About

We are a distributed network of independent, web media professionals, each with our own area of expertise. I’m the guy in front and, in almost all cases, your contact. I manage your project, meaning I assemble the team necessary to get your project completed on time and within budget.

My background is graphic design and fine arts. Since I began designing websites over ten years ago, the definition of ‘design’ has changed, and now includes not only the graphical design of the website interface, but also designing content and the user’s experience moving through the website.

I am an experienced front-end developer; I enjoy creating clean, beautiful HTML and CSS, and am often called upon by others in the field to consult on some of the more thorny cross-browser CSS issues.

Background

In 1996 I began designing websites for a small base of loyal, local clients.  After a couple of years, I took a job with Xynergy, an interactive media agency in Santa Fe, which was a lot like being thrown into the swimming pool to see if I’d sink or swim.  I found out I could swim.  I went on to become their senior project manager and led my team in our transition to web standards and CSS from table-hack buildouts.  I was responsible for some of Xynergy’s largest clients, including the New Mexico Tourism Department and Shirley MacLaine – in the process learning a lot about the State of New Mexico and how to balance your pet’s chakras.

In 2005, I left Xynergy to start David Hirschi Interactive and a year later took my business with me to Marfa.  I figured if I had my own business again and a laptop, I could work anywhere for anybody.  Turns out I was right.

Our clients include visual artists, arts organizations, nonprofits, and small businesses.  I also collaborate with other media agencies and independent web professionals on a wide variety of larger projects.

David Hirschi, Creative Director