Maine Web Design Agency Wins 12th National Design Award

Portland, Maine – November 27, 2021 GCMD : Granular Creative Marketing & Design announced that it’s been awarded two national design awards for brand identity and web design for Maine-based non-profit, Kids First Center.  

The 58^th American Graphic Design Awards is the flagship competition for Graphic Design UA This  in New York and honors creative professional for design excellence across all media. With over 10,000 entries in the 2021 competition, a highly select 10% were chosen as winners. 

This year's winners include national brands, such as AARP, Amazon, Apple, Bank of America, Biovanta, B&G Foods, Black & Decker, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Citibank, Clorox, Craftsman, DIA Art Foundation, Equifax, Family Dollar, Liberty Mutual, Lysol, Mars, Munchkin, Nalgene, PEPSICO, Petcare, Pinterest, Rainforest Alliance, RISD, Ricola, Ruthie Davis, Smithsonian Institution, SONIC Drive-Ins, Stanford University, Sundance Film Festival, ULINE, University of Massachusetts, The Actors Fund, US GPO Creative Services, Warner Media, Wolters Kluwer, and WWE.

“We’re thrilled to be recognized once again for web design and branding excellence by Graphic Design USA wining nine awards in five years for a total of twelve awards,” states Founder, Alexandra Heseltine.

The Client: Kids First Center

Opening its doors over 20 years ago, Kids First Centers was started by a consortium of social workers and family law attorneys who recognized the negative impact of separate and divorce on children and strived to lessen the long-term effects. 

Kids First Center currently provides co-parenting classes for parents and groups for kids going through the separation and divorce process. The classes are design to enhance co-parent skills for parents and to minimize the impact of separation or divorce on children of all ages.

In 2020, they offered 73 programs to 2055 parents which impacted the lives of 3905 children. The rebrand and website rebuild reflects the shift to a virtual class format to provide increased co-parenting educational opportunities to Maine parents.

“We’re thrilled with the new logo design and website and have received a lot of positive feedback from the attorneys and professionals who facilitate our classes,” states Executive Director, Timothy Robbins. “The new brand and website enables us to position our organization for the future.”

Along with upgrading their branding and web presence, GCMD also worked with Kids First Center to streamline internal and external communications and processes using AcceleratorPro, an integrated marketing platform.

All meetings were held virtually which enabled stakeholders to work collaboratively and effectively to develop the designs, share ideas and develop workflows for streamlined communication.

“We’ve been working with remote teams for over 8 years,” noted Heseltine, “so the “digital shift” many web design agencies experienced during the pandemic didn’t impact us. As events unfolded in 2020, we were already pre-positioned to work remotely and didn’t miss a beat in servicing our clients.”

GCMD : Granular Creative Marketing & Design is a boutique web design, branding and marketing agency that works primarily with B2B service companies, medical practices and select non-profits both in Maine and other areas of the U.S. Over the past twelve years, GCMD transformed from a freelance service to a multi-team agency building robust and complex websites, creating branding strategies and developing traditional and digital marketing that connects with customers.

To learn more about GCMD : Granular Creative Marketing & Design, see their website at www.GCMD.Agency or contact them via email at Design@gcmd.agency.