A small, senior team combining 30 years of marketing leadership with 15 years of technical engineering and SEO, focused on websites that do real work for your business.
The digital landscape has fundamentally shifted. Simple, static websites no longer serve growing businesses. Today, a website is the operational hub of your company, connecting your workflows, automating customer tasks, and driving real search visibility.
Great web design is about how a site feels, how easily visitors find answers, and how smoothly it guides them to act. We focus on functional design: clean code, accessible structure, and fast pages that turn casual visitors into loyal customers.
Strategic guidance and technical expertise, from professionals committed to your success.
Co-Founder & Lead Systems Engineer
Barrett handles the invisible engine that makes your digital presence perform. With 15 years of experience in technical engineering and SEO, he focuses on clean code, solid security, and structural integrity.
He makes sure your site loads fast, scales as you grow, and is built from day one to earn Google’s trust.
Co-Founder & Director of Marketing & Operations
With 30 years of executive experience leading marketing and operations, Susan understands the heartbeat of a business. A website isn’t just graphic design. It’s an operational tool that should welcome customers, solve problems, and drive results.
Her human-first, educational approach means clients always understand the “why” behind their strategy.
We listen and understand how your business runs before writing a line of code. If a feature doesn't serve your goals, we won't recommend it.
No bloated themes that slow you down and break during updates. Clean, lightweight builds you fully own and can easily edit.
We treat clients like neighbors, because they are. Our goal is reliable infrastructure that strengthens our local economy.
We were spending far too much with a larger company, so switching to Tacoma Web Designers was one of the best decisions we've made. Their small, dedicated team provides truly hands-on service through every step—from design to updates, hosting, and quick fixes when needed. We couldn't be happier with the results and the experience.
Tacoma Web Designers recently updated the F.U.N. website. Their customer service, professionalism, and prompt response time are top notch. We especially appreciated the effort they made to listen and truly understand our needs when redesigning the website, and the multiple follow-thru as we reassessed the site's operational requirements.
Tacoma Web Designers was founded by Barrett Makrecky, Co-Founder and Lead Systems Engineer, who has 15 years of experience in technical engineering and SEO, and Susan Sison, Co-Founder and Director of Marketing and Operations, who has 30 years of executive experience leading marketing and operations.
We’re based in Tacoma, Washington and work with businesses across the South Sound, including Tacoma, Lakewood, University Place, Puyallup, Gig Harbor, Federal Way and Olympia, as well as clients anywhere online.
We take a consultant-first approach: we learn how your business runs before writing any code, and we won’t recommend features that don’t serve your goals. Because we build websites and do SEO in-house, we fix technical problems directly instead of handing you a to-do list.
No. We love working with local businesses, but we work with clients anywhere.
Your website should take work off your plate, not add to it. Let's build something secure, fast, and tailored to your vision.
