision and technical execution, so every stage of the project reflects shared goals, open communication and a unified brand direction.
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Intuitive front-end design combined with powerful, scalable back-end architecture for seamless, high-performance user experiences.
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Concise, high-impact product marketing that connects creative storytelling with data-driven insight to drive engagement and sales.
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We use AI where it makes the work faster or better: research, content, code, data and imagery.
Creartful is a creative and technology studio in Dana Point, in Orange County, California. We design brands and packaging, and we engineer the websites, e-commerce platforms, cloud infrastructure and AI workflows behind them.
The studio’s roots are in graphic design and print. Its engineering depth comes from years inside enterprise platforms: Sitecore and SharePoint for global asset managers, Optimizely Commerce and Dynamics 365 Commerce for high-traffic retail, Shopify for direct-to-consumer brands, and data pipelines on Google Cloud and AWS.
We have worked with or for companies including PIMCO, Allianz Global Investors, Jenson USA, Vissla, Shorebreak Energy and SoftwarePlacement Group, alongside food, beverage and wellness brands that needed packaging on the shelf and a store online.
That range is the point. The same studio can draw the label, write the ASP.NET or Liquid template, tune Core Web Vitals, configure the CDN and wire an OpenAI workflow into the back office. One standard runs through all of it: finished craft on a platform that stays up.
We work with clients across Orange County and Southern California, throughout the state and across the United States.
Enterprise platforms, growing brands and a few names you will know. Linked names open the case study.
Brand and packaging
Food, beverage and wellness brands
Design, print and production
Identity systems, label families, FDA-compliant nutrition panels, cartons, pouches and dielines, finished as press-ready mechanicals in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.
- Identity
- Packaging
- Dielines
- Pre-press
Regulated finance
Allianz Global Investors and PIMCO
Global web platforms
Sitecore and SharePoint ecosystems, more than 100 web properties across North America, EMEA and APAC, hybrid hosting across data centers, private cloud and AWS, Akamai at the edge, and SEC, FINRA and GDPR requirements.
- Sitecore
- SharePoint
- Akamai
- F5
- VMware
- Jenkins
Enterprise e-commerce
Jenson USA and Vissla
High-traffic retail and direct-to-consumer
ASP.NET Core, Optimizely Commerce and Dynamics 365 Commerce behind a multi-CDN edge, Shopify theme architecture and technical SEO, Core Web Vitals, and personalization with Monetate and Bloomreach.
- Optimizely
- Shopify
- Cloudflare
- CloudFront
- Monetate
- Bloomreach
Data, cloud and AI
Shorebreak Energy and SoftwarePlacement Group
Telemetry and AI platforms
A solar telemetry pipeline on Google Cloud reading from more than 100 eGauge devices, and an AI recruiting platform on AWS built on OpenAI APIs, embeddings and MongoDB.
- Google Cloud
- AWS
- OpenAI
- MongoDB
- Cloud SQL
- Python
Twelve areas, named plainly so you can check them against your own stack. If a platform you run is not listed, ask. The patterns carry over.
Languages
The languages we write production code in.
- JavaScript (ES6+)
- TypeScript
- PHP
- C#
- ASP.NET Core
- Node.js
- Python
- SQL
- Bash
- PowerShell
Front end
Responsive, accessible interfaces built as reusable components.
- HTML5
- CSS3
- SCSS
- React
- Razor
- Liquid
- Tailwind
- Bootstrap
- Elementor
CMS and DXP
Enterprise and open-source content platforms, implemented, customized and migrated.
- Sitecore
- Optimizely CMS
- WordPress
- Drupal
- SharePoint
E-commerce
Catalog, pricing, search and checkout on platforms built for volume.
- Optimizely Commerce
- Dynamics 365 Commerce
- Shopify
- Algolia
- Bloomreach
Cloud and hosting
Hybrid and multi-cloud environments, from managed WordPress to private cloud.
- Microsoft Azure
- Amazon Web Services
- Google Cloud
- Google App Engine
- WP Engine
- Pantheon
- VMware
CDN and edge
Caching, routing and security at the edge, on one network or several.
- Cloudflare
- Amazon CloudFront
- Akamai
- Fastly
- Azure Front Door
Data and APIs
Relational and document stores, pipelines and the integrations between systems.
- SQL Server
- MySQL and Aurora
- Cloud SQL
- MongoDB
- REST and XML APIs
- Webhooks
- OpenID Connect
- ETL pipelines
- OAuth2 and SSO
AI and automation
Language models wired into real workflows, with a person reviewing the output.
- OpenAI API
- Embeddings
- Claude Code
- MCP connectors
- Resume parsing
- Content automation
SEO, AEO and performance
Technical foundations for search engines and answer engines.
- Technical SEO
- AEO
- JSON-LD schema
- hreflang
- Core Web Vitals
- Lighthouse
- GA4
Personalization and testing
Experiments and targeted content that do not slow the page.
- Monetate
- Bloomreach
- Exponea
- Listrak
- Preezie
- Google Tag Manager
- Hotjar
Security and compliance
Privacy, accessibility and identity built into the platform.
- WCAG
- GDPR
- CCPA
- OneTrust
- Azure AD and SSO
- Okta
- DMARC and SPF
Design and print
Source tools for identity, interface and press-ready packaging.
- Adobe Illustrator
- Photoshop
- InDesign
- Figma
- Dielines
- Pantone spot color
We have spent more than 25 years as creatives and technologists, across design, development and infrastructure, and we have watched the technology change at every step. That history is what lets us use AI well.
We still know the source tools, so we can do the work by hand when that is the better route. And an experienced person stays over every AI-assisted project: checking the output, reprompting or steering when it drifts, and signing off on the result.
Design and print
Brand identity, packaging and print came first. We still finish final art in the source tools, which is how an AI draft ends up press-ready.
- Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign
- Figma for interface work
- Dielines and production files built by hand
Front end and back end
From hand-coded sites to platform builds, we have written front ends and back ends through every shift in the web. An AI pair writes faster; a developer still decides what ships.
- Shopify, WordPress and Optimizely
- Custom themes, templates and web apps
- Code we can read, write and fix by hand
Hosting, cloud and data
Hosting, cloud and data sit under everything we build. Knowing that layer is what keeps a fast prototype from turning into a slow site.
- Google Cloud hosting and data pipelines
- Performance, caching and monitoring
- Store, CRM and email integrations
The newest tool
AI speeds up research, drafts, code and imagery. It sits on top of everything else here, and a person with the experience to judge the result stays in charge.
- Claude Code, Claude Projects and Shopify MCP
- AI image tools for product scenes
- A person reviews, reprompts and steers every output
Resilient, sustainable, and beautifully crafted. Our passion for the outdoors informs how we work.
We build digital ecosystems as inspiring as a mountain skyline and as reliable as bedrock.
Mountains, coastline and long trails are where we do our best thinking. From Dana Point, the Pacific is at the door and the Santa Ana Mountains are on the horizon.
We start with the brand, the audience and the constraints, so the build has a clear line to follow.
Resilient platforms, clean code and finished craft, checked by a person before it ships.
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Nobody starts a climb without a map. Every project starts with discovery and a written plan.
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Weather changes. So do markets, platforms and search. We build so you can adjust.
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Carry what the trip needs: lean pages, few scripts and no features nobody asked for.
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Clean code, documented handoffs and nothing left running that should have been removed.
Experience decides what the tools are trusted with, and when to pick up the source files instead.
We are a boutique agency with the experience of a global consultancy.
Dana Point, California • hello@creartful.com