At Great Island Design, we help businesses rise above the noise by creating brands with purpose and impact. We focus on uncovering what makes your business unique, crafting authentic stories, and building digital and print experiences that truly connect with your audience.
Our Services:
Marketing Strategy – Branding – Content Development – Websites – Digital & Print Communications
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Great Island Design offers and encourages an inclusive and diverse environment with all of our strategic partners. Through our business practices and community engagement, we strive to amplify the voices of all underrepresented businesses and individuals and to promote and support social and economic progress for all.
Website for a nonprofit environmental organization in New Jersey that manages a partnership with PSE&G to create greener energy use for customers.
Website for a nonprofit organization that supports people, families and researchers dealing with Neurofibromatosis, a disease of the nervous system.
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Website for a nonprofit whose mission evolved from service animals helping the disabled to working with VR, AI, & robotics developers.
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Website for an architectural firm in Cincinnati, OH. The gallery which presents over 150 images to maximum advantage.
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Marketing website for 1200 home development in Plymouth, MA. Won PRISM Gold Award for “Best Website” from BRAGB.
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Marketing website for these luxury condos in Somerville, MA. GID also provided a full marketing communications and branding program.
Website for a nonprofit that promotes environmental education throughout the schools, colleges, businesses, and other organizations in RI.
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Website design for Footprint Power, a company transitioning old coal plants to cleaner natural gas plants, and eventually to renewable green sources like wind and solar.
Great Island Design provided branding and a new B2B website for this business consulting company. The brand was also applied to collateral.
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A website that tells the story of eclectic 20th Century artist Quinton Oliver Jones of Salem, MA. QOJ was a Harvard-educated painter, sculptor, and illustrator.
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Rhode Island Environmental Education Association
“With Great Island Design as our partner, completely redesigning our website was so much easier and enjoyable than I had expected! They asked the right questions, took all of our needs into account, and even provided evidence for why we should go in one direction or another. I really appreciated how organized yet flexible the process was, and how easy they made it to keep to our schedule. We couldn’t be happier with the new website and it’s a hit with our members, too!”
— Jeanine Silversmith, Executive Director
Woodstock Corporation
“Great Island Design has advised Woodstock over the last fifteen years, first as we redesigned our logo and then as we moved through three upgrades to our website. We’ve found Great Island offers a wonderful combination of technical expertise and creative, artistic expression. They listened to what we wanted to accomplish and then showed us how to do it. Great Island has helped us manage the complexity of moving to new forms of client engagement.”
— William Darling, President
Envisioning Access
“We were thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Great Island Design on our new website. They were much, much more than a design company. They were partners in looking at our organization from all angles as we re-imagined a new site. Helping Hands is undergoing a great transformation and Debra and Ken, and the Great Island team, helped us design a website that is not just good for the present but will take us into the future. Great Island Design understood our needs completely, had great insight into the complexities of working with board and staff and the delicacy of our transition. Finally, it was just enjoyable to work with a team as smart as Debra and Ken – they just got IT!”
— Diane S. Nahabedian, Executive Director
Footprint Power
“With Great Island Design, we received prompt, cost-effective service and a high-quality product — all of which are critical in an economic environment that asks us to do more with less. What we did not expect, however, was how Great Island Design made our excitement about our project their own — and brought with them the capacity to channel that excitement into a website that informs, entertains and engages the audience of potential stakeholders. We could not have been more pleased with the process or with the results.”
— Peter Furniss, CEO
TNTP, Inc.
“It has been a pleasure to partner with the Great Island Design team, led by Debra Glabeau. The work to support the InSPIRED Initiative with growth through social media platforms has exceeded our expectations. Not only does Debra produce high quality work, but she also demonstrates her investment in truly supporting our team to meet our goals. During this partnership, we have aimed to expand the presence of InSPIRED to support more BIPOC educators across the state of Massachusetts, and Debra has been a valuable advisor and executor on best practices for content design and audience reach. I am appreciative of Great Island’s support.”
— Crystal Hall, Director
Website for this unique history museum and visitor’s center in Salem, MA. The Museum featured colorful exhibits on a wide range of topics from Salem’s past.
A website and full branding program for this historic charitable association which has provided assistance to deserving Salem residents since 1832.
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At Great Island Design, we believe great marketing is where creativity meets strategy—a perfect blend of art and science. Every project is a collaboration, and we see our clients as true partners in creating something extraordinary. Our process thrives on inspiration, is driven by engagement, and rooted in exceptional execution that delivers results.
We don’t just love the work; we also love the journey.
Debra Glabeau is the president of Great Island Design, leading the firm and acting as a key facilitator between clients and the entire Great Island team. She ensures clear communication and alignment, helping clients navigate the intersection of business and creative solutions to achieve communications goals.
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Ken Harris is the creative director and founder of Great Island Design. As creative director and lead designer, he works closely with clients, overseeing all stages of project development for print, digital and web communications to ensure consistent messaging and highest quality across all platforms.
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Brian Johnson and BKJ Productions have comprised our technology team for over seven years, providing a seamless experience with web development and website support for all Great Island Design web clients. Brian is a perfectionist who began his career as a graphic designer and has been creating interactive media since 2001. He and his team are experts in WordPress core, themes, plugins, user interface design and construction, troubleshooting, and security.
Education: U South Carolina, Media Arts
A website created for this highly respected wealth management firm. The site is fully integrated with Woodstock’s full marketing program.
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