Hello. We are emBold, a web + mobile design and development digital agency.

We build long lasting and trusting relationships with our clients to provide a service they know will improve their brand and achieve their goals.

Together with the we can offer the comprehensive marketing services of a large agency with the pricing, attention, and flexibility of a small boutique.

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emBold strives to provide top-notch development and design services combined with reliability and transparency that you can't find anywhere else. We use tested and proven design processes to increase conversions and cutting-edge development techniques that will help your brand perform at its best under any technical environment. We're a small and specialized team based in Northeast Ohio with offices in Akron and Hudson, but work with clients and other marketing firms from all over the world.

Joren Rapini

President & Creative Director

Glorious Leader & Master of Efficiency

Senior Developer & Astronaut

Given Reed

Senior Developer

Caffeine Addict

David Pfeiffer

Developer

Space Pirate

Tyler Kocheff

Developer & Dev Ops

Rogue Server Wrangler

Justin Kimble

Developer

Batman

Joren
Rapini

President & Creative Director

Senior Developer
& Astronaut

Given
Reed

Senior Developer

David
Pfeiffer

Developer

Tyler
Kocheff

Developer & Dev Ops

Justin
Kimble

Developer

When you work with emBold you also have access to the talented members of the Summit Collective. Summit Collective is a group of creative professionals who work both independently and collaboratively to offer businesses and nonprofits a wide range of services — such as SEO, graphic design, website development, photography, videography, social media, PR, and copy writing. Acting as your full-service creative agency, yet instead of maintaining a high level of resources and overhead, working on an as needed basis to fulfill the specific objectives of each particular project, thus lowering costs, increasing savings, all while providing comprehensive, quality services.

James
Kurtz

Graphic Design

Jennifer
Tabar

Marketing Strategy,
Social Media

Alex
Denver

Photography,
Videography

Bill
Myers

Augmented &
Virtual Reality

Maggie
Palmer

Copywriting & PR

Jay
Mellon

IT & Managed Services

Businesses appreciate talents.

We’ve got lots of ‘em.

We excel in Website / App Development + Web / UIX / Mobile Design. emBold works with already well-established brands or startups, and we can supplement the skills of other agencies. We’re also experts with Ecommerce and Website Hosting, and enjoy the challenge of any kind of custom project or 3rd party integration.

Some of the more technical stuff we play with:

iOS / Android / Email Marketing / Magento / WordPress / HubSpot / Woocommerce / BigCommerce / Shopify / Salesforce / Webflow | AI Integration

HTML5 / CSS3 / JavaScript / PHP / Laravel / Ruby / MySQL / Git / Tailwind / jQuery / PostCSS / Xcode / Swift / Python / Vue / Apache / Nginx / GraphQL / REST / Nuxt / Svelte / Kubernetes

And plenty more, so contact us.

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I’ve worked with a lot of web developers and Joren is by far and away the best. He is our “go-to” guy for every development project. Joren’s passion for problem solving leads to innovative solutions through new ideas and technologies; he always finds a way to make things work – you’ll never hear him say “we can’t do that.” He’ll figure it out. Many developers don’t understand aesthetics but Joren has the best grasp of artistic principles of any developer I’ve ever seen. He is quick to respond and when the ball is in emBold’s court you can trust that they are on top of the job.”

James Kurtz

Creative Director of Kurtz Graphic Design

“

As our Interactive Agency has grown, so have the technical needs of our clients. Because we are primarily a marketing agency, it was becoming a challenge to find qualified providers who deliver services on the level our clients have come to expect. emBold meets and exceeds both our internal and our clients’ expectations on every project. No other provider we’ve used in the past has the breadth of skills and understanding of digital development, programming, and design as emBold. We are happy to have found them.”

Matt Titus

Digital Marketing Director of SEOM Solutions

“

The entire emBold team are some of the most attentive, professional and helpful people that I’ve ever worked with. They helped us create interactive and user friendly websites from start to finish. We’re so happy that we chose them to overhaul all of our company websites. I’ve never worked with such an accommodating and helpful design team. They’re awesome!”

