Julian Reyes

Available for new projects — 2026

I help businesses launch websites that earn trust and drive results.

I'm Julian, a digital designer and web developer. I partner with founders and teams to design and build high-quality websites, UI/UX, and real estate platforms that are fast, responsive, and genuinely a pleasure to use.

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Harbor View Residences — a real estate website designed and built by Julian Reyes
9+
Years designing & building
60+
Websites shipped
98
Avg. performance score

Selected Work

Projects built around real goals — and real results.

A closer look at the goals, my role, and the outcomes for each engagement.

Harbor View Residences website designed and built by Julian Reyes
Real Estate2025

Harbor View Residences

A property discovery platform for a boutique real estate brand, built to turn browsers into booked viewings.

Goal
Replace a slow, listing-heavy site with a fast, search-first experience that helps buyers find the right home and reach an agent in fewer steps.
My role
Lead designer & developer — from research and wireframes through to production build.
Services
UX StrategyUI DesignResponsive BuildCMS Integration

Results

  • 38% more listing inquiries in the first quarter
  • Search-to-contact steps cut from 6 to 3
  • Lighthouse performance score of 98
Northwind Platform website designed and built by Julian Reyes
SaaS / Marketing2024

Northwind Platform

A marketing site and design system for a B2B software company entering a new market.

Goal
Communicate a complex product clearly to non-technical buyers and give the marketing team a flexible system to ship pages on their own.
My role
Product designer & front-end developer working alongside the founding team.
Services
Brand & UIDesign SystemWebflow to Next.jsCopy Support

Results

  • 2.1x increase in demo requests
  • Reusable component library adopted company-wide
  • Page build time reduced by 60%
Olive Grove Dining website designed and built by Julian Reyes
Hospitality2024

Olive Grove Dining

A warm, editorial website for a group of boutique restaurants and their reservation flow.

Goal
Capture the atmosphere of the venues online and make booking a table effortless on any device.
My role
Designer & developer — visual direction, responsive build, and reservations integration.
Services
Art DirectionUI/UX DesignResponsive BuildBooking Flow

Results

  • 45% of reservations now come through the site
  • Mobile bounce rate down 27%
  • Featured in a regional design roundup

Services

What I do, and how it helps your business.

End-to-end from first sketch to launch — or plug in wherever you need the most help.

Website Design

Considered, brand-led websites that look sharp and read clearly — designed to build trust from the first scroll.

UI/UX Design

Research-informed interfaces and user flows that reduce friction and guide people toward the action that matters.

Responsive Development

Fast, accessible front-end builds that feel effortless on every screen size, from phones to widescreen displays.

Real Estate Websites

Search-first property sites with listings, filtering, and agent contact flows built to turn visitors into leads.

Portrait of Julian Reyes at his desk

About

A designer who codes, and a developer who cares about design.

For the last nine years I've helped businesses — from first-time founders to established real estate brands — turn vague ideas into websites that actually perform. I sit in the rare middle ground between design and engineering, which means fewer handoffs, fewer compromises, and a result that looks and works the way it should.

I care about the details most people never notice but everyone feels: how fast a page loads, how a form behaves on a phone, how a layout guides your eye. My work is calm, considered, and built to earn trust — because that's what turns visitors into clients.

Design

  • UI Design
  • UX & Research
  • Design Systems
  • Prototyping
  • Art Direction

Development

  • React & Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Accessibility
  • Performance

Tools

  • Figma
  • Framer
  • Webflow
  • Headless CMS
  • Vercel

Work Process

A simple, transparent way of working together.

No jargon and no black boxes. You'll always know where the project stands and what happens next.

  1. 01

    Discover

    We start with your goals, your customers, and what is (and is not) working today. No assumptions.

  2. 02

    Design

    Wireframes and high-fidelity design in the open, with regular check-ins so nothing is a surprise.

  3. 03

    Build

    Clean, responsive, accessible code — fast to load, easy to maintain, and ready to scale.

  4. 04

    Launch & Support

    A smooth handoff, careful QA, and ongoing support so your site keeps performing after go-live.

Testimonials

Trusted by the people I've worked with.

“Julian understood our market better than agencies we had paid three times as much. The new site paid for itself within months.”
Marta Oliveira
Founder, Harbor View Realty
“Clear communication, thoughtful design, and code our team can actually maintain. Exactly what we needed.”
Daniel Cho
Head of Marketing, Northwind Software
“He captured the feeling of our restaurants online. Bookings through the site have never been higher.”
Sofia Renard
Owner, Olive Grove Hospitality

Contact

Let's build something worth trusting.

Tell me a little about your project and what you're hoping to achieve. I read every message and reply within two business days.

hello@julianreyes.studio

Lisbon, working with clients worldwide