Portfolio
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3798745/1f578d3f-0130-49e1-a63c-86a7e02f674b "A polished, mobile-first website for an Australian safari agency connecting travellers to Southern Africa. Stuart and Sarah were launching To Africa, a new boutique travel agency offering custom safaris throughout Southern Africa. They came to me with a basic Squarespace site that needed refinement — a more professional, cohesive design that reflected their local expertise and encouraged visitors to get in touch, rather than browse passively.
The project goals were clarity, simplicity, and visual polish — balancing the warm, adventurous energy of African travel with the trust and professionalism needed to appeal to Australian clients.")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3798745/98616cbe-d45a-4acf-bca3-9f6f35c22c42 "Modern Squarespace redesign for a therapist and speaker expanding into public speaking and writing. Julie Frumin is a licensed marriage and family therapist who has spent years running a private practice in California. As her career expanded into public speaking and authorship, her existing website no longer reflected her evolving identity. She wanted a sleek, contemporary site that unified her therapy work with her growing speaking career, while honouring her grounded, human-centred approach.")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3798745/d619108e-fe4f-4b8f-b16f-56797e41e4d8 "Karli needed a portfolio site to showcase her skills, portfolio and hireable attributes, along with testimonials and CV. We went with bold colours, gradients and a 'card' like approach to her blog thumbnail display to pull it all together.")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3798745/35c44002-34bc-4a6c-a154-e7ddbbc1402e "A modern, mobile-savvy refresh for a creative director and copywriter with serious style. Siobhan approached me to refine her existing Squarespace site — one she’d designed herself, but which needed to better reflect the calibre and confidence of her copywriting work. The goal was to elevate her online presence with a cleaner layout, improved flow, and subtle sophistication, without losing her sense of creative edge.")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3798745/06444157-0919-455f-bc71-8f33cd71f63c "Created over seven years ago with Squarespace 7.0, this design continues to attract new clients who cite its elegance and clarity as standout features — proof that timeless design outlives trends.
Nerine was relaunching her personal styling business after several international relocations. She wanted a fresh, professional identity under her own name to reflect a new phase of her career and lifestyle in Amsterdam. Her tone was aspirational yet approachable; she wanted the brand to express confidence, elegance, and personal connection, without corporate stiffness.")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3798745/d2776e7c-cc0a-4295-bbb8-d3b682960b0c "Michelle needed a full website redesign based on her incredible, bold, fun branding so we put this together for her and took her very 'blah' and boring site to a new bold space.")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3798745/0e00b0f2-ea58-4ef4-a533-56bfb7f7fc80 "Elegant Squarespace site for a global health strategist highlighting her specialisation in skin of colour and management of textured hair. Dr Pamela Madu wanted a modern, polished online presence for her dermatology practice — one that conveyed professionalism and warmth while appealing to both men and women. The site needed to introduce her services, integrate a blog, and reflect her new branding in a clean, minimal, and confident way.")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3798745/cfbf003c-6ea6-433b-8f1b-97c98929af14 "Professional Squarespace site for a leadership expert, blending clarity, credibility, and academic depth with approachability. Philip J. Mancini Jr. is a former law enforcement leader and current criminal justice professor whose work bridges leadership, ethics, and personal development. He wanted a clean, minimalist redesign of his Squarespace website to reflect his evolution as a writer and speaker while providing a clear structure for essays, Substack integration, and a dedicated section for his personal development framework, You Need A Goal.")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3798745/c3e3867f-62ce-4fd5-861a-62a8bd65d177 "A sweet and colourful site for pharmacist turned artisanal soap maker! We built out the shop, loaded products, and designed a bright, bold, personality infused site along with newsletter templates, and a custom set of video tutorials so the client could manage their own site in the future.")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3798745/b5a1bffb-d455-412e-829d-635159bf344a "Squarespace site and ecommerce with customisation for bronze sculptor, Vincent da Silva. Vincent da Silva is a renowned bronze sculptor based in South Africa and was looking for a site migration, site redesign and customised ecommerce store for his work which reaches a wide international market.")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3798745/00fe249c-86fb-4a4d-bdb2-205fe95c2acf "A calm, minimal style site for Jen to introduce herself to clients, share her psychotherapy practice approach, invite clients to reach out, and to share social proof, testimonials, partner logos and affiliates.")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3798745/365272be-5788-431c-87ef-19b95fdfc2a1 "Something different for a client who was inspired by a particular set of colours from a photo. We used this as the basis of the design pulling in colours that reflected an esoteric approach to therapy including tarot, card reading etc.")
About
Hi, I'm a Squarespace specialist based in South Africa 🇿🇦. I design websites that are calm, clean and quietly confident—for creatives, coaches, and kind humans. With a background in the arts and education, I bring a thoughtful, collaborative process to every project. Now offering full custom builds and mini site refreshes to help your online presence feel more like you.
Country:
South Africa.
Member since:
July 16, 2019
Reviews
"Claire took my vision, added her expertise, and brought my project to life! She was easy to communicate with, as she was very available and open to all my input. I can't wait to launch my site! Thank you, Claire! "
JS218
reviewed 2 months ago
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"Claire has been a pleasure to work with!! I've loved her style and suggestions, and she really created something beautiful that I absolutely could not have done on my own. Thank you!!"
aslijepcevic.8T
reviewed 3 months ago
"Thanks Aleks, working with you was so lovely! All the best with your new site! "
Claire Brear
responded 3 months ago
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"Claire is so easy to work with! She has a keen sense of design, is very well organized, and very responsive to my questions and concerns. I really enjoy working with her and highly recommend her for any projects. Excellent work and very fast!"
karijo3M
reviewed 4 months ago
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"Absolutely amazing! I needed a clean up on a site I created...fonts, paragraphs, link buttons, and so on. Claire came in at a reasonable hourly rate and even added some wonderful features to my site without re vamping the whole thing. She was very fast ..."
ciscobass16
reviewed 4 months ago
"Thanks Fransisco, it was fun working on this with you. 😊"
Claire Brear
responded 4 months ago
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"Claire did an excellent job updating my personal website. She was communicative throughout the process, responsive to feedback, and consistently professional. Her attention to detail and ability to deliver exactly what I needed made the experience smoot..."
philipmancinijr
reviewed 4 months ago
"Thanks for the glowing review Philip, it was a pleasure working with you on this project. 🙏🏻"
Claire Brear
responded 4 months ago
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