Boston Interactive

Boston Interactive

Type	Private
Industry	Web / Corporate Branding
Genre	Website design and development
Founder	Chuck Murphy
Headquarters	Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States
Website	http://www.bostoninteractive.com/

Boston Interactive, founded in 1999, is one of the oldest website design and development firms in the Boston, Massachusetts area.^[1] Currently based out of the Schrafft Center in Charlestown, Massachusetts with around 50 employees, Boston Interactive provides website design and development services which include interactive online marketing, brand identity, flash animation, and content management systems.^[2]

History

A pioneer in website design and development, Boston Interactive is one of the oldest continually operating website design and development firms in the Boston area. Founded in 1999 by Chuck Murphy as HomepageFX, the company changed its name to Boston Web Design in 2001 and later became Boston Interactive in 2007.^[3] In 2000 Boston Interactive designed and developed its own content management system to meet the ongoing need for clients who were not technically savvy to update their website. Smartwebs is an ASP.NET content management system that operates in a similar fashion as Microsoft Office. The privately held corporation has 32 employees and is currently located in the landmark Schrafft Center in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Lasting through the Dot Com era, the 16-year-old company has serviced more than 350 clients and has been named on the Boston Business Journal Pacesetters list^[4] and the Inc 500 5000 list.^[5]

Awards

2012

• Premier Health Exchange- Best in Class 2012 Interactive Media Award^[6]

2013

• Boston Interactive named to Inc. Magazine 500|5000 List^[7]
• 2013 Kentico Best Government and Municipal Site of the Year: Boston Redevelopment Authority^[8]
• 2013 Illinois Hospital Association – Web Design/Development - Pinnacle Award of Excellence^[9]
• 2013 Webby Awards: Foley Hoag^[10]
• 2013 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development: FirstMerit Bank^[11]
• 2013 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development: Earth Fare^[12]
• 2013 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development: Best Doctors^[13]
• 2013 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development: Foley Hoag^[14]
• 2013 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development: CloudBees^[15]

2014

• 2014 LMA Third Place Your Honor Award for Total Website: Foley Hoag, LLP^[16]
• Bechtel – Top 10 Kentico Website for December^[17]
• Wirebelt – Top 10 Kentico Website for November^[18]
• Boston Redevelopment Authority: Outstanding Website – WebAward^[19]
• Save the Chimps: Non-Profit Standard of Excellence – WebAward^[20]
• Charles River Laboratories: Science Standard of Excellence – WebAward^[21]
• Chuck Murphy given a 2014 CIO of the year award by Boston Business Journal^[22]

Thought Leadership

Basing its principles on a user-centric design process, Boston Interactive is a leader in the web personalization community and continues to further advance with the 2011 installation of an Eye Tracker Lab.^[23] Boston Interactive is the first Boston-area web design firm to utilize eye tracking software to improve the quality assurance phase of the design process.

Management Team^[24]

• Chuck Murphy, Founder and CEO
• Rebecca Marani, Vice President of Interactive Services
• Brady Bonus, Vice President of User Experience

Partners

Boston Interactive is a certified Gold Sitecore partner,^[25] a certified Convio partner^[26] as well as a HubSpot Gold Partner.^[27]

References

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5. "Inc 500 5000". Retrieved 2011-03-16.
6. "Interactive Media Awards - Award Gallery". www.interactivemediaawards.com. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
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9. "2013 Winners | Illinois Society for Healthcare Marketing and Public Relations". www.ishmpr.org. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
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16. "Legal Marketing Association : 2014 YHA Winners". www.legalmarketing.org. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
17. "Top 10 Kentico Websites for December 2014". Retrieved 2015-08-27.
18. "Top 10 Kentico Websites for November 2014". Retrieved 2015-08-27.
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21. "Boston Interactive wins 2014 WebAward for Charles River Laboratories Website". www.webaward.org. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
22. "Boston Business Journal names 2014 CIO Awards winners - Boston Business Journal". Retrieved 2015-08-27.
23. "Boston Interactive Invests in Eye Tracker". Retrieved 2011-03-16.
24. "Leadership Team". Retrieved 16 March 2011.
25. "Sitecore Partners: Boston Interactive". Retrieved 2011-03-16.
26. "Convio Web Design Case Studies" (PDF). Retrieved 16 March 2011.
27. HubSpot. "HubSpot Partner Program Tiers". www.hubspot.com. Retrieved 2015-08-27.