Creative Nights

Creative Nights is a design and technology consultancy that plans, designs, builds and validates websites, web applications and digital interfaces, with a particular focus on accessibility and performance. It has offices in California and the UK, and much of its work is for organisations in heavily regulated sectors.

What Creative Nights offers

• UX and product design — user research, information architecture and user interface design for web and mobile products.
• Accessibility testing — auditing and fixing sites against WCAG, Section 508, AB 434 and the European Accessibility Act.
• Web and application development — websites, web apps, mobile and business applications, plus responsive design systems in HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Project and risk management — stakeholder discovery, planning, quality and compliance management, and IT project risk control.
• Infrastructure and security — server setup and application security testing.
• UX training and coaching — advice and written reports for in-house teams.

Who it works with

Clients range from an inspection group running over 60 localised websites to start-ups. Sectors named include higher education, utilities, healthcare, telecoms, government, non-profits, e-commerce and professional associations; past clients include Deutsche Telekom and the Foundation for California Community Colleges.

Key facts

• Offices: California and the UK
• Founded: 2009
• Methods: mixed-method research, a 5D process, and critical path and critical chain planning