Websites and software for professional firms.
Helmsman designs and builds for law firms, architects and consultancies: websites that make expertise clear at first glance, and project tools that keep files, drawings, tasks and clients in one place.
- Firms
- law, architecture, QA
- Work
- websites and apps
- Every project
- under NDA
Sound familiar?
What we hear most from professional firms:
- Files and drawings live across email, drives and phones, and the latest version is a guess.
- Clients call to ask where their matter or project stands.
- Proposals are rewritten from scratch every time.
- Time spent on a client is never fully recorded, so it is never fully billed.
- The website says what you do, but not why a client should trust you.
What we build
- 01
Firm websites
Expertise, clear at first glance
An authoritative structure that shows what you do, for whom, and why to trust you.
- 02
Files by project phase
Every phase, every file
Drawings and files organised by project phase, found with search and filters.
- 03
Team work
Tasks beside the work
Schedules, assignments and remote meetings in the same place as the files.
- 04
Client portals
Status without the phone call
Clients see the status of their matter or project, and its documents, themselves.
- 05
Proposals & approvals
Quote once, track to yes
Leads, proposals and approvals on one record, with the client's history.
- A corporate website for Shepherd's Knight, a legal and strategic consultancy.
- ArchiLink, a file and project management app for architects, on phone and tablet.
- A website for QAPITOL QA, a quality engineering and software testing consultancy.
What makes a professional firm's website work?
Clarity and trust on the first screen: what you do, who you do it for, and proof you have done it. Then one easy way to start a conversation.
How do architects keep drawings and files in order?
By project phase, in one place: every drawing and file filed against its phase and found with search and filters, with tasks and meetings beside them. That is how ArchiLink works.
What is a client portal?
A login where each client sees the status of their matter or project and its documents, so updates stop depending on phone calls.
Software for professional firms, answered.
Do you build websites for law firms?
Yes. Our work includes the website for Shepherd's Knight, a legal and strategic consultancy.
Can you build project software for architects?
Yes. ArchiLink, our app for architecture practices, has files by project phase, search, schedules, tasks and remote meetings.
Do you sign an NDA?
Yes, on every project.