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Where Software and Design Meet.
Design
100+ Awards Don't Happen Overnight.
It takes a team that prides itself on the quality, range and depth of design innovation, and a process that works like a well-oiled machine. It is this kind of drive that has led our design team to earn more awards for their work than any other provider in the market.
Telling your story succinctly and sharing your unique value through your website is too important to cut corners, which is why we offer packages for all budgets to ensure every school can have the website they deserve.
With over 100 Design Awards, we help schools of all sizes market and connect their school community online.
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Marketing & Communications
Build leads. Engage them. Enroll them.
When you combine our staff expertise and consulting services with the broad suite of tools on our platform, you will have everything you need to tackle the ever-evolving and demanding challenges you face when it comes to marketing and communications.
From our inbound marketing tools to manage your engagement funnel and simplified content management for news, athletics, and calendars to sophisticated email campaign management and embedded SEO functionality, you will be ready to (rock and) roll.
Accurate Statistics and Reporting
Content Management System
Simple to use. Versatile. Powerful.
When it comes to content management, we want to empower school professionals to quickly make changes, add pictures, and leverage social media, without thinking. Yet, our platform also has the tools for experienced web designers to go beyond basic editing and build compelling layouts and rich user experiences quickly and efficiently.
When you add beautiful emails to the mix along with data integration to help personalize content and streamline information flow, you have a solution for success.
Finalsite Composer provides the simplicity and security website managers require, without sacrificing design quality, functionality or performance.
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Enrollment Management
Fill your funnel and exceed your prospects' expectations.
Provide families with the best online application experience end-to-end with Finalsite. Our partnership with Ravenna solutions and Finalsite Apply provides two paths to giving families full access to inquire, apply, manage their checklist and communicate with the admissions office while also providing back office efficiencies that are second to none.
FinalsiteApply frees you from the challenges of the physical office—the paperwork, the mailing costs, and the staffing expenses—and streamlines the admissions funnel.
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Portals
Save time and personalize communications.
Securely share news, calendars, pictures and downloads in a safe, protected area that's tailored for the individual. By integrating your information systems, LDAP or Google, and the Finalsite Platform as a whole, you save countless hours for all staff, while also simplifying logins and information sharing for your families and staff.
Integrations
Connect your systems and streamline logins.
Every client we work with has multiple systems that require logins or contain data that is useful to support your communications efforts. Finalsite brings more than 70 partners into its ecosystem to speed up how quickly you can bring systems together and create a seamless experience for your parents, students and faculty.
Finalsite works with more than 40 (and counting!) frequently used single sign-on partners, student information systems, and payment gateways.
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What Our Clients Are Saying
![jer bates from ogden school district headshot]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1523565801/finalsite/mant8kyoxcfyvjv2tmcc/jerbates-ogdensd.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1523565801/finalsite/mant8kyoxcfyvjv2tmcc/jerbates-ogdensd.jpg","width":400}])
"Finalsite support continues to bat a thousand! I'm so happy that we have a partner that is so quick to respond and so effective at protecting us from our own mistakes!"
Jer Bates
Ogden School District
![wendi patella]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1524574555/finalsite/hlay5m6rfnpkb0hu6n48/wendipatella.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1524574555/finalsite/hlay5m6rfnpkb0hu6n48/wendipatella.jpg","width":318}])
"Our redesign goal was to effectively engage current and prospective families. Since the redesign, we've seen a 30% increase in traffic to our admission pages."
Wendi Patella
Peddie School
![bethany silvestri headshot]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1524574525/finalsite/djqtohbmthf7iwazm9zt/bethany.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1524574525/finalsite/djqtohbmthf7iwazm9zt/bethany.jpg","width":300}])
"It's a testament to the ease of using Composer that someone with little or even no web experience can learn it quickly."
Bethany Silvestri
Woodland School
![amanda mcdevitt]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1524574662/finalsite/tu00exgsc2jlk9hkmohx/amanda.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1524574662/finalsite/tu00exgsc2jlk9hkmohx/amanda.jpg","width":297}])
"With the help of Finalsite's team, we increased applications by 40% and new student enrollment increased by 37%."
Amanda McDevitt
St. Thomas School
![becky marsh]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1524574635/finalsite/zn3jbjksmbyfrivejlcx/becky.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1524574635/finalsite/zn3jbjksmbyfrivejlcx/becky.jpg","width":450}])
"I would be completely crazy - not just partially - without the team from Finalsite."
Becky Marsh
Whitfield School
Why Finalsite
We don't just talk the talk, we walk the walk. We have a proven track record of helping our clients enroll more students, communicate faster and better, increase donations and better engage their entire community with our software and services.
Years of Innovation
Inspired By Schools Like Yours
We stay one step ahead of the competition by pooling our collective school client base to inform our product strategy, our processes, and our team's priorities. When you work with Finalsite, you are part of a much bigger network of the best schools in the world that you can lean on, collaborate with and learn from all year long.
Our People
Care About Your People
We are a partner from the beginning and love bringing our team together with yours to create something new that will transform your organization. Our support is the best in the industry, and that comes to bear in support ratings and 95% client retention rate.
