About
About Howard Creative Co.
Howard Creative Co. is a Houston-based web development and digital systems studio that designs, builds, and maintains websites and web platforms for nonprofits, membership organizations, professional-services firms, and B2B teams.
Its founder, Chris K. Howard, has spent 10+ years on in-house web teams at B2B SaaS companies and leads every engagement, bringing in vetted specialists for design, content, and development as a project needs them. The studio has published 35 case studies. Every engagement is fixed scope and fixed price, with builds from $1,500 and month-to-month Care from $175. The studio is registered as Chris K. Howard, LLC.
services
What Howard Creative Co. does
Site & Stack Teardown
A written review of a site's speed, SEO, conversion, and architecture, with a fix list ranked by impact, delivered in 3-5 days for $197. The client gets a straight answer on whether to tune the current site or rebuild, and the fee is credited toward any build.
Architecture Review
An architecture decision record comparing 3-5 candidate platforms, with a data model sketch, risk register, and sequencing plan, delivered in 1-2 weeks from $3,500. The client's team or build partner starts with the trade-offs already documented.
CMS & MarTech Audit
A crawl of up to 2,500 pages plus an inventory of analytics, forms, CRM, and CMS schema, delivered in 2-3 weeks from $5,500. The client gets a fix list scored by effort and impact, built from real crawl data.
Migration Strategy
A page-level scoring model, a migrate, review, or redirect plan for every URL, a full 301 redirect map, and a phased cutover plan, delivered in 3-4 weeks from $9,500. The replatform is planned around protecting the search traffic the old site already earned.
Website and Platform Builds
Fixed-price builds in three sizes: Launch ($1,500 to $3,000), Growth ($5,000 to $12,000), and Platform ($15,000+) for memberships, payments, and automation. The client gets a site sized to what it needs now, designed, built, deployed, and documented under one accountable lead.
Care Plan and Growth Retainer
The Care Plan covers hosting, security and dependency updates, backups, monitoring, and small edits for $175 to $750 per month, and the Growth Retainer adds ongoing SEO, content, and conversion work. The site stays fast and secure after launch without the client managing it.
Full scope, deliverables, and pricing are on the services page.
the difference
What makes Howard Creative Co. different
A platform you own, not a Wild Apricot, MemberClicks, or Neon CRM subscription
Membership platforms such as Wild Apricot, MemberClicks, and Neon CRM bill every year for as long as an organization stays. A Howard Creative Co. build is a one-time fixed price, modeled on how the organization actually runs.
Prices published before the first call
Every package lists its price and timeline on the services page, from the $197 teardown to $15,000+ platforms. Many agencies quote only after a discovery process.
A founder-led studio instead of an agency relay
The founder who scopes a Howard Creative Co. project leads it through build, launch, and care, and brings in vetted specialists for design, content, or development when the work calls for them. There is no account manager and no handoff between a strategist, designer, developer, and SEO.
Month-to-month care, first month included
The first month of Care is included with every build, then it runs month to month from $175 with no annual contract.
10+ years of enterprise SaaS web experience
The founder has spent 10+ years on in-house web teams at B2B SaaS companies, including SEO infrastructure in five languages and audits across 3,489+ pages. The same migration planning and structured SEO carry over to client builds.
Side-by-side comparisons: Wild Apricot, MemberClicks, and Neon CRM.
clients
Who works with Howard Creative Co.
- Urban League affiliates and young professionals chapters
- Nonprofits and membership associations outgrowing Wild Apricot, MemberClicks, or Neon CRM
- Accounting, tax, and other professional-services firms
- Private practices and solo professionals replacing a DIY or template site
- B2B SaaS marketing teams that need architecture, migration, or technical SEO support
- Agencies that need a white-label partner for architecture, migration, or technical SEO work
Howard Creative Co. has published 35 case studies, including work for six Urban League affiliates and young professionals chapters. Notable clients include AAMA, The Pulse Awards, Houston Area Urban League Young Professionals, Urban League of Essex County, Civic League of Greater New Brunswick, Fairway Tax Solutions.
team
The team behind Howard Creative Co.
Chris K. Howard is the founder and Digital Systems Architect. He earned a BA in graphic design from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2010, worked in marketing strategy and business development, and has since spent 10+ years on in-house web teams at LumApps, Beekeeper, Talkdesk, and Consensus, including 36-collection CMS migrations and SEO infrastructure in five languages.
