Finovent

Finovent is a financial administration and advisory firm at Maastricht Airport, run by Roel and Monique. Studio Sijs created their branding and designed the website for desktop and mobile, then brought me in as a freelance developer to build it. It had to match the design exactly, and once handed over, Finovent had to be able to change their own texts, photos and buttons without calling a developer.

Studio Sijs handled the design and all client contact, and I did everything technical. I built the site from scratch in Next.js with Payload CMS inside the same app, so the website and its editor are one thing to host and maintain. The editing screens follow the page section by section, all in Dutch, so Roel and Monique can change any headline, photo or button.

Because they can now write their own text, the layout had to handle text I'd never seen. Big headlines shrink themselves to stay within a set number of lines. Uploaded photos are cropped and sized automatically for every screen, and the contact form saves each message and emails it to Finovent right away. I also set up the hosting and database, moved the domain and added privacy-friendly visitor statistics.

Finovent now has a live one-pager at finovent.nl, running from their promise and a free intake button to their services, team and contact form. They can edit everything on it themselves.

Both Finovent and Studio Sijs were happy with the result. I enjoyed building the whole thing myself, from the database to the last button, and because every section is its own building block, a new section or page can slot in later without a rebuild.