Liz Rowsey

Marketing Manager of Hedstrom

“

The City of Sheffield Lake has had the fortune of doing business with Joren Rapini of emBold since January of 2014. Joren totally re-worked our City’s website making it a wonderful tool for our residents to use. We were so very impressed with his skills that we continue to retain him for his expert webmaster services.”

Tamara L. Smith

Finance Director, City of Sheffield Lake

“

emBold has been amazing! Joren and his team are extremely talented, prompt, and efficient. I have worked with dozens of programmers and designers over the past decade and I was so happy to say I finally found the right partner, emBold!”

Rob

Owner, ZOE Strollers

“

I have had the immense pleasure of working with Joren Rapini and emBold for the past several years. His attention to detail, creativity, and ability to problem solve, consistently prove to be priceless. Joren is always accessible, responds rapidly and has been an incredible IT partner for our business.”

Gabrielle Hosea, RN

Director of Clinical Transport

“

I have been working with emBold for almost 3 years. Joren’s knowledge of website development and willingness to go above and beyond for our company has helped drive the success of our online business. He is easy to work with, organized and very professional. I would highly recommend Joren and his team at emBold!”

Ammey

Marketing Specialist at Foundations

“

EmBold Creative has become a vital resource and creative partner for Gianfagna Strategic Marketing, Inc. We’ve worked closely with the emBold team to develop several high-impact websites for our clients. They are flexible, smart, and easy to work with. We look forward to future collaborations.”

Jean Gianfagna

Owner of Gianfagna Strategic Marketing

“

As a business owner, having someone who understands the technical needs of my business is a must. Joren and his team at emBold have the technical capabilities to help my business grow, and the communication abilities to help me understand. emBold is always available and always finds solutions to any technology issues I've encountered.”

Dana Weiss

Creator of Possessionista.com

“

The team at emBold are top-notch. They have crazy good design and programming skills. They are organized, professional, and always courteous and polite. I have referred numerous clients to emBold without reservation. They simply know how to get things done. If you need a website or an app built, emBold is the team for the job!”

Matt Williams

Managing Director at Triple Canopy Media

Search Engine Optimization

Videography

Brand Identity

Print and Product Design

Photography

Amazon Management

Social Media Marketing

Copyediting

Copywriting

Pay-Per-Click Advertising

Public Relations

Augmented/Virtual Reality

Get in touch with us.

We’d love to work with you.

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526 S. Main St. Suite 701D

Akron, OH 44311

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ACBF

Allegheny County Bar Foundation, a public non-profit organization, provides educational programming, promotes public awareness of the legal and judicial systems, renders legal services to low income clients and provides financial assistance and grants to legal related organizations. They were looking to consolidate two websites into a unified destination, improving the accessibility and user experience overall.

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Ohio Precision Molding

A premier injection molding company based in Barberton, Ohio, they provide comprehensive manufacturing capabilities of high quality thermoplastic injection molded parts, with a variety of specializations. Primary goals here were to just create a professional online presence with clear info about their who, what, and why.

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Rosemary Beach, FL

Rosemary Beach, an HOA that functions more like a retail resort area, caters to a community of 500 houses ranging from $5M to $20M with large access to amenities and a beautiful beach, wanted to primarily create a new trophy website that their owners could be proud to display. All we really had to do was make sure the website looked classy and didn't get in the way of the gorgeous photos.

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Regenerative Omegas

Nature's Crop needed branding and logo design for a new line of premium plant-based Omega-3+6 dietary supplements featuring Ahiflower seed oil. Our team developed their unique look and feel, along with this ecommerce website that will expand as their product line grows.

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National Vehicle

A leading platform for buying and selling RVs and boats partnered with emBold to rebuild their website as part of a broader rebrand. We developed a fully custom front-end experience and integrated it with their internal database using a custom API, allowing real-time syncing of vehicle listings and data. This seamless connection dramatically improved site speed, user experience, and SEO performance — while giving their team full control over listing content and lead generation. The result is a modern, scalable site built to support high-volume traffic and transactions.

