Our mission
To build stylish, functional websites that help businesses succeed.
The Internet is a great leveller, enabling businesses of all sizes to compete shoulder to shoulder on a level playing field.
No matter how far along the business road you are, a great website – fully optimised with the right content – can help your business compete with industry giants and succeed.
How it all started
There’s nothing like the buzz you feel when the code finally works, or the images and text are perfectly placed, and everything looks just right. Sometimes everything clicks straight away, other times it takes a tad longer, and you’re left with less hair than when you started, but the buzz is there, nonetheless.
It’s this passion for coding, the obsession to make things look just right, and the desire to structure information that led to the creation of Decimus Design in 2018.
Who we are
Paula Garrett
Owner and Founder
I’m Paula, the founder of Decimus Design. With an HND in Computing, I have many years of experience in all things Internet. I built my first website in 2001 – a complex, database-driven website for a college lecturer. Since then, I’ve created websites for a variety of industries.
My experience doesn’t stop at building websites; it encompasses WordPress, content writing, search engine optimisation (SEO), social media and email marketing.
I’ve been creating websites with WordPress since 2007. My first, an airline industry news portal, was spotted by Reuters and syndicated through the Business Channel of Reuters’ website.
Janet Lees
copy and creative strategy
Janet is a copywriter and creative strategist with more than 20 years’ experience of branding and communications. She has worked with organisations ranging from multi-nationals to NGOs and her experience spans many different industries and all media. She was lead writer and creative strategist on the Plan A campaign for M&S, helped Vodafone for Business to communicate the shift from mobile operator to total communications provider, and for many years was sole writer for British Airways’ internal communications programmes. She is a lead writer for Alzheimer’s Society and recently helped RICS to shape their global corporate narrative.