So you've chosen Squarespace, and you'd rather hand the website to someone who does this all day? Good decision.
The right Squarespace website designer will get you a site that looks the part and brings in clients, in a fraction of the time it would take you.
The tricky part is choosing one. There are thousands of Squarespace web designers out there, and their skill, style and pricing vary enormously.
I'm in an unusual position to help. Over the past ten years I've trained more than 4,500 Squarespace designers through my courses, so I've seen a great deal of work up close. The designers on this list are ones I know and would send a friend to. Most are past students of mine who've gone on to build excellent studios.
I've organized the list by who each designer is best for, with pricing where it's public, so you can go straight to the two or three who fit.
I've noted where each designer is based, but everyone here works online with clients worldwide, so there's no need to limit yourself to your own city.
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The best Squarespace web designers at a glance
Paige Brunton: interior designers, wedding pros and taste-led brands, from $5,600
Launch the Damn Thing: service providers and educators with personality, from $6,000
Katlyn Slocum Design: luxury home builders and contractors, from $15,000
Jennifer Mager Creative: concierge medical practices and vacation rentals, from $4,500
Lily & Co. Creative: local and personal brands who want copy written too, from $7,000
Luminary Studio: finance, real estate and consulting firms, from $2,500
Meet Cute Design: authors, from $597
Big Cat Creative: new businesses on a smaller budget, from $1,200
FlyDog Digital: local businesses wanting marketing as well, from around $10,000
Magdalene Design Co.: service-based experts wanting a fast launch, from $3,200
Ayesha Santos Design: service pros and e-commerce brands, from $4,000
JPK Design Co: founders and small businesses, from $1,800
Fluff Creative Studio: almost any small business, on enquiry
Alto Design: creative entrepreneurs, and designers who need a developer, from $1,500
Liberated Lion Creative: heart-led small businesses wanting brand and website together, from NZ$3,500
Prices are in US dollars unless marked, are each designer's published starting point at the time of writing, and can change. Check their site for current rates.
1. Paige Brunton (that's us)
Best for: interior designers and architects, wedding professionals, personal brands and consultants, and boutique hospitality and lifestyle brands.
Investment: semi-custom websites $5,600; custom websites from $9,000, typically $9,000 to $15,000.
Timeline: one to two weeks from kickoff to launch.
Based in: Switzerland, working with clients worldwide.
It would be odd to write this list and leave ourselves off it. Alongside the web design school, my team and I take on a handful of website projects each year for taste-led businesses, the kind where design really matters and a client decides whether to trust (or not) you within seconds of landing on your site.
You get the people who teach Squarespace design building your website. We pair design with conversion strategy, so the site is as effective as it is beautiful. One sales page we strategized and designed has generated more than $480,000 in revenue.
Our process is fast by design. Your project is a focused one to two week sprint, followed by a few days of unlimited revisions, and you leave with a video tutorial showing you exactly how to manage the site yourself.
2. Katelyn Dekle, Launch the Damn Thing
Best for: service providers and educators who want a site with real personality.
Investment: custom websites $6,000 to $15,000; Design Day $1,750.
Timeline: two to three weeks of active project time.
Based in: New England, USA.
Katelyn has been a graphic designer since 2006 and works exclusively in Squarespace. Her tagline is "Custom Squarespace web designs, with personality," and that's exactly what you get: sites for fun, slightly unorthodox entrepreneurs who don't want to look like everyone else in their industry.
A custom project covers up to 15 pages, brand and sales strategy, art direction, copy guidance, SEO basics, launch training and four weeks of support afterwards. If you only need a refresh, her Design Day gives you up to six hours of focused work. She works with service-based businesses only, so product shops should look elsewhere.
Katelyn also co-hosts the monthly coaching calls in my own courses, which tells you how highly I rate her.
3. Katlyn Slocum, Katlyn Slocum Design
Best for: luxury custom home builders, general contractors and the trades.
Investment: custom website projects $15,000 to $25,000.
Timeline: roughly eight weeks of strategy, then four to eight weeks of design and build.
Based in: Vancouver, Washington, USA.
Katlyn grew up in family construction businesses, and it shows. She builds almost exclusively on Squarespace for builders and contractors, and her projects start with a deep strategy phase before any design begins.
This is the most considered, highest-investment option on the list. It suits an established building firm bidding on significant projects, where the website needs to hold its own in front of architects and high-net-worth homeowners. Her case studies include AFT Construction and Tankersley Build Co. Copywriting is available as an add-on through her partners.
4. Jennifer Mager, Jennifer Mager Creative
Best for: concierge medical practices, direct primary care doctors and short-term rental owners.
Investment: custom design from $8,500; Two-Week Website from $4,500; Designer Day from $2,750.
Timeline: two weeks for the Two-Week Website.
Based in: Washington State, USA.
