Castleton is pleased to announce the selection of FastSpot, an award-winning website design agency based in Baltimore, Maryland as its partner for its upcoming website redesign project.
“FastSpot began to stand out among the others who responded to our Request for Proposals right from the start,” Director of Digital Media, Katye Munger explained. “From their RFP response, to their on-campus presentation, they showed an amazing depth of design and creativity knowledge, as well as a true passion for working with higher-education. Their awards and portfolio speak for themselves, but what really brought us together is their desire to help us present Castleton’s story in the best way possible, to all of our audiences.
While the project is now entering the public phase, a website redesign team has been working behind the scenes soliciting and vetting potential vendors since the fall. After an extensive search, nine firms were sent an RFP, with five proposals coming in prior to the deadline. After another round of research and reference calls, three firms were invited to give hour-long presentations to an extended group which included the college cabinet and other strategic employees who will be involved in various stages of the development and implementation.
"Fastspot is excited to be partnering with Castleton College on their website redesign and BigTree Content Management System integration,” said Tracey Halvorsen, President and Chief Visionary Officer of FastSpot. “Castleton is the perfect client for our team to work with; they are engaged, enthusiastic, and have a great college that needs a way to better present itself online. With today's prospective student (and their parents) facing an ever challenging array of choices and options, a college's website is a critical communications device. It is also an extension of the university's persona and community, where the internal content management strategies are integral to the long term vitality of the site."
FastSpot will be on campus in June to begin conducting research and the process will continue from that point, with an anticipated completion date of March, 2014.