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LifeFone

The previous website had a number of problems, the primary of which was an outdated version of Magento ecommerce that was end of life. We rebuilt the entire website utilizing a headless version of Wordpress for a CMS and blog, and the Ruby on Rails Solidus for an ecommerce backend, with a fully customized product customization and checkout process, and heavy Salesforce integrations.

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AtNetPlus

AtNetPlus had gone through a lot of growth and change. The website needed to be a more effective place to nurture leads and communicate with the right audience. The modular approach to content management we built gave them an efficient way for their marketing team to easily spin up and A/B test new landing pages.

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BOSU

Walk into a gym and you’ll typically see these things on racks along a wall. They make for a great twist on any workout regimen, constantly challenging your balance. We teamed up with the Summit Collective and built this e-commerce store on the Magento platform. This project also involved heavy customization for fulfillment and other features, as well as a fully custom-built education / training management tool for listing and booking courses, managing attendees and certifications, and tools for their international team.

On All Cylinders

The blog of popular performance car part retailer, Summit Racing, they have an extremely active blog and engaged community, with close to 6,000 posts and 25,000 comments. We built a new site with a focus on accessibility and retaining user views, lowering bounce rate and improving SEO performance.

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The Educational Empowerment Group

The EEG is a charter school management organization serving students who need high-quality school options. They help manage operations so the schools can focus on education, creating additional pathways to success. The website and media were designed to project high energy and excitement in its telling of EEG's story and showcasing what they're doing.

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B+B Cleaners

A joint project to launch a new brand for Qualchem with their first entry into household products. B+B Cleaners has a new and environmentally safe product line for cleaning stone counters, stainless steel, and glass. Together we designed and developed a new marketing website as well as a commercial, photography, and press releases.

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Dataq

DATAQ was looking to increase the sales and help customers find the right product as quickly as possible and learn more about their systems with a new redesign. The largest challenges here were designing a product page presentation that did this well and worked with their myriad of products and services for their diverse customer base.

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nüCamp RV

High quality Amish built camper trailers, with a mixture of luxury and innovation. A real lifestyle brand that emBold has worked closely with to help build.

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Peg’s Foundation

Members of the Summit Collective helped drive the rebranding for Peg's Foundation and website design. Peg's has a huge role in helping improve mental illness in Northeast Ohio, as well as supporting local arts and education initiatives. The website allows for an easy platform to educate about the organization, their grant process, and stay very active with updated content and art galleries.

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Andover Properties

As a parent company, Andover needed help planning out their variety of brands would communicate and planning its own brand identity. Modern was key here for the visuals, along with a very easily updatable content management system for convenient creation of marketing-focused landing pages and a blog.

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Akron AAUP

Akron University's American Association of University Professors needed a new website to improvement engagement with their members and to keep them better informed of new events, organized meet ups, and news, as well as encourage more membership sign-ups.

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Buschman

If you've handled any paper products with a coating, then chances are Buschman's product touched it. emBold designed and developed a new website to help highlight their technical expertise in all things coating.

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Disston

Disston needed a redesign, as well as help resolving all of the speed and performance issues with their current website. We developed the website improving upon all of these items and in result, providing a much better user experience.

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AIAMC

emBold built the website with a custom CMS, event scheduling, booking system, forum, job board, members section and directory on Laravel for AIAMC, a national organization that works with independent academic medical centers. The platform was a huge step up in features and usability from before.

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Hedstrom Environmental

How to make plastic dumpsters fun and interesting? That was part of the goal here with this website design, as well as providing a useful tool for their sales team.

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McKinley Kids

McKinley Kids needed a new website that would match the fun, child-like style of its branding, with a central place to highlight all of their locations and services that they offer.

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Supertrapp

A well known brand in the performance parts arena especially for motorcycles. This was a custom designed and developed Magento 2 Ecommerce website that features a part picker based on their product data, and a fit guide for each part.

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Summit Metro Parks Foundation

The Summit Metro Parks Foundation is the primary connection between passionate park lovers and the Metro Parks. The newly designed website needed to both inform and inspire its visitors, recognize all those who contribute to their community, and provide a way to view larger projects that the Foundation has been worked on.

