The headline act
Chapter 13
A welcoming online home for an independent bookshop and tearoom, helping visitors discover the shop and plan their next visit.
- Website design
- Responsive development
Hollywood Jack
Web design in Sunderland and the North East
Showstopping websites for small businesses—professionally built without blockbuster agency prices.
One creative partner from the opening idea through to launch and beyond.
A distinctive visual direction shaped around your business, customers and goals.
A polished website built to perform beautifully across phones, tablets and desktops.
Testing, launch support and straightforward guidance after your website goes live.
Hollywood Jack is an independent web design service based in Sunderland and working across the North East. You work directly with the person designing and building your website—from our first conversation through to launch.
Good web design should feel collaborative, not intimidating. Every choice is explained in plain English, with thoughtful design and practical support to help your business look its best online.
If someone searches for a service like yours in Sunderland, your website needs to make the next step obvious. Hollywood Jack creates clear, fast and mobile-friendly websites for sole traders, start-ups and small organisations across Wearside and the North East.
Every project starts with the practical questions: who needs to find you, what should they understand quickly, and what action should they take next? From there, the design, copy structure and contact flow are built around real customer decisions rather than decoration for its own sake.
Talk about a Sunderland websiteClient work, community projects and honest concept builds—each designed to show what a small business website can do.
The headline act
A welcoming online home for an independent bookshop and tearoom, helping visitors discover the shop and plan their next visit.
In the spotlight
A Spotlight package website for a care provider relocating to the North East, created to build confidence and help prospective clients understand its services.
View the New Vision website (opens in a new tab)The ensemble piece
A practical community hub designed to connect local creatives and support collaborative projects.
View Reel Creatives (opens in a new tab)The screen test
A practical trades concept with recent work, before-and-after proof, review badges and a quote form.
View Tim’s Home ImprovementsThe screen test
A vibrant craft burger concept with menu filters, opening times, reviews and catering enquiries.
View The Crafty CowA night out
An independent leisure venue website concept bringing bowling, parties, food and visitor information together with a cinematic first impression.
View Sunderland Bowl conceptThe screen test
A playful salon concept with service booking, a loyalty passport and a polished mobile-friendly flow.
View British HairwaysA straightforward production process, with clear communication at every scene.
We discuss your Sunderland business, your customers and what the website needs to achieve.
We agree the content structure, visual direction and practical requirements before the build begins.
Your website is designed, developed and reviewed, with opportunities for focused feedback.
After final testing and approval, your website launches with post-production support close at hand.
Clear deliverables, personal service and no surprise plot twists.
The Spotlight
For sole traders and new businesses
Standard price £495
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£495
A focused one-page website with a professional presence.
The Premiere
For established small businesses
Standard price £895
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£895
More room to explain your business and turn visitors into enquiries.
50% deposit secures your production slot, with the balance due before launch.
Package prices assume supplied, launch-ready text and images. Additional pages, copywriting and advanced features are quoted separately.
Domain registration and hosting renewals are explained and agreed before work begins.
Practical answers about commissioning a website from Hollywood Jack.
A Spotlight website will typically take two to three weeks, while a Premiere website usually takes four to six. Timing depends on the project scope, how quickly content is supplied and the feedback schedule agreed at the start.
The package prices assume that you supply final text and suitable images. I will help organise them into a clear page structure; copywriting, photography or additional content work can be quoted separately.
Yes. Once the final balance is paid, the website files created for your project are yours. Any third-party services, fonts, images or software remain subject to their own licences and terms.
Ongoing domain and hosting costs are separate unless your written quotation says otherwise. Suitable options and renewal costs are explained before work begins, so there are no surprise charges.
Yes. Every package includes a defined post-launch support period. Further changes and ongoing website care can then be quoted as one-off work or arranged as regular support.
Sunderland is home base and the main local service area, making face-to-face conversations easy when useful. Hollywood Jack can also work remotely with organisations elsewhere in the North East and throughout the UK.
Tell me a little about your project. I’ll review the brief and reply personally—no sales script and no agency runaround.