About

We love what we do
and who we do it for.

It’s a great day when we come up with a new solution for a creative challenge.

It helps that we have great clients. Clients that have highly visible and respected brands, as well as those armed with that One Great Idea. Clients that get us excited about things we previously knew little about, like Type K Thermocouples or Classic Cocktails.

As you can see from our portfolio, we work with clients both big & small.

We’re always interested in new projects.

We’re very curious guys.

We’re voracious learners.

We’re Hardly Square.

And we’d love to meet you.

Peter (PJ) Sullivan

Founder

@hsdesign →

Devin Byrnes

Creative Director

@devinbyrnes →

Daniel Almeida

Lead Designer & Developer

@danalmeida →

Featured Clients

Testimonials

Manny Straehle, Ph.D.

Manager, Research and Development, Green Building Certification Institute

Since meeting Peter he has been exceedingly exceptional in providing technology solutions within tight time constraints. The best quality of Hardly Square is always putting our needs first while providing agility and flexibility to meet our expectations. His staff always delivered products with quick turnarounds often prior to the agreed timeline. Overall, this is an agile, savvy, and customer-centered technology team that can deliver top-notch products and services quickly.

Giannina Rachetta

Marketing Communications Manager for DSST

DSST website needed a huge facelift and Hardly Square helped us accomplish just that. They not only took our ideas into action but went on to create the best navigation path for all of our audiences, helping drive the message into revenue for DSST.

Budget-conscious yet edgy, DSST’s new website came with a content management system that gives us the ability to make updates on the fly, without having to rely on external resources. The team led us through the process making this humongous task seem easy. Our website is now mobile device friendly – an additional bonus that proved to be one of the best features of the new site!

Max Rudy

Digital Marketing Director for Rubbermaid Commercial Products

Hardly Square has worked with my company, Rubbermaid for the past few years, and I have been the direct contact working with them.

They have built an exceptional eLearning platform with flash based, interactive courses for unmatchable prices. This eLearning platform has gained acclaim from trade press, industry critics and throughout our organization. We could not have done it without Hardly Square, so we are asking them now to take on a wide variety of projects, including: print, web, HTML emails and photography.

Their work is certain to make a big impact, all from a boutique agency.

View our eLearning solution for Rubbermaid Commercial »

Joe DeZarn

Creative Director for Armstrong Flooring Products

I am very happy to endorse the work of Hardly Square. I have depended on them to produce eLearning resources during my time as a marketing director for Newell Rubbermaid, and now for Armstrong Flooring.

In every instance, they have met or exceeded very high expectations, have brought important thinking to the projects, and generated results. The team at Hardly Square impresses me with how quickly they get to a good understanding of our objectives, how efficiently they produce their material, and with the sophistication of the design and functionality of the trainings.

Take a look at our eLearning solution for Armstrong »

Craig Ziegler

President of SuiteLinq

Superior expertise and on-target execution.

Hardly Square gets it. They are consistently able to translate our needs into interactive solutions that elevate our brand and generate results.

Too many interactive agencies want to sell you overblown projects that fit their needs, not yours. We’ve found Hardly Square to be just the opposite — a true partner interested in delivering solutions relevant to our business and within our budget.

Alexis Vigdal

Training Specialist for LENOX Tools

Hardly Square had produced many eLearning modules for our sister company, IRWIN, so they were an obvious choice for us. I knew that they created a high-quality product and that their rates were reasonable, but I didn’t know just how efficiently the Hardly Square team would take my eLearning vision and develop a wonderfully interactive module.

They were incredibly accessible and provided me with consistent updates. Their CRM allowed me to follow the development of the projects, easily share files and have a live history of communication. The entire group seems to consist of creative visionaries who can take the smallest idea and make it come to life in an interactive way, all while staying within branding standards.

I have been thoroughly happy working with the Hardly Square team and I look forward to our future endeavors!

