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Upstatement’s Values

While it’s easy to see what we do, it’s harder to see how we do it. For that, we turn to our values. To understand how Upstatement shows up in the world, start here.

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Content Editors Are Users Too: Why We User Test Our CMS Builds

A CMS isn't just a means to an end—something you need to manage your website. It's an important tool for content editors in achieving your organization's strategic goals.

Abby Conway
5 Things to Know About Your Content Before a Website Redesign

If you’re considering a website redesign and haven’t started to think about what that means for your content, ask yourself these five questions. Each one will spark essential conversations within your organization and prepare, inform, and empower you throughout the redesign process.

Abby Conway
How a Start-Up Founder Manages Its Backlog

Finding the right balance between bug fixes, user feedback, tech debt, and new features took the Marathon team time and practice. Founder Josh Pensky shares what he learned through ten releases, thirteen sprints, and six months of trial and error.

Josh Pensky
How We Power Lovable Products with User Insights

User research is core to how Upstatement designs and develops digital experiences. It’s how we ensure that a product meets the needs of our clients—which are ultimately the needs of the audiences they hope to serve. We strive to develop products that resonate deeply with those audiences; we describe our MVPs as ‘Minimum Lovable Products.’ But what exactly makes a product lovable? To find out, we ask the right people the right questions, in the right way, at the right time.

Britt Dalton and Caroline Mead
What We’re Thinking (and Doing) About AI

Our Chief Technology Officer shares big-picture thoughts on AI, as well as specific use cases we've discovered so far.

Mike Burns
The AI Art Director

Working with generative AI to hit new creative highs.

Scott Dasse
Sharing a New Brand with Your Higher Ed Community

The world of higher ed has especially passionate stakeholders, and a strategically-managed redesign process and rollout is critical to earning buy-in from students, faculty, alumni, and fans. We asked our collaborators at various universities what they learned during their redesign rollouts; here’s their advice for how to get your new brand off to the right start.
4 Lessons We Learned On Our Way to a 4-Day Work Week

4DWW helped us find new flexibility and made for happier, healthier teams. And it might help you, too. In 2022, Upstatement started experimenting with a 4-Day Work Week, and after measuring the results I’m happy to say that our…

Tito Bottitta
Your GPU is a Place

Why knowing the geography of your motherboard matters when it comes to optimizing graphics and animation. If you’ve ever attempted a casual conversation with a graphics engineer, they’ve probably worked the word “shader” in somewhere. If pressed (and even if…

Charlie Hoey
Using Data Visualization to Drive Change

How we helped Everytown turn legal surveys into a tool for change.

Abby Conway

What we build

Our work

Upstatement’s Values

Content Editors Are Users Too: Why We User Test Our CMS Builds

5 Things to Know About Your Content Before a Website Redesign

How a Start-Up Founder Manages Its Backlog

How We Power Lovable Products with User Insights

What We’re Thinking (and Doing) About AI

The AI Art Director

Sharing a New Brand with Your Higher Ed Community

4 Lessons We Learned On Our Way to a 4-Day Work Week

Your GPU is a Place

Using Data Visualization to Drive Change