Hi, thanks for taking the time to visit my site. I'm a freelance web and print designer with a wide range of experience. I have worked on both client and agency-side, in the graphic apparel industry, traditional design agency, and higher education, just to name a few.

My services including website design and development, XHTML/CSS coding, Wordpress, user interface design, information architecture, website evaluation, project management, logo and corporate identity design, print collateral design and more.

If it's your first website, a redesign, or website evaluation, I can help.

Get in touch: sandra@sandramars.com

Websites

  • John Jay Prep

  • EmmeNation

  • Access Your Ability

  • University Eye Specialists

  • Peter Mars

  • WyzAnt Tutoring

  • Orchid Network LLC

  • Kim Knight Represents

  • CorCreative

  • Mars Gallery

  • John Stango

  • Creative Properties

  • Kim Knight Productions

  • American Epilepsy Outreach Foundation

  • Pathways Center

  • Department of Sociology, University of Chicago

  • Department of Physics, University of Chicago

  • Experience Chicago, University of Chicago

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Testimonials

From the very start of the process, Sandra was extremely easy to work with – she immediately understood our needs and the direction we wanted to go in. She was able to marry differing viewpoints from multiple parties to create a unique, effective and easy to use website that has gotten rave reviews from the moment it was launched. Thanks to Sandra, our website is an effective marketing tool which has helped us successfully launch and grow our new business.

Amy Friedlander & Deb Bernstein,
John Jay College Prep

Sandra ever so gently lead me toward my next big step in my career through the beautiful and thoughtful creation of EmmeNation.com. She managed my conflicting direction easily (like a pro) and filtered the old and certainly brought out the newness I felt inside with such patience, style and grace. I am proud to say I hold Sandra and her work in high esteem. Now that my site is up and running, I'm enjoy the vibrancy Sandra brought out of our discussions and months of incredibly detailed and prompt work. I highly recommend Sandra to help mold what the heart of your next project demands, I assure you, you will be more than happy you did.

Emme,
EmmeNation.com

From the minute I saw Sandra's website displaying her work, I knew I needed her to design and develop my company website. I asked for professional, clean, straightforward, and a bit edgy. And, that's exactly what I got!

– Denise Wypiszenski,
President
Orchid Network LLC

Starting from scratch and not having gone through a process like this before we were unsure of what to expect. Through Sandra's creativity and knowledge those fears were quickly dispelled as she conveyed our abstract thoughts and ideas into a clear concise professional logo. We couldn't be happier with the finished results.

– Jeffrey M. Sher,
President
SureFire Protection, Inc.

It was a pleasure working with Sandra. I really appreciated her professionalism and patience. Sandra really helped company to focus on what we really wanted/needed from our website. Most importantly the look and feel of the website was exactly what we wanted. We are getting some great hits on our website!

– Sean Conyngham,
President
Access Your Ability

This was our second website project and we were in dire need of an update. Sandra stood out from all the web designers we interviewed because of the breadth of her experience, distinctive creativity, and confidence in her craft. She was patient in answering our questions and generous with her time. She designed sleek and easy navigation that shows off the content in our site. Her turn-around time is lightening fast which made us even more excited about our project. Ours is a medical site that required easy-to-navigate sections with clearly presented technical and educational content. Sandra's result: an attractive, informative and friendly website design.

– Dr. Lisa Rosenberg,
University Eye Specialists

Having consulted numerous website design firms, we felt that Sandra's work was by far the most impressive. Thanks to her overall knowledge, organizational skills and ability to translate abstract ideas into a finished product, the entire process was made comfortable and enjoyable! We absolutely LOVE our new website, and love working with Sandra! The combination of Sandra's creativity, timeliness, approachability and overall project management skills makes her and her work superior to all others. We highly recommend Sandra's service, and look forward to continuing our business relationship. Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you!

– John and Mimi Stango

We wanted to create a site that encompassed the fun and great progress had by our young clients. Sandra's work did much more than that; the re-design improved the flow of the navigation and the new look and feel leaves visitors with a greater understanding of the benefits of pediatric therapy at Pathways Center. We've had nothing but complements from other staff members and our clients too!

– Stacey Dickert,
Director of Digital Communication
Pathways Foundation

Sandra did an outstanding job designing and producing the Creative Properties website. Starting from scratch, she helped us envision the end product by organizing our information and giving us a clear plan to get from concept to launch. Ultimately, Sandra built an intuitive, attractive and user-friendly site that captures the essence of our brand promise, and she delivered it within the allotted time frame and budget.

– Steven Scebelo,
SVP Business Development
Creative Properties

Graphically savvy, detail-oriented beyond measure, and a coding wizard...working with Sandra is truly a pleasure! She goes above and beyond to deliver awesome web sites that look and function beautifully.

– Norie Knezetic,
Principal
K Creative Group, Inc.

Design wizard, Sandra, nailed by website to a "T". From designing and creating the perfect logo which is spot on with my personality to choosing the color to go along with the logo then to designing and creating a clean, navigation easy breezy website. Detail oriented and ultra organized Sandra listened to all of my thoughts and requests and in no time gave me more than I ever expected. I receive so many compliments on the look and ease of my site, so THANK YOU Sandra!

– Kim Knight,
President
Kim Knight Productions

Sandra Mars designed my web site and logo with results that far exceeded my expectations. Ms. Mars did a thorough job of asking the right questions in order to ascertain what my needs where. The process of getting my ideas from conception through to a finished design and finally a working website was seamless. Ms. Mars performed all of her work on time and never left me out of the loop through the process. I would recommend Sandra Mars to anyone who needs design work.

– Steve Nodine,
Nodine Consulting

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