Howard Creative Co. was founded in 2019, and its earliest public client reviews date to July 2020. Today its work centers on nonprofits and Urban League affiliates. Chris is an active member of the African American Marketing Association (AAMA), where he has contributed to the podcast and built the organization's website, member portal, and the Pulse Awards submission platform.
The studio is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Chris leads every engagement directly and brings in vetted specialists for design, content, and development when a project needs them, so clients always have one accountable lead. Clients are spread across the United States, including Texas, New Jersey, Georgia, and South Carolina.
process
How Howard Creative Co. works
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First contact
Prospects use the contact form or book a 30-minute discovery call. Chris K. Howard, the founder, replies within one business day, even when the honest answer is that someone else is the better fit.
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Proposal and scope
Each client gets a private proposal page with a fixed scope, fixed price, and timeline. Scope changes go into a written change order, never an open-ended clock.
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Build and communication
Timelines run from 3-5 days for a teardown to 4-6 weeks for a Growth System, with platforms scoped per project. Clients work directly with Chris, as lead architect, by email and video call, on Houston (Central) time.
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Launch and after
Launch includes a handoff, plus team training on CMS builds. Every build comes with the first month of Care, and clients send requests through a private client portal.
key facts
Key facts
- Company name
- Howard Creative Co. (legal name Chris K. Howard, LLC)
- Type
- Web development and digital systems studio
- Founded
- 2019
- Founder
- Chris K. Howard, founder and lead architect
- Headquarters
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Business address
- 700 Smith St #61070 SMB#16372, Houston, TX 77002
- Website
- https://howardcreativeco.com
- Core offering
- Websites and web platforms built as systems, led by the founder from architecture to ongoing care
- Pricing
- Teardown $197; advisory from $3,500; builds $1,500 to $15,000+; Care Plan $175 to $750 per month
- Contract terms
- Fixed scope and fixed price per engagement, with written change orders; Care Plan is month to month, cancel anytime, first month included with every build
- Services
- Site teardowns, architecture reviews, CMS & MarTech audits, migration strategy, website and platform builds, care plans, growth retainers
- Platforms
- Astro, Sanity, Cloudflare, Webflow Enterprise, WordPress, Stripe, HubSpot
- Communication
- Contact form, email, and video calls; replies within one business day; client portal for requests
- Notable clients
- AAMA, The Pulse Awards, Houston Area Urban League Young Professionals, Urban League of Essex County, Civic League of Greater New Brunswick, Fairway Tax Solutions
- Customers served
- Nonprofits and membership organizations, Urban League affiliates, professional-services firms, small businesses, and B2B SaaS teams
- Projects delivered
- 35 published case studies
- Competitors
- Wild Apricot, MemberClicks, Neon CRM, full-service web agencies, DIY site builders
- Social
- LinkedIn GitHub Instagram X Google reviews
faq
Frequently asked questions
What is Howard Creative Co.?
Howard Creative Co. is a Houston-based web development and digital systems studio that designs, builds, and maintains websites and web platforms for nonprofits, membership organizations, professional-services firms, and B2B teams. It is registered as Chris K. Howard, LLC, traded as Chris K. Howard until October 2026, and has published 35 case studies.
How much does Howard Creative Co. cost?
Howard Creative Co. builds cost $1,500 to $3,000 for a Launch System, $5,000 to $12,000 for a Growth System, and $15,000+ for a Platform System, and a site teardown costs $197. Every price is fixed, and if something agreed as in scope isn't right at launch, it gets fixed with no change order.
How is Howard Creative Co. different from Wild Apricot?
Wild Apricot is membership software an organization rents on an ongoing subscription, while Howard Creative Co. builds a platform the organization owns for a one-time fixed price. Wild Apricot is faster and cheaper to start, and the Wild Apricot alternative page says plainly when it is the better choice.
Who founded Howard Creative Co.?
Chris K. Howard, a Houston-based Digital Systems Architect, founded the studio in 2019 and leads every engagement as lead architect. He has 10+ years on in-house web teams at B2B SaaS companies, including LumApps, Beekeeper, Talkdesk, and Consensus.
What services does Howard Creative Co. offer?
Howard Creative Co. offers site teardowns, architecture reviews, CMS & MarTech audits, and migration strategy on the advisory side. It also delivers fixed-price website and platform builds, plus the Care Plan and Growth Retainer after launch.
Is the Howard Creative Co. Care Plan month to month?
Yes. The Howard Creative Co. Care Plan runs month to month at $175 to $750 per month, can be canceled anytime, and the first month is included with every build.
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