John leads design, development, and client strategy. Mary Ann leads SEO and AI visibility. Every project gets both. That is what makes PixelSeed different from a designer who dabbles in SEO, or an SEO agency that hands off design to someone else.
I have been designing websites since 2009. What started as a first job at a local agency became three years of independent client work on Upwork, where I built a 100+ five-star review track record across web design and branding for businesses in the US, Canada, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand. That led to 13 years at a leading web design agency in San Francisco, where I eventually ran the entire operation, managing a team of 20 across design, development, SEO, and client services.
In 2026, after years of doing this work inside other people's studios, I built my own. A focused, founder-led studio where every project gets real strategy, not just execution.
That is PixelSeed Studio.
Mary Ann started at the same San Francisco agency where PixelSeed has its roots, coming in as a virtual assistant and earning her way into a dedicated SEO role over seven years. She became the person the entire team relied on for search strategy, on-page optimization, and site performance.
Today she leads all SEO and AI visibility work at PixelSeed. She specializes in AEO, GEO, and AIO, the systems that determine whether your business gets found and cited when buyers use ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity to find a service provider like you.
Three things guide every project we take on.
A beautiful site built on the wrong message is just an expensive distraction. We start with who you are selling to, what makes you the right choice, and how your site needs to communicate that before anything gets designed.
Most websites are completely invisible to AI search tools. We build sites structured from day one to be found on Google and cited by ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity. That is not a feature. It is how we build.
If visitors are not taking the next step, something is broken. Every decision we make, from layout to copy to CTA placement, is made with one question in mind: does this move the right person forward?
We review your site, run a 10-point AI visibility check, and send you a plain-English report within 48 hours. No pitch. No pressure. Just the truth about where you stand.
