Really nice work. Much more warm and personal that what is currently there. I would've been much more likely to give the service a try with this design. The colors and illustrations give a personal-ness that you rarely find in the recruiting world, so it makes me go, "whoa, ok, these guys might be different".
What's there now on the website is nice and clean, but it's cold. It has a very industrial design feel to it, like it's a product promo site for something.
I agree with Alex and Liam; now that I've been to the actual site, this one is a lot more appealing and straight-forward. The current layout has too much whitespace and looks like too many other sites out there to be memorable.
It's an interesting point you make, I personally think I do prefer this (red) version to what we have there now too.
But, the goal is to appeal to developers and encourage sign-ups, so the more 'standard' look seems to be working for Pitchbox.
Interestingly that more standard look, with a large full width image at the top (normally with a hand holding a mobile device!) is a real trend at the moment, which maybe is being over done.
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Oli Lisher
Unused design for Pitchbox.
5 months ago
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Liam McKay
Shame, it looks beautiful.
5 months ago
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Oli Lisher
Thanks @Liam McKay - if only you were around to say that at the start! :)
5 months ago
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Brandon Land
Look great!
5 months ago
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Alex Sharp
Really nice work. Much more warm and personal that what is currently there. I would've been much more likely to give the service a try with this design. The colors and illustrations give a personal-ness that you rarely find in the recruiting world, so it makes me go, "whoa, ok, these guys might be different".
What's there now on the website is nice and clean, but it's cold. It has a very industrial design feel to it, like it's a product promo site for something.
5 months ago
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Oli Lisher
Thanks @Brandon Land :)
Thanks @Alex Sharp - some great points, have passed them on. :)
5 months ago
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Mandy McClausky
I agree with Alex and Liam; now that I've been to the actual site, this one is a lot more appealing and straight-forward. The current layout has too much whitespace and looks like too many other sites out there to be memorable.
4 months ago
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Oli Lisher
Thanks for the comment @Mandy McClausky :)
It's an interesting point you make, I personally think I do prefer this (red) version to what we have there now too.
But, the goal is to appeal to developers and encourage sign-ups, so the more 'standard' look seems to be working for Pitchbox.
Interestingly that more standard look, with a large full width image at the top (normally with a hand holding a mobile device!) is a real trend at the moment, which maybe is being over done.
4 months ago
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Karl Clement
Gorgeous
4 months ago