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Think Bigger Do Good

Four foundations collaborating together to put together highly informative and actionable pieces of information on the topic of improving the lives of people with mental illnesses. We created an ambitious feature-set for showing off all of the wealth of information that their publications provide. An API was created as well to dynamically feed their article content to other websites.

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Spire Leadership

Stepping into a new leadership consulting role, we helped Dan kick off his business with new branding and website design. Dan has a lot of talent and expertise to share, and the visuals needed to be dressed to impress while communicating this.

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Kapco

One of the big drivers that pushed Kapco for the need for a new website was their switch to a new ERP system, Epicor, which we fully integrated multi directional sync with for customers, orders, products, etc. This turned into an extremely robust system with lots of complex payment and shipping rules and customer group features, but they now have a massively improved user experience for their customers.

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Brakey Energy

A long time client of ours, Brakey's business model and customers had changed a bit, along with a lot of growth, that meant it was time for a facelift to better reflect their company and customer size, and restructuring of content for better marketing and communication.

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ACBA

For Allegheny County Bar Association, we managed a focus group of member attorneys from the greater Pittsburgh region and incorporated their feedback into an improved user experience, a more modern design, and some new features to help members get more out of their membership. This required a large integration with their membership system. On top of all of that, we’re also seeing a nearly 67% reduction in page load time!

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Brooklyn Photo Studios

To help save this startup some money we utilized a premade theme as a starting point for the visuals, so that they could focus the majority of their budget onto the custom functionality required to make their business run. We built a booking system that allows customers to book a room and set for photography use. The website generates door lock codes on the fly and then texts them to the customer when the booking is finished, so that they have a unique code that works during their booking, so that they can get in and out of the building and room without the need for any interaction from staff.

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Tri-Star Skateboards

Tri-Star is a 100% skater owned and operated skateboard shop and an indoor skateboard park that has been serving the Cleveland market since 2004. The existing website was tied in with their POS system and there were too many issues and restrictions with that setup that prevented them from improving sales the way they wanted. For this we did a fresh new design to flow with their unassuming "we're pretty okay" tagline and a custom developed Woocommerce solution that tied in with Square's POS to keep all inventory and order in sync between the two systems.

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State & Federal Communications

State & Federal Communications presented the challenge of designing a website that stuck with their branding in a way that would also serve two very different target audiences, for the consulting side of their business and for the service that their SaaS application provided.

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Mojonnier

Mojonnier's previous website design just didn't fit their target audience. They needed a more B2B and industrial design chock full product spec data that would make engineers feel more at home.

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The Malted Meeple

We were pretty excited to geek out on this one. Together with the Collective we did a full website redesign, photography, and video for the Malted Meeple to show off their new location. The website features a very active news and blog section, events, games listing with filters, a food/drink menu and other content all easily editable.

Child Craft

An e-commerce website built on Magento, optimized for all devices - mobile, tablet, and desktop, with a very easy-to-use checkout process, followed up with multiple effective marketing and email blast campaigns.

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Summit County Courthouse

The objective for the Summit County Courthouse's new website was to enhance accessibility for all visitors as it was often the first experience someone might have with the courts. Ease of finding information was a top priority.

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Akron Rebar

Recently under new ownership, Akron Rebar wanted to build a new image to go along with their recent investments and evolved direction. emBold and the Collective was selected to lead the charge here to develop all new marketing messaging, community interaction, and a cutting edge brochure website to highlight their capabilities and projects.

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Oasis Floral

Smithers-Oasis is an international brand that revolutionized the floral industry with their invention of water-absorbing foams. OASIS Floral Products' new website is meant to provide global inspiration, knowledge sharing, and help direct their customers to their local units. Our Collective produced the style guidelines and design for the website, and we built the highly interactive site on Wordpress with our custom block system.

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WP Haven

WP Haven is a WordPress hosting and maintenance platform designed to give agencies and owners of WordPress websites a comprehensive white-glove experience to having their website managed, with a professional developer always on staff to take care of their needs. This is actually our own SaaS brand that we conceptualized, designed, and built from the ground up, to better serve our own customers and provide ourselves with a new suite of tools that helps automate and improve the website maintenance experience.

