Polar Design

Based in Boston, Massachusetts, Polar Design is a small interactive agency, founded in 1999, working with a cross-disciplinary team of ten or fewer people. The agency describes itself as full-service, with particular focus on online communication, portals and extranets, e-commerce, and social media. Its client base appears to include organizations needing secure stakeholder communication tools, such as corporate portals and extranets, as well as Taft-Hartley/multi-employer plan administrators, alongside businesses seeking e-commerce and web design support. The site frames its approach around a process of clarity, transformation, iteration, and achievement, emphasizing strategy and planning before execution. Service areas listed include search engine optimization, pay-per-click campaigns, web design and development, e-commerce development, and social media marketing, along with content management solutions. Specific offerings mentioned include product configurators for e-commerce, secure portal and extranet development for corporate and multi-employer clients, dashboard-style interfaces for presenting information to stakeholders, and social media application development. Polar Design also markets a Community Media Platform aimed at PEG/CATV stations, offered with tiered packages and a features comparison. For online communication projects, the agency states it handles strategy, branding, and web or mobile site design, followed by search engine ranking and PPC optimization work. The website offers a professional assessment of a prospective client's online communications intended to identify areas for cost savings or improved return on investment.