AI web designin Chicago, IL.
AI-assisted websites for Chicago businesses that convert, perform and are built to rank. Design, development and technical SEO handled by one person, not three vendors.
Right now someone in Chicago is searching for what you sell.
Same market, same service. One business gets the call and the other never finds out there was one. The difference is rarely the offer. It is what the search engine can read, how fast the page opens on a phone and whether the page makes the next step obvious.
- A site that looks fine on a laptop and takes four seconds to open on a phone
- Pages Google has crawled but not indexed, and nobody has asked why
- Leads bought through ads or directories, paid again every month
- A designer, a developer and an SEO who have never been in the same call
- No mention when a customer asks ChatGPT or Perplexity who to hire
- Pages that load fast on mobile and pass Core Web Vitals with real users
- Every page that matters indexed, with schema that says what the business does and where
- Organic and map visibility that keeps working when the ad budget stops
- One person who answers for design, build and rankings
- Facts about your business stated clearly enough for an AI assistant to quote
The Chicago market you are competing in
The population of Chicago has barely moved since 2020 (−0.4%). Growth here does not come from new arrivals. It comes from taking the searches a competitor is getting today, which makes technical quality and page speed a direct advantage.
Cook County has 134,513 business establishments, and 60% of them have fewer than five employees. That is who I build for: owners who need agency-grade work without four people and a markup between them and the person doing it.
Largest sectors in Cook County, by number of establishments
Professional services
19,166 establishmentsLaw, accounting, consulting, design. Clients search the problem, not the firm, so practice pages written around the question win.
Health care
16,621 establishmentsPatients search by condition and by neighborhood. Accurate provider pages, schema and booking that works on mobile bring the appointment.
Retail
13,577 establishmentsStores compete on two fronts: the local map for foot traffic and product pages for online orders. Speed on mobile decides both.
Personal and repair services
12,960 establishmentsSalons, auto repair, laundries. Whoever shows up in the local three with the best reviews takes the booking.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates and County Business Patterns 2023.
What I do for Chicago businesses
AI web design & build
AI-assisted research, drafts and quality checks, with every decision made by one specialist. Strategy, Figma design and development in one hand: Webflow, WordPress, Shopify or Framer. Conversion focused, mobile first, and search friendly from the first wireframe.
- Figma to live site in about fourteen days
- Analytics and conversion tracking from day one
- You own the domain, the CMS and every account
Technical SEO
Crawl and index diagnostics, Core Web Vitals, architecture and schema. Every finding evidenced with live data, never automated warnings.
- Technical audits and traffic recovery
- JavaScript SEO and rendering
- A prioritized fix list your developer can act on
Local search
Most searches with buying intent in Chicago end in the map results. Profile, reviews, local schema and pages have to tell the same story.
- Google Business Profile and local schema
- Service and location pages with something real to say
- Name, address and phone consistent everywhere
AI search (GEO)
Assistants quote pages they can parse and verify: clear answers, marked-up facts, and sources that agree with each other. Same foundation as Google SEO, reported separately.
- Visibility checks in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude
- Entity and schema work
- Content structured to be quoted
Case files
A 30-page site, planning to implementation
An extensive build taken from planning to full implementation: structure, design, development, launch.
Mobile PageSpeed, 61 to 96
Render path, images and third-party scripts rebuilt so the mobile experience stopped costing conversions.
From 53 to 100 performance score
Core Web Vitals treated as engineering work, not a plugin: a store taken from 53 to a 100 score.
“Marcos delivered a thorough, well-evidenced technical audit of a Cloudflare/SEO issue affecting our site's Google traffic - every finding was backed with screenshots from live data, not just claims.”
Contracts and reviews are public on my Upwork profile.
Fixed prices, the same in Chicago, IL as anywhere
Audit
$350USD · one-offTechnical and AI-search audit with a prioritized, developer-ready fix list.
- Crawl, index and Core Web Vitals
- Search Console and GA4 analysis
- Every finding evidenced with live data
Landing page
$600USD · one-offOne conversion-focused page in Webflow or Framer, live in about five days.
- Conversion-focused structure and UX
- Mobile first and fast by default
- Analytics and conversion tracking
Website
$2,200USD · one-offFull design and development, Figma to live site, in about fourteen days.
- Strategy, Figma design, then build
- Webflow, WordPress, Shopify or Framer
- Technical SEO built in, not bolted on
Ongoing SEO
$1,200USD · per monthTechnical SEO, content and AI-search work after launch, with a monthly report and a call.
- Month to month
- No setup fee
- You own every account
Prices in USD, fixed per project and confirmed once we have looked at the site together. Redesign with the SEO program: from $2,500. Hourly work is $55.
Working with Chicago from a distance
I do not keep an office in Chicago, and the price reflects it. The work happens in Figma, in your CMS and in Search Console, and you see it as it moves. Calls are scheduled in Central Time.
Nearby cities
Questions
What does AI web design mean for a Chicago business?
AI speeds up the parts that used to take weeks: research, first drafts of structure and copy, code and quality checks. Every decision about strategy, design and what goes live is mine. You get a custom site in about fourteen days at a fixed price, not a template filled in by a machine.
How much does a website cost for a Chicago business?
$2,200 for a full design and build, Figma to live site, in about fourteen days. $2,500 with the SEO program on top, $600 for a single landing page, $350 for a technical and AI-search audit. The price is fixed and confirmed after we look at the project together.
Are you based in Chicago?
No. I work remotely with businesses across the United States, and calls with Chicago clients are scheduled in Central Time. My average reply time is under four hours. You talk to the person doing the work, not an account manager.
How long does SEO take in Chicago?
Technical fixes show first: once pages are crawlable, indexed and fast, changes are visible in Search Console within weeks. Rankings for competitive terms take months, and how many depends on who you are up against. Cook County has 134,513 business establishments, so I start with an audit of your actual competitors instead of quoting a generic timeline.
Can a small business in Chicago compete with bigger companies in search?
Yes, on the searches that matter to it. 60% of establishments in Cook County have fewer than five employees, and many of them rank because they answer a specific question better than a national brand does. A fast site, precise service pages and consistent local signals beat a bigger budget spread thin.
Do I need a separate page for every neighborhood or suburb around Chicago?
Only for areas you really serve and where you have something specific to say: a project, a price difference, a travel time. Pages that change nothing but the place name do not rank for long and can hold the rest of the site back.
Will my business show up when someone asks ChatGPT for a recommendation in Chicago?
Assistants quote pages they can parse and verify: clear answers, marked-up facts and sources that agree with each other. The audit checks how your business appears today in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude, and what is missing.
Do I sign a contract?
Projects are fixed price and milestone based. Retainers are month to month. You own every account and every deliverable, and if you stop, the work stays yours.
How do we start?
Send the address of your site. I review it and come back with what I found in a 15-minute call, in Central Time. If there is work worth doing, you get a fixed quote after that.
