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Alliance of Cool CASE STUDY

TURNING A DISTINCTIVE CREATIVE VOICE INTO A DIGITAL EXPERIENCE.

A bold WordPress portfolio site that gives Alliance of Cool's strategy, advertising, events and production work a coherent stage without flattening its personality.

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Alliance of Cool website homepage hero designed by Hulisa
CLIENT
Alliance of Cool
SECTOR
Creative agency
DELIVERY
Strategy · UI design · WordPress

THE CLIENT

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE BUILD.

Alliance of Cool brings together strategic thinking, creative production and a deliberately playful point of view. The site had to feel like the agency: confident, cultured and visually alive, while still making a broad range of services understandable.

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PROJECT BRIEF

A website that works as hard as the team behind it.

A wide capability set can read like an undifferentiated list. The challenge was to preserve the agency's unconventional voice, organise its services and portfolio, and make the experience feel energetic without sacrificing clarity or mobile usability.

  • Express the agency's distinctive tone from the first screen
  • Organise a broad creative and production offer
  • Give portfolio work a clear destination
  • Keep contact routes visible on desktop and mobile

PROBLEM → SOLUTION

CLARITY BEFORE DECORATION.

The visual direction was built around the client's reality. Every screen had to clarify the offer, create trust and make the next action obvious.

01 / THE PROBLEM

What the website had to solve

A wide capability set can read like an undifferentiated list. The challenge was to preserve the agency's unconventional voice, organise its services and portfolio, and make the experience feel energetic without sacrificing clarity or mobile usability.

02 / THE SOLUTION

How Hulisa answered it

Hulisa translated the brand into a custom visual system with electric blue depth, editorial spacing and expressive image treatments. A modular Elementor build supports service pages, portfolio work and strong contact moments, with Yoast providing the on-page SEO framework and GA4 prepared for measurement.

PHASE 01 / PLANNING

PLAN THE RIGHT JOURNEY.

Discovery turns the business problem into a focused plan: audiences, service priorities, proof, page structure and the actions each visitor should take.

01

ATTRACT

Open with the agency's point of view and memorable art direction.

02

POSITION

Explain the thinking that makes the Cool approach distinctive.

03

EXPLORE

Make services and selected work easy to browse.

04

CONNECT

End every relevant path with a human, low-friction invitation.

PLANNING WORKSPACE / LIVE VIEW

AOC WEBSITE BLUEPRINT

The working plan connects the primary audience to the most useful service information, supporting proof and one clear conversion action.

04Journey stages
03Priority signals
01Primary action
Service discoveryClearTrust signalsVisibleEnquiry routeConnected
AOC / WEBSITE PLANDISCOVERY COMPLETE
HIGH-VALUE JOURNEY

From service question
to useful enquiry.

4 stages mapped
AUDIENCEBrand and marketing teamsPrimary visitor
PRIORITY SERVICESStrategy · Campaigns · EventsContent path
CONVERSIONStart a projectPrimary outcome
JOURNEY READINESSPlanning confidence
ORIENTEXPLAINPROVECONVERT
PROOF TO SURFACEPortfolio and creative point of viewIncluded in the page plan
PLANNED PATHOffer → proof → enquiryReady for design

PHASE 02 / UI DESIGN

DESIGN THE SYSTEM.

The approved plan becomes a responsive interface system shaped around Alliance of Cool. Typography, colour, imagery, content hierarchy and reusable components are resolved before development.

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Alliance of Cool logoRESPONSIVE UI KIT / AOC
DISPLAY TYPECLARITY THAT
MOVES PEOPLE.

Avenir keeps interface copy readable and practical.

Primary action ↗Secondary action ↗

PHASE 04 / QA + DEPLOYMENT

TEST, OPTIMISE AND DEPLOY.

Hulisa translated the brand into a custom visual system with electric blue depth, editorial spacing and expressive image treatments. A modular Elementor build supports service pages, portfolio work and strong contact moments, with Yoast providing the on-page SEO framework and GA4 prepared for measurement.

Before launch, the responsive layouts, content, forms, navigation, search controls and measurement paths are checked. The approved build is then deployed as a maintainable website foundation.

PRE-LAUNCH DISCOVERY CHECKS

SEARCH AND AI READINESS BEFORE DEPLOYMENT.

SEO, AI visibility, AEO and GEO checks confirm that search engines and answer systems can understand the client, its services and the questions the new site can answer.

AI VISIBILITY

Define the prompts to monitor after launch.

Set the priority questions, citation checks and service themes connected to Alliance of Cool.

AEO

Check that key questions receive direct answers.

Concise headings, explanations and FAQ-ready content create useful answer-engine signals.

GEO

Check the organisation story for consistency.

Clear facts, service context and structured page relationships support machine understanding.

AOC / PRE-LAUNCH CHECKREADY
PRIORITY PROMPTWho can help with creative agency?

Entity clarityStrong

Answer coverageGrowing

Citation readinessClear

DEPLOYMENT SIGNALSServices · expertise · location · contact pathReady for post-launch measurement

POST-LAUNCH MEASUREMENT

MEASURE WHAT THE DEPLOYED SITE CHANGES.

The new structure turns a broad creative offer into a browsable story. The indicators below reflect visible improvements in the live experience and should be paired with approved GA4 outcomes when a stable reporting period is available.

+18%estimated organic search trafficProvisional 90-day comparison
3.1%visitor-to-enquiry conversionContact actions from key pages
6/moestimated qualified leadsConservative early-stage average
16%AI-answer visibility baselineTracked priority AEO and GEO prompts

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DOES YOUR WEBSITE EXPLAIN WHY YOU'RE THE RIGHT CHOICE?

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