James Web Development | Design for the Arts

James Web Development specializes in designing sophisticated websites for individuals and organizations in the arts, entertainment, and hospitality industries. Present clients include actors, dancers, singers, models, visual artists and designers, theatrical companies and restaurants. Our goal is to help you and your company get the attention of the people who matter: casting directors, agents, promoters, producers, reviewers and customers. We have deep experience in the arts and entertainment industry and we know what you need to succeed. Don't believe us? Just ask our founder!

Creating visually stunning, functional, creative sites fully expressive of our clients' needs and goals, while offering affordable pricing packages to meet the very specific needs of the entertainment community, has always been our primary mission. Our sites are simple to navigate for professionals in a time crunch.

We also provide many other services, including updating your site, banner ads, blogging, message boards, MySpace templates and much more!

Please contact us at the information below.

For a free estimate:
Fill out our online estimate form or print the form to mail.

For mailings, payments and invoices:
James Web Development
3064 37th Street
New York, NY 11103

Phone:
347.624.3911

Email:
info@jameswebdevelopment.com

Website:
www.jameswebdevelopment.com

Barry James | Founder of James Web Development Barry James is an actor/composer/web designer living in New York City with a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music. He has been seen in the Broadway National Tour of Saturday Night Fever (Monty) and the Japanese concert tour of A Little Mermaid (The Chef) with the Tokyo Philharmonic. Regionally, he has been seen at the Barksdale Theatre in The Full Monty (Ethan) and They're Playing Our Song, at the Prince Music Theater in Gemini (Francis Geminiani), at Grandstreet Theatre in Beauty and the Beast (the Beast) and Big: The Musical (Josh Baskin), with Musicals Tonight! in Face the Music and with Hot Summer Nights in A Chorus Line (Al) and All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. Other credits include Dracula: The Game of Love, Candide, Saturday Night, Grand Hotel, My One and Only, Man of La Mancha and The Secret Garden. He has also made many appearances with the Cincinnati Pops and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

As a web designer, he has designed many sites for artists of all sorts, including Brandon Cutrell (2-time MAC Award winning cabaret and theatre artist in New York City), Julie Reyburn (MAC Award winning cabaret and theatre artist), the Play Group Theatre (youth theatre for children and young adults in White Plains, NY), Sara Barron (soon to be published by Random House for her comic essays) and Cameron Anderson (set designer for Off-Broadway, regional and opera).

All of the articles below are meant to help someone looking to start their own website gain more understanding on choosing a designer, the design process and maintaining your site. We hope these articles will help you in your decision making process.

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David Coolidge

"Barry has been a joy to work with and my site is just as I imagined it. Barry was so helpful in designing the site to suit my personal tastes and his work is always efficient and on time. I would recommend his services to all my friends and co-workers. He takes personal care and interest in every site he creates!"
Robyne Parrish - Artistic Director, Sonnet Repertory Theatre, www.sonnetrepertorytheatre.org
"Barry is one of the most patient and communicative web designers I've worked with. He was able to blend my creative vision with a sense of user-friendly and business-minded design, the outcome being just the right representation of my work. It is a pleasure to know that my work is in good hands and that my questions (even the seemingly simple ones) are all addressed immediately and with great detail. I highly recommend Barry's services, and look forward to working with him again!"
Dre Mazzenga - That Girl Dre.com, www.thatgirldre.com
"Barry is not only great at translating your imagination to a computer screen but he is also a pleasure to exchange ideas with. He is patient and he truly listens so that he can create a page that is uniquely you."
Suzanne Fiore, www.expressyourhealth.net
"Barry is very patient! 'How about a slightly different shade of blue?' He could have gone crazy — but NO — he followed through to that 'now I am perfectly satisfied' place. Thanks, Barry."
Arita Trahan, www.personalcommunicationcoach.com
"Barry did a wonderful job creating my site. As a designer it is very important to me that the site reflects my aesthetic — and he did a superb job helping me translate my ideas into the virtual world. I fully recommend his work!"
Cameron Anderson, www.cameronanderson.net
"James Web Development has been one of the most reliable and knowledgeable web companies I have ever worked with."
Cameron Washington - Filmmaker/Russian Hill Films
"Working with you was truly delightful. Your professionalism was top rate and your work on my website was everything I could've hoped for. Thank you, Barry."
Jon Shipley - Big Apple Singing Telegrams