About Cirrus Design Studio: bespoke software and website design in Dorset

our story/

From freelance roots to a full-service digital agency

Cirrus Design Studio was founded in 2013 by two web developers and software engineers who had built their reputations, and their client base, entirely through word of mouth. That early foundation says something important about how we have always operated: the work speaks for itself.

In 2017 we incorporated as a limited company, bringing in the broader skills and structure needed to serve our growing client base properly. What began as a focus on bespoke website development grew into a full-service offering of cloud-based business systems, professional website design and Google-certified digital marketing, delivered as a single, joined-up service by one team.

Today, Cirrus serves clients across the South West, the UK and internationally, including businesses in Hong Kong and Australia, with our head office in Bournemouth, Dorset and an outreach office in Exmouth, Devon.

• 2013Founded in Dorset

  Over a decade of delivering for UK businesses.

• 100%UK-based

  Every system, every site and every campaign managed in-house.

• 1Trusted partner

  Systems, website and marketing, all under one roof.

what we stand for/

The principles we have always worked by

our track record/

Experience that goes back further than you might expect

The founders of Cirrus Design Studio have been delivering digital projects since the earliest days of the commercial internet in the UK. Before Cirrus was established, our team was involved in some of the most significant early digital government projects in the country.

• Implementation of Electronic Government services in 2005
• Early adoption of fully integrated online local government service delivery
• Bespoke software development for three of the UK’s largest blue-chip companies

That depth of experience informs everything we do today. When we tell a client that their bespoke system will work, we are speaking from a long track record of delivering on exactly that promise.

the team/

The people behind Cirrus

Cirrus is a small, focused team. That is deliberate: our clients deal directly with the people who actually do the work, not account managers passing briefs to developers they have never met.

Glen Smith

managing director/

Glen oversees the operation and client relationships at Cirrus, making sure every project is delivered to the standard the business was built on. With over two decades in the digital industry, he brings the strategic perspective that keeps client projects on track and on brief.

Gary Smith

marketing director/

Gary leads our digital marketing as a Google-certified professional. He manages PPC campaigns, marketing strategy and client growth plans, so the businesses we work with are not just well built online but well found by the right customers.

Derek Johnson

technical director/

Derek leads all technical development at Cirrus, from the architecture of complex bespoke business systems to the hand-coded websites behind our bespoke offering. With decades of software development experience across public and private sector projects, he is the technical foundation everything Cirrus builds rests on.