View our eLearning solution for LENOX »

Derek Andreen

Training Manager for IRWIN Industrial Tools

I invested several months evaluating a variety of eLearning platforms and potential vendors for long term development consideration. What I found is that most companies take a cookie cutter approach by providing similar off-the-shelf type solutions. We chose Hardly Square because of their ability to develop a fully customized eLearning platform and tracking interface that meets our organizational goals and critical business objectives.

The Hardly Square team continues to deliver impressive design, creative user interactions and personalized customer service at a cost that fits our budget. I look forward to partnering with Hardly Square for years to come.

Take a look at our eLearning solution for IRWIN »

M. Américo Valdés

Marketing Manager, Global Marketing for Prometric

Working with several large agencies allows me to provide an objective view of Hardly Square’s quality of work and reliability. Despite the complexity of my industry, Hardly Square has done an excellent job of understanding our brand and moving it directions we’ve never explored. Most importantly, I appreciate Pete’s honest business approach: I’m never invoiced for frivolous production work, nor do I have to navigate through multiple project managers to have a simple question answered.

Emily Vandergriff

Coordinator of Public Relations & Marketing for Catholic High School of Baltimore

It was such a pleasure working with Hardly Square to redesign our website. Peter and Dan brought fresh ideas and fantastic artwork to our meetings. They made the process easy, smooth, and quick! Our new website reflects their hard work, great communication, and artistic talent.

Laurie Poulopoulos

Owner of Bestest Buddies

In March of this year (2009), my company partnered with Hardly Square on a design, development and branding project to help strengthen our market share here in Collin County, Texas. Since the launch of our new company brand and search engine friendly website, traffic on our site has increased by over 175% in Q2 of this year alone.

I highly recommend Hardly Square to anyone that expects good service coupled with great design solutions.

Jerry Coleman

Radio Host at Sports with Coleman

I’ve been looking to upgrade my website for my afternoon sports radio show. A friend suggested that I talk to Hardly Square about revamping my site, which I did, and it turned out to be a very good recommendation.

We had a lot of ideas, but not much of a framework as far as how we wanted it designed. Hardly Square took our ideas,and turned it into a slick, modern looking website that directly appeals to our target audience. The communication since our launch date has been great. We’ve gotten numerous compliments on the design of the site, and looking back, I am very confident that I made the best decision as far as what design company to choose to design the brand new Sports With Coleman website.

Amir Kahn

Owner of K&S Associates‎‎

After a fairly lengthy search we contracted with Hardly Square to re-design and update our web presence. They have always been very attentive to detail and very responsive to our wants and needs. Their overall design and “look and feel” is great. All of the work came within our budget constraints and within the original estimate. I would highly recommend their services.‎

Bill Guyton

President of World Cocoa Foundation

Our goal was to incorporate our work on sustainable cocoa farming into the look and feel of the website. Hardly Square’s artistic vision and innovative design features helped make that possible.

Travis Reinhart

Owner of Elite Athletic Club

Having a website already established but hardly what I would want to represent my gym, Hardly Square stepped right in and tailor-made a site that I could be proud of and could easily update with a CMS. This functionality will help me add a much needed personal touch to my membership.

Hardly Square took a very personal and hands on approach when creating what I wanted to represent Elite Athletic Club. They work around your hours, very accommodating, and make it an easy and effective transition for anyone dealing with so much to do, and so little time. Thank you Hardly Square!

Randi Pupkin

Director of Art with a Heart

Over the years, Art with Heart’s website maintenance has been through an entity based in Arizona. It was time to find a local company with the talent and enthusiasm to help our organization deliver its internet message in a timely and interesting fashion. Hardly Square was that partner!

With creativity, efficiency and enthusiasm, Hardly Square updated our website and helped us to effectively manage our internet message. We are grateful for Hardly Square’s talent, help and support!

Kurt Bragunier

Proprietor for Annabel Lee Tavern

I get a lot of compliments on my website. You really did ‘get it’. You totally captured what I am trying to do here. I’ll tell you what, I would want to come here after touring the website. Really great job!