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About Yale Street Creative

Yale Street Creative is a boutique web design and website development studio based in Houston, Texas. We specialize in the design, creation and optimization of elegant, standards-based web sites. We also create corporate identity packages (logos), social media graphics and video ads, brochures and other print materials. Yale Street Creative can work directly with you on small web sites and print projects or we can also act as “a second set of eyes” providing user interface (UI)/usability consulting and management services for larger projects.

About Michael

Michael McDonald is the primary behind Yale Street Creative and has 20 years experience working with web design and development. Michael is a veteran of endless web fads, browser wars, usability horrors and complicated coding schemes, most of which alienated users, cost clients money and muddied the waters for designers and developers.

Michael uses his experience to give clients needed context to make decisions about their online presence, marketing and technology decisions. Crawl before you walk, walk before you run. It seems simple enough, but it’s so easy to get lost when change is relentless, immediate and constant.

Client Feedback

Michael has done the web development and creative work for my business for a number of years. He’s dedicated, responsive, and does beautiful work. In addition, he is a lovely fellow who puts his heart into his business. If you’re a small business needing assistance with logos, brochures, WordPress development, and marketing, Call Michael at Yale Street Creative immediately.
Hayden ShumskyShumsky Center for Academic and Career Performance
I highly recommend Michael McDonald at Yale Street Creative. Michael understood our company goals and provided great work. We greatly appreciated his clean, professional design and excellent communications skills. Michael consulted with us on major tech decisions and helped us build our brand on various online platforms. He exceeded all of our expectations from concept delivery of the finished product!
Jean Miracle
Have engaged Michael for over a decade on a number of client projects and companies of my own. He is great with WordPress and HTML sites. Michael is very responsive, pays a lot of attention to detail, is a delight to work with and is extremely reasonable. We have had some unusual needs, such as the creation of custom fonts, and he has done a great job with implementation. I would heartily recommend him for your web development needs. (We are not related even though we have the same last name).
Alex McDonaldSiteCoach
Yale Street Creative is a great company that keeps our site running smoothly and makes sure the site is optimized to help customers find us. Michael has consistently offered outstanding service and support whether its building the site or creating our brochures. I would highly recommend them and use Yale Street anytime I need assistance in these areas www.clarkshardwood.com

Christine Tyson, Marketing ManagerClark's Hardwood Lumber Co.
We have called on Michael at Yale Street Creative for many years, and he has always been responsive and professional. He is so easy to work with and highly talented. We trust him completely with all of our website issues, including maintenance, development, and troubleshooting. We have used other vendors in the past, and you will not get better customer service than you will at Yale Street Creative. We depend on Michael, and he has never let us down!
Diane TurpinMain Event Management
I’ve worked with Michael McDonald of Yale Street Creative over the course of many years and I would highly recommend him. Michael and I have collaborated on freelance and contract projects together. There is no one I would call before Michael, he is a great communicator and always manages to take the time to explain complexities in a way that I understand and that the clients can understand. I’m always happy to work with Michael because I know he will be professional, timely and talented.
Julietta Parra DucoteThe Flamenco Poets Society
Michael (Yale Street Creative) has been doing internet consulting for Project Wisdom, Inc. since 2007. Michael came highly recommended and has done excellent work. Michael has innovative, yet practical ideas and has provided us with great recommendations. Projects include; graphics, search functions, ASP conversion and a streamlining of our Websites.
S. JohnsenProject Wisdom, Inc.
Michael (Yale Street Creative) has implemented Web solutions to fulfill our marketing strategy. He’s been a project manager for various web and print projects. Michael is a talented designer and a knowledgeable consultant with expertise in Web marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Print Advertising.
Daniela Gugliotta, former VP Sales / MarketingAlpine Adventures

Yale Street Creative created the identity for RJF GROUP, my Houston-based insurance agency. Michael’s work has helped to establish our company as a serious player in our marketplace. Michael is an expert in collaboration. I will continue to go to him for all of my web and print design.

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Ryan MonceauxRJF Group