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Senior UX Strategy & Growth Operations

Build a better platform. Grow a better business.

Senior expertise. No agency overhead. Darren builds high-performance WordPress platforms. Kirsty runs your marketing engine. You get both - without paying for a team you never meet.

Trusted by

  • Fund Boards Council
  • WPS Advisory
  • The Pension Calendar
  • 20+ years senior UX & product design
  • 30-day rolling contracts on all retainers
  • Based in the UK - always available

Where do you need help?

What's your biggest bottleneck right now?

Most businesses have one of two problems. Sometimes both. We fix both - and we're built to run them simultaneously.

My platform is broken

Your site is slow, doesn't convert, is difficult to update, or you've outgrown it entirely. It's costing you business every day you leave it.

  • WordPress build
  • UX audit
  • VIP day sprint
  • Hosting & care
Explore build services

My marketing is silent

You know you should be posting, emailing your list, and ranking on Google - but client work always takes priority. Your competitors are getting the calls.

  • Local SEO
  • Growth Ops
  • Rank Map
  • Content
Explore growth services

All services

Choose a sprint or a system.

One-off projects to fix specific problems. Retainers to keep the engine running. Everything built to the same senior standard.

Build

WordPress design & development

Custom, high-performance platforms built for speed, scale, and conversions. No bloated templates.

From £1,500+ VAT

Strategy

UX & accessibility audit

A forensic review of your user experience. We find the friction points killing your conversions in 5 working days.

£749+ VAT one-off

Rapid build

Popular

The VIP day

Skip the 6-week agency wait. Your entire project built and launched in a single 8-hour sprint.

From £1,500+ VAT

Local SEO

Google Maps Dominance

Get into the Google Map Pack. Profile optimisation, citations, and weekly review management.

From £350+ VAT/month

Growth Ops

Fractional Marketing Team

Done-for-you marketing. You give us one hour a month. We turn it into consistent weekly output.

From £750+ VAT/month

Hosting & care

Managed WordPress Hosting

Secure managed hosting including £60+/month of plugin licences (Elementor, ACF, and more).

From £85+ VAT/month

Our self-serve products

New products. Fixed price. No meetings.

Self-serve digital products you can buy right now.

Rank Map

New

See exactly where you rank on Google Maps.

A 7×7 grid heatmap showing your visibility across 49 points in your service area. Branded PDF in 24 hours.

£97+ VAT one-off

Website Health Snapshot

New

Find out what's actually holding your website back.

A scored audit across performance, SEO, technical health, mobile UX, and quick wins. Just give us your URL - no access needed.

£97+ VAT one-off

Google Business Profile Audit

New

Your Google Business Profile - fixed, not just reviewed.

We audit against 100 points and make every change we can directly. Plus a PDF report, review templates, and a 4-week post calendar.

£197+ VAT one-off

Competitor Intelligence

New

Know exactly what your competitors are doing.

Manual analysis of 3 named competitors across SEO, content, ads, reviews, and online presence. Strategic action plan included.

£297/£397+ VAT one-off

No juniors. No account managers.

Just us. Every time.

When you hire Digitopia, you get Darren and Kirsty Wells - not an agency hierarchy that routes your project to the most junior available person.

Darren Wells

Design & Strategy Director

Former UX Manager at The People’s Pension. 20+ years building high-compliance, high-performance digital platforms. Builds every site personally.

Kirsty Wells

Operations & Growth Director

15+ years in digital growth. Specialises in turning inconsistent marketing into reliable monthly lead flow. Runs every campaign personally.

Years combined senior experience
20+Years combined senior experience
Senior execution on every project
100%Senior execution on every project
Rolling contracts on all retainers
30-dayRolling contracts on all retainers
Response to all enquiries
48hrResponse to all enquiries

Most agencies are great at building or marketing. We built Digitopia to do both simultaneously - so your platform and growth strategy are always working together, never in separate silos.

Darren Wells · Co-Founder

Ready to fix your digital ecosystem?

Book a free 15-minute triage call. No pitch, no hard sell - just an honest conversation about where you are and whether we're the right fit.

Free 15 minutes · No obligation · We respond within one business day

Common questions

Things people usually ask.

Why a VIP Day instead of a normal project?

Normal projects suffer from scope creep and slow feedback loops. By time-boxing work to 8 hours, we focus entirely on high-impact tasks. You get a finished result in one day, not six weeks.

Do I have to sign a long-term contract?

For Growth Ops and Local SEO retainers - no. We work on 30-day rolling terms. For audits and project work it's a one-off fee. No lock-ins.

Our company is not in financial services. Can you still help us?

Absolutely. While Darren has deep regulated-sector experience, our systems work for any service business - trades, clinics, consultants, agencies, coaches, and local businesses.

Can you run build and marketing simultaneously?

Yes - this is our strongest proposition. Darren builds your platform while Kirsty runs your marketing. You don't pause one to do the other.

Do you write content for us?

For Growth Ops, we repurpose your expertise - not invent it. You give us a video or voice note. We turn it into polished posts, emails, and articles. It sounds like you, just better.