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Qualchem

A leader in high-performance car wash chemistry, partnered with emBold to modernize their digital presence and better serve their national network of distributors and clients. We delivered a custom WordPress site with a dramatically improved content management experience, empowering their internal team to easily update product details, technical documentation, and marketing materials. Behind the scenes, a tailored B2B integration supports secure access to distributor-only content and order resources, helping streamline communication and operations across their network.

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Kinetic Bike Parking

Kinetic Bike Parking provides innovative, modular bike rack solutions for commercial and municipal spaces. emBold partnered with their team to create a sleek, modern website that reflects the quality and precision of their products. The new site features a clean, user-focused design and streamlined navigation, making it easy for customers to browse product lines, download spec sheets, and request quotes. With a strong emphasis on clarity and access to resources, the site serves as both a marketing tool and a practical hub for planners, architects, and buyers.

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Viiz

A trusted provider of voice solutions for enterprises and emergency services, needed a flexible, modern website to support their growing brand. emBold built a fully custom site within HubSpot’s CMS, leveraging a series of custom-designed modules to give their team complete control over content updates and page creation. The result is a highly adaptable, on-brand website that makes it easy for Viiz to scale their marketing efforts while delivering a seamless user experience for both enterprise clients and public sector partners.

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Presidential Engineered Lubricants

A premium essential oils brand, turned to emBold to expand beyond Amazon and build a direct-to-consumer presence they could fully own and control. We designed and developed a custom ecommerce website that not only captured the elegance of their brand but also gave them complete ownership over their customer relationships, marketing, and sales. The new platform showcases their full product line with an easy-to-navigate shopping experience, empowering Presidential Oils to grow independently and strengthen their brand loyalty.

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Go2IT

A national provider of IT services and solutions, partnered with emBold to modernize their website and sharpen the focus on their core offerings. We designed a clean, professional site structure that clearly highlights their full range of IT services, staffing solutions, and hardware products. With an improved user experience and simplified navigation, prospective clients can now easily find the information they need — positioning Go2IT as a trusted, comprehensive technology partner.

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The Five Colleges of Ohio

The Five Colleges of Ohio consortium needed a refreshed online presence that would better position them for grant opportunities, academic partnerships, and strategic initiatives. emBold worked closely with their team to create a professional, polished website that clearly communicates their collaborative mission and showcases the strength of their member institutions. The new site helps Ohio Five present themselves more effectively to potential funders, partners, and the broader academic community — strengthening their ability to secure support and expand their impact.

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Mo Speed Racing

Mo Speed Racing, a family-owned thoroughbred racing stable, needed a digital home that brings their racing community closer together. We designed and developed a custom website that gives family, friends, and partners easy access to up-to-date information — including horses in the stable, upcoming races, and detailed performance stats. The site offers a dynamic and engaging way to follow the stable’s progress and successes, helping to strengthen connections and celebrate the journey with their supporters.

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Evelyn and Kate

Evelyn & Kate, a new home decor and lifestyle brand, partnered with emBold to launch a fully custom WooCommerce storefront built for both retail and wholesale success. Beyond crafting a conversion-focused shopping experience, we integrated the site with multiple wholesale and retail channels, connected a custom logistics system for seamless product fulfillment, and developed a robust returns portal to handle complex customer service needs. We also built a custom quote request system for wholesale buyers and integrated social marketplace selling, giving Evelyn & Kate a flexible, scalable platform to grow their brand across multiple markets.

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ACBF Juvenile Court Project

The Allegheny County Bar Foundation’s Parent Advocates program needed a website that was both welcoming and accessible for families navigating the child welfare system. emBold designed and developed a clean, easy-to-use site with a strong focus on WCAG 2.1 compliance — ensuring that all users, regardless of ability, can access critical resources and support. The site combines approachable design with carefully structured content to guide visitors through available services, empowering parents with clarity and confidence at every step.

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