Jennifer works exclusively in Squarespace and has built real depth in two niches. She has designed sites for concierge medical practices across the US, and she builds direct-booking websites for vacation rentals, helped by the fact that she owns a luxury cabin herself.
Her three tiers make her easy to work with at different budgets: a full custom build, a five-page site in two weeks, or a single intensive day. She is a Squarespace Circle member and Gold Partner with more than nine years on the platform. I recommend her without hesitation.
Visit Jennifer Mager Creative →
5. Megan Butcher, Lily & Co. Creative
Best for: small businesses, local brands and personal brands who want the words written for them.
Investment: custom websites from $7,000; branding from $2,000.
Timeline: two weeks once your materials are in.
Based in: Panama City, Florida.
The hardest part of most website projects is the copy. Megan solves that by including complete website copywriting and SEO in every build, drawing on a background in marketing.
That makes her a strong choice if the thought of writing your own About page has been holding up your project. She builds on Squarespace and also designs Kajabi sales pages, so course creators can keep everything with one designer.
6. Shannon Casey, Luminary Studio
Best for: finance and investment firms, real estate, construction, and executive coaches and consultants.
Investment: full five-page website from $6,500; one-page website $2,500; three-day sprint $3,600.
Timeline: two weeks for a full build; five days for a one-page site.
Based in: New Jersey, USA and Honduras.
Shannon describes herself as having a brain that runs on business, and her studio is built for professional service firms who want that thinking applied to their website. Copywriting, market research and SEO are included in her builds.
She specializes in Squarespace and delivers a full site in two weeks, with unlimited edits during the second week. If you run a corporate or professional practice and most designers' portfolios feel too whimsical for you, start here.
7. Nadine Charleson, Meet Cute Design
Best for: romance authors, and authors of every other genre.
Investment: template restyle $597; restyle with mini branding $1,497; custom site with brand direction $3,997.
Timeline: a single weekend. Kick off on Saturday, launch on Monday.
Based in: Toronto, Canada.
Nadine is an actor turned web designer who has found a wonderfully specific niche: websites for authors. Her packages are built around how authors work, including a per-book-release update service for cover reveals, pre-order links and launch day.
The weekend format is ideal if you have a book coming out and no time to spare. Her top package includes a custom multi-page Squarespace site, SEO, a tutorial video and 30 days of support.
8. Erica Hartwick, Big Cat Creative
Best for: new and newer business owners working with a smaller budget.
Investment: Template Quick Style from $1,200; Template Full Style from $2,400; templates alone $297.
Timeline: one to two days.
Based in: New Zealand.
Not every business needs a custom website on day one. Erica runs one of the best-known Squarespace template shops, and her team will style one of her templates for you with your colors, fonts, images and logo.
The Quick Style is a one-day restyle of up to seven pages. The Full Style takes two days and adds a mini brand design, a wordmark logo and help with imagery and copy. It's a designer-finished site at a fraction of the cost of custom, and a sensible first website.
9. Carly Kerndt, FlyDog Digital
Best for: established local businesses in wellness and healthcare, restaurants and hospitality, and construction and trades.
Investment: websites from around $10,000.
Based in: USA.
Carly's studio has grown into a full marketing agency, which makes her the right call if you want more than a website. FlyDog handles branding and websites alongside paid advertising, social media, SEO and email marketing.
Choose FlyDog if you'd like one team responsible for both the site and the marketing that sends people to it. They describe their clients as established local businesses "where experience is the product."
10. Sarah Busse, Magdalene Design Co.
Best for: service-based business owners and industry experts who want to launch quickly.
Investment: The Two Week Website from $3,200.
Timeline: two weeks, plus up to a week of revisions.
Based in: USA.
Sarah's Two Week Website gives you five pages with a mini brand package included: color palette, typography, stock imagery and a wordmark logo. You also get a copywriting guide, on-page SEO, Search Console and Analytics setup, and a training video.
It's a tidy, complete package for a service business that needs to look professional without a long project. Sarah cares about results after launch, too, and puts real emphasis on SEO.
11. Ayesha Santos, Ayesha Santos Design
Best for: service professionals and e-commerce brands who want strategy-led design.
Investment: custom websites $4,000 to $7,000; full rebrand with website $10,000.
Timeline: three to four weeks for a website; six to eight weeks for a rebrand.
Based in: Southern Alberta, Canada.
Ayesha works with "creative, slightly-extra, seriously-talented business owners" and brings brand strategy to every project. She designs service-business websites on Squarespace and Showit, and online stores on Shopify.
If you sell products, or think you might, she's one of the few designers on this list equally at home in e-commerce. Her All In Rebrand covers strategy, identity, photoshoot direction, website and launch plan in one project.
12. Janessa Philemon-Kerp, JPK Design Co
Best for: founders and small businesses who like clear, upfront pricing.
Investment: custom Squarespace design $5,200; VIP Design in a Day $1,800; Power Hour $150.
Based in: Portland, Oregon.
