Web Design & WordPress Development — Bourke Design — Portland, OR

Your Source For Tailor-Made Designs

As an independent web designer in Portland, Oregon, I help small businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals by fulfilling their online marketing needs. My focus is on creating clean, intuitive websites powered by WordPress.

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Owner of Bourke Design Meet Leslie Bourke

My experiences as a freelancer and design firm employee, along with my training in design, have provided me with a solid education and fueled my desire to create smart online solutions for small businesses.

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Featured Service Website Design

Need a site built from scratch, or does your current site need a redesign? I specialize in creating user-friendly, modern designs for your business and target audience.

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Latest Post Website Hosting Review

If you don’t know where to start, finding a web host can be a confusing process. Two companies I’ve used the most are SiteGround and HostGator. In this post, I compare their offerings.

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Recent Projects

Clients such as Mark Orton, Roberta Lampert, and Cynthia Bulik have kept me busy the past few months!

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Featured Services

Below are my most popular services. For additional options, check out this page.

Custom WordPress Sites

Order a new WordPress-powered site and give your business a sleek and updated online front.

Logo Design & Business Cards

To differentiate your company from the crowd, order a new logo and then display it on professional business cards.

Book Cover Design

Persuade readers to pick your book up off the shelves with an attractive book cover design.

Email Newsletter Design

Sign up for a handcrafted and stylish HTML email template to help drive people to your site.

Website Maintenance

Order a maintenance package by Bourke Design, and I’ll keep tabs on your site on an ongoing basis.

Branded Products

Partner with Bourke Design to create professional products for your business such as T-shirts, mugs, stamps, calendars, and more.

“Leslie was able to seamlessly update our logo and design a clean, simple website, which was exactly what we were looking for. She has been responsive to all of our needs and is very easy to work with.”

Diane Thornton, Director of Business Operations & Marketing at CleanFuture, Inc.
“Leslie is extraordinarily skilled, creative, intuitive, and patient. She spent a lot of time and energy making my website express what my practice is and does. Her whole attitude was comfortable, reassuring, and cooperative.”

H. Theresa Wright, Founder and Director of Renaissance Nutrition Center, Inc.
“Our members are very happy with the website, and it has immensely reduced the amount of work organizers have to do on the backend. I would highly recommend Bourke Design.”

Marita Keppel, Organizer for Northwest Rheumatism Society
“Leslie made my website upgrade a very painless process. I did a show last week and have had a number of inquiries; now I have a website I can feel good about sending them.”

Stuart Sandler, Photographer
“Leslie Bourke not only redesigned my portfolio, she reconceptualized it. She also implemented site-wide improvements so every page loaded faster than before. My website is stronger because of her exceptional work.”

Mahesh Mohan, Copywriter at Enlighten Writing
“Leslie Bourke is the world’s best web designer. She creates sophisticated corporate sites, yet managed to reach into the whimsy bag and make one for me that is — me.”

Corabel Shofner, Author
“Leslie has a unique ability to listen to what you imagine your future site to look like, to draw from features you find desirable on other sites, and to inject her own creativity into the process.”

Cynthia M. Bulik, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Eating Disorders, UNC at Chapel Hill
“My decision to use a professional designer was the best choice I could have made to market my business. I highly recommend Leslie Bourke to anyone looking to create a current and eye-catching site!”

Christina Loescher, Professional Organizer at I.D. Organizing
“Leslie is personable, creative, detail-oriented, timely, and produces excellent work. I’ve hired her for logo designs, custom business cards, and multiple websites. She’s great to work with.”

Chris Dawkins, Principal Real Estate Broker at The Dawkins Group
“Working with Leslie makes my life so much easier. I know that if I need a change or addition to my website she is only an email or phone call away. Leslie is very quick to respond to my requests.”

Becky Neuman, Executive Assistant at Zuelke & Associates
“Leslie runs a top-notch business. One of the things I appreciate the most is how clear her proposals are in terms of what we are getting, what she needs from us to accomplish it, and the exact timeline it will unfold by.”

Richard Sayers, Director of Marketing at Peak Solutions
“Leslie was hired to design our website and did an excellent job. We most appreciate her ability to take our broad concepts and apply them to a functional and attractive design.”

Mark Wilson, Insurance Broker at Insurance Partners
“Through a series of thoughtful, pertinent questions, Leslie zoned in on exactly the mission, mood, atmosphere, and aesthetic of our organization. Because of Leslie, our website conveys perfectly what we are about.”

Jeanette Grimaldi, Director at SEEL Portland
“Leslie’s team did a masterful job of totally reconstructing our website into a storefront and communication engine that we are extremely proud of. I would highly recommend Bourke Design.”

Jeremy Curtis, VP/Partner at Corporate Health Partners
“Thanks for making our vision a reality! The site looks wonderful, and we’ve had lots of excellent feedback from the ease of navigation, to it being user-friendly, to the beauty of the design. We couldn’t be more thrilled.”

Leslie Young and Mike Browne, Owners of Rustling Palms Studio