Global Reach
That Knows No Boundaries
With clients in 75 countries, we have direct experience in the complexities of working internationally, whether it's multi-lingual websites, payment currencies, support coverage or hosting needs — we're more prepared than any other company serving this market.
Proven Results
With Numbers That Don't Lie
With over 100 design awards, 95% client retention since 1998 and 98% support ticket satisfaction, all of our metrics demonstrate not only the quality of our products and processes, but our ongoing commitment to the schools that partner with us.
Featured Client Work
We take pride in turning every pixel into a perfect and unique representation of your school, and our work with more than 5,000 schools around the world reflects that belief. Check out a selection of our recent launches below or visit our full portfolio to view our latest work.
![the community school website]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1524682281/finalsite/tgqtm5z8kvjzxolk3rhk/community-feature.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1524682281/finalsite/tgqtm5z8kvjzxolk3rhk/community-feature.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1524682281/finalsite/tgqtm5z8kvjzxolk3rhk/community-feature.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1524682281/finalsite/tgqtm5z8kvjzxolk3rhk/community-feature.png","width":1007}])
The Community School was a 2018 Webby Award Honoree — one of the most prestigious and most difficult creative awards to win. Only a small percentage—less than 20%—of Webby entrants receive the acknowledgment of being named an Honoree in their category. The Community School's web design is as innovative and exciting as their adventure-filled curriculum. This is one site that is certainly worth exploring.
![vanguard university website in laptop]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1525274409/finalsite/owh5uwqkw8r5vcbpk1it/vanguard-featured.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1525274409/finalsite/owh5uwqkw8r5vcbpk1it/vanguard-featured.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1525274409/finalsite/owh5uwqkw8r5vcbpk1it/vanguard-featured.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1525274409/finalsite/owh5uwqkw8r5vcbpk1it/vanguard-featured.png","width":1007}])
For Vanguard University, an enviable location on the California coast lends itself to some pretty impressive imagery, but this site is so much more than just beautiful photography. It's a modern, immersive website experience that guides its varied visitors down clear paths to information and conversion. Vanguard's website recently took home Gold — the highest award — in the Fall 2017 Davey Awards.
![hotchkiss school website]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1524682603/finalsite/rzkedqtv8mkmrnrzqcfb/hotchkiss-featre.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1524682603/finalsite/rzkedqtv8mkmrnrzqcfb/hotchkiss-featre.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1524682603/finalsite/rzkedqtv8mkmrnrzqcfb/hotchkiss-featre.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1524682603/finalsite/rzkedqtv8mkmrnrzqcfb/hotchkiss-featre.png","width":1007}])
The Hotchkiss School is a premier boarding school nestled in the humble town of Lakeville, CT. Their Best-in-Class website was awarded "Best School Website" in the 2018 IAC Awards. The site features numerous design enhancements, including embedded video, integrated social media, landing pages and more!
![awty international school website]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1524682477/finalsite/yrw62dznom5ytlunqzl4/awty-international.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1524682477/finalsite/yrw62dznom5ytlunqzl4/awty-international.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1524682477/finalsite/yrw62dznom5ytlunqzl4/awty-international.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1524682477/finalsite/yrw62dznom5ytlunqzl4/awty-international.png","width":1007}])
Awty International School is Houston's premier international school with a rigorous IB curriculum. Awty International School's Best-in-Class website took home gold in the 2017 MarCom awards. The site features parallax scrolling, embedded video, a sticky navigation, use of Finalsite's Portals, a mega-navigation with call-to-action buttons — and dozens of other special treatments to "wow" their website visitors.
![Taft School]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1522934805/finalsite/krg0yogtdgevyn3rxdnm/taft-featured.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1522934805/finalsite/krg0yogtdgevyn3rxdnm/taft-featured.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1522934805/finalsite/krg0yogtdgevyn3rxdnm/taft-featured.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1522934805/finalsite/krg0yogtdgevyn3rxdnm/taft-featured.png","width":1007}])
When you first arrive on campus at Taft School, the beautiful collection of collegiate-Gothic buildings takes your breath away. In addition to their picturesque campus, Taft wanted to put a spotlight on their passionate faculty, bright students, and close-knit community. Taft School's website was 10 years old and the team knew it was time for an overhaul as it didn't accurately portray a 'first glance' of everything that makes Taft special. Finalsite's deployment team created a beautiful interactive experience, equipped with two microsites for Athletics and Arts, social media feeds, and video marketing. The site recently received a 2017 Communicator of Distinction Award, one of the most prestigious web design awards in the industry.
![leysin american school homepage screenshots displayed in an iphone and laptop]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1556820711/finalsite/nbopp8zmjgg74pnryo4y/leysin-american-school.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1556820711/finalsite/nbopp8zmjgg74pnryo4y/leysin-american-school.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1556820711/finalsite/nbopp8zmjgg74pnryo4y/leysin-american-school.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1556820711/finalsite/nbopp8zmjgg74pnryo4y/leysin-american-school.png","width":1007}])
Leysin American School (LAS) was a 2019 Platinum Winner for the AVA Awards — an international website competition recognizing innovative design and production of digital communication. The website's homepage is full of photos, infographics, testimonials, and videos which together emphasize the core values of LAS. It's worth scrolling all the way down!
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