Janessa publishes every price on her site, down to the add-ons, so you know what your project will cost before you get in touch. Her custom package covers three to five core pages with SEO, accessibility, copy support and two weeks of post-launch help.
She holds an SEO copywriting certification and is a Squarespace Circle Gold Partner. Her monthly care plans are useful if you'd like someone on call after launch.
13. Paige Jones, Fluff Creative Studio
Best for: small businesses of almost any kind: nonprofits, real estate, authors, law offices, restaurants and shops.
Investment: on enquiry, with a free consultation.
Timeline: two weeks, start to finish.
Based in: Vermont, USA.
Paige builds exclusively on Squarespace using a fixed two-week process: start on a Monday, finish on a Friday. Each build includes domain setup, a mood board, a 32-point SEO checklist, stock photography and video training, with a 30-day grace period for revisions.
Her range is the broadest on this list, so she's a safe pair of hands if your business doesn't fit neatly into anyone else's niche. She's a Squarespace Circle member.
14. Becca Wood, Alto Design
Best for: creative entrepreneurs, and designers or agencies who need a Squarespace developer.
Investment: development for designers from $1,500 for five pages; client projects on enquiry.
Timeline: two weeks for a four-page site.
Based in: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Becca is a designer turned developer. If you already have a brand designer and mockups in Figma or XD, she will build them faithfully in Squarespace, custom CSS included.
She also takes on her own client projects for creative entrepreneurs. Becca is a Squarespace Circle member and aims to hand over a site you never need her help to update.
15. Ballantyne Haines, Liberated Lion Creative
Best for: heart-led small business owners, especially women founders, who want brand and website designed together.
Investment: custom Squarespace website NZ$3,500; brand strategy and design NZ$2,500.
Based in: Christchurch, New Zealand.
Ballantyne is a designer whose work I know very well. Through her studio, Liberated Lion Creative, she designs custom Squarespace websites of up to six pages, working with you one-to-one from start to finish.
She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a real gift for brand identity, so she's an excellent choice if you need a logo, color palette and brand strategy as well as a site. Her studio values are mastery, beauty and integrity, and in my experience she lives up to all three. She can also arrange illustration, photography, videography and copywriting.
Visit Liberated Lion Creative →
How much does a Squarespace website designer cost?
Going by the designers above, here is what to expect in 2026:
Template styling, $600 to $2,400: a designer applies your brand to a ready-made template in a day or two.
Design day or VIP day, $1,750 to $2,750: one focused day on a refresh, a single page or a list of fixes.
Two-week or semi-custom website, $3,200 to $5,600: a complete five-page site built on a proven structure.
Fully custom website, $6,000 to $15,000: strategy, custom design and build, usually with SEO and training.
Specialist or agency projects, $15,000 and up: deep strategy for a single industry, or a site plus ongoing marketing.
On top of the designer's fee you'll pay Squarespace directly for your subscription and your domain. Copywriting, branding and photography are sometimes included and sometimes extra, so ask.
Where else to find a Squarespace web designer
If none of the designers above feels right, there are three other places worth looking.
Squarespace Marketplace
Squarespace runs its own directory of vetted designers, called Squarespace Experts. You can browse profiles by industry and project type, or fill in a brief and be matched. It replaced the old Squarespace Specialists page. The range of styles and prices is wide, so look closely at each portfolio.
Squarespace Circle members
Circle is Squarespace's program for people who build sites professionally, and many designers show a Circle badge on their site. The badge tells you someone builds on Squarespace regularly. It doesn't tell you how good their work is, so the portfolio still matters most.
Squarespace blogs and YouTube channels
If someone is consistently teaching Squarespace online, they know the platform inside out. Look for a Services or Work With Me page on their site.
How to choose the right designer
Start with their portfolio. You should love most of what you see, and you should see businesses like yours.
Check they specialize in Squarespace. A designer who works on five platforms knows each one less deeply.
Ask what's included. Copy, SEO setup, revisions, training and post-launch support vary a lot between designers.
Ask about timeline and when they can start. The best designers are often booked a month or more ahead.
Have a call. You'll be working closely together, so it should feel easy.
For more, read my 9 smart questions to ask your potential website designer.
Frequently asked questions
Is it worth hiring a Squarespace web designer?
If your website is how clients decide whether to trust you, yes. A good designer brings strategy and an outside eye, and saves you weeks of your own time.
How long does a Squarespace website take to build?
Anywhere from a weekend to four months. Most designers on this list deliver in one to four weeks once they have your content.
What should I prepare before I hire a designer?
Your branding if you have it, good photography, and a clear idea of who your ideal client is. Most designers will send you a questionnaire and a content checklist.
Can I update my Squarespace site myself afterwards?
Yes, and that's one of the best reasons to choose Squarespace. Most designers include a training video or call at handover.
Ready when you are
If your business is built on taste and you'd like a website to match, my team and I would love to hear about it.
