All About Us
This is Who We Are
We’re Make Do. Our expertise lies in delivering high-quality, professional services that elevate every website we work on.
We’re A Remote Team Who Make For The Web
At Make Do, we’re a close-knit remote team that fits into our clients’ day-to-day like part of the furniture.
We’re not a flashy agency or a bunch of egos, we are a relaxed and capable group who get stuck in and get things done.
We want to be the trusted partner for hundreds of organisations and the thousands of people behind them.
Our Vision & Mission
Our work isn’t about big reveals or big talk. It’s about making websites and web platforms that are easy to use, dependable, and built for the real world.
We pick up where others have left off, adopt and repair existing sites, and step in when clients need clarity and control.
Simple Services & Projects
Our SLA and retainer models are straightforward. Our comms are clear. Our projects are honest and well thought through.
Delivered With Care
Whether it’s a simple CMS or a custom-built web application, we bring consistency, care, and good judgment to every bit of it.
A Trusted Partner
The Makedoers are a good team of people who know what they’re doing, enjoy working together, and take pride in being trusted by our clients.
2014
10+ Years of Experience
100+
Businesses Helped
30+
SLAs and Hosted Sites
6
Team Members
An Expert Team
Our small team of designers, developers, and marketers can help bring your site to life with decades of experience.
Charlie Tapster
Design, Front-End Engineer
Kimb Jones
Co-founder, Managing Director
Matt Royce
Senior Engineer
Nick Kingsland
Engineer
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What We Do at Make Do
We work remotely but operate as part of your in-house team and focus on making your website easier to manage, more dependable, and better aligned with your ongoing, ever-changing needs.
“Our top priority is to provide clients with easy access to our team of experts, offering a comprehensive range of support services for their WordPress needs.”
Kimb Jones
CEO & Co-Founder
Experienced Support
Support needs shift as your business grows. That’s why we’ve designed our Support & Growth Plans to be simple, flexible, and effective for teams of any size.
Flexible Hourly Retainers
Buy a block of hours and use them however you choose no contract, no expiry.
Monthly SLA Packages
For those needing regular updates, security checks, or constant development input, SLA plans provide guaranteed response times and priority support.
Clear, Hourly Transparent Packages
All service options run on the same simple hourly retainer model and you receive detailed logs and reports to keep things clear.
Here When You Need Us
All of our support and development packages include a flexible time allowance, which can be used for development, bug fixes, maintenance, design, consultancy, project management, training, or any other professional service offered by Make Do.
WordPress From The Start
We are a different kind of WordPress development agency. No matter whether you’re looking to fill in internal gaps or are looking for a full-service solutions, our team fits into your existing workflows so that you can focus on growing your business.
Working with Make Do
Why Work With Us?
This is your chance to work with a team that truly understands your needs and wants the best for your business. We’ve outlined some of the ways we build strong relationships and deliver exceptional results for our clients.
Our Community Events
Events have been part of Make Do since we started as an agency and we actively attend, speak and organise both general-web/digital and WordPress-focused events.
This was a little digital and web event for designers, developers and geeks set in the charming town of Barnsley.
The conference began as a small, multi-track unconference with minimal organisation, but quickly evolved into an annual event.
From the start, ticket prices were kept low to ensure accessibility, attracting delegates from across the UK eager to learn about all aspects of website development. In its early years, the event was held in the founders’ hometown of Barnsley, with Matt and Kimb organising it before the creation of the Make Do agency.
FrontEndNorth began in 2014 as a small community event in Manchester. Over time, it grew into a large, single-track conference held in Sheffield, attracting hundreds of delegates and speakers from around the world. The event found its home at Sheffield City Hall, becoming a highlight in the UK’s front-end development calendar.
In 2020, FrontEndNorth was handed over to the community, who have continued to run successful events in Sheffield ever since.
Make Do Hack Day
Years active:
2013-2014
Location:
Barnsley
A day for technology enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, geeks, hackers, coders, designers, novices and professionals to come together and create something amazing in just one day.
Our Hack Day was another event conceived before the Make Do agency was formed. It brought together hundreds of people, working in teams to design, develop and launch a product, system, or tool in the space of a single day with results that ranged from ingenious to wonderfully unexpected.
The event was open to everyone from designers and developers to those with just a great idea it quickly became one of our favourite events to host. Sadly, once the agency began, the Hack Day It was placed on the back burner and has yet to make a return.
The WordPress Sheffield meetup, originally called South Yorkshire WordPress (SYWP) and started by the team behind the GIST Lab in Sheffield, was one of the oldest regular WordPress meetups in the UK, beginning around 2008.
It ran monthly for many years, with occasional breaks and changes in location, and at times grew to attract a few hundred participants and off-shoot-events for special occasions such as the WordPress 10-year anniversary party.
The event brought together enthusiasts, business owners, designers, developers, and anyone working with or using WordPress, offering both planned discussions and informal chats.
Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meetup was paused in 2020 and has never returned, it is now closed.
The first and only WordCamp held in Sheffield took place in 2014 as an extension of our Sheffield meetup, featuring talks and presentations from industry professionals on WordPress-related topics, along with show-and-tells from designers and developers eager to share their projects.
The event included Q&As, discussions, rants, problem-solving and general chatter, plus a free lunch, a t-shirt and an unforgettable after-party.
Topics covered everything from themes, frameworks, plugins, BuddyPress, and making plugins, to developing applications, hacking, working with clients, and exploring the latest beta and release versions.
For those unfamiliar, WordCamps are informal, community-organised events put together by WordPress users, where everyone from casual users to core developers participates, shares ideas and connects.
Work With The Makdoers…
We work with a diverse range of clients, and whether you’re looking to build, scale, or improve your website, our team can help.
Or you can call us on +44 01143 60 66 60
Tell Us What You Need
Starting is simple. Drop us an email, use our contact form, or book a quick call. Tell us about your challenges and what you’d like to achieve.
Laying the Foundations
Together we’ll agree the best approach and service package agree on timescales and plans to get your project moving.
Working Together
From planning and consultation to the potential build to launch and ongoing support you’ll have direct access to our expert team with a dedicated Account Manager, Project Manager and access to our team of Engineers.
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