Web Design & Development in Oakland and Berkeley
Your East Bay Web Design Agency — Right in Your Backyard
HyperArts has been designing and developing custom websites from Oakland since 1998. As an Oakland web design company, we’re a team that shops at the same farmers markets, gets stuck in the same Bay Bridge traffic, and genuinely understands the East Bay’s mix of nonprofits, arts organizations, research institutions, small businesses, and tech-adjacent companies.
That local grounding matters. We’re not a remote shop projecting “Bay Area vibes” from across the country. We’re here. We know Oakland’s neighborhoods, Berkeley’s institutions, and the organizations doing important work throughout the East Bay. Many of our longest-running client relationships started with a coffee meeting in Temescal or a call from a Berkeley nonprofit trying to fix a website that had been neglected for years.
If you want web designers and developers who treat your project with the same care a neighbor would — with honest scoping, no offshore handoffs, and support that doesn’t disappear after launch — you’ve found us. We also serve clients across the bay with San Francisco web design.
Web Design Services for Oakland and Berkeley Organizations
Whether you’re building something new, improving what you have, or keeping an existing site running smoothly, HyperArts offers the full range of web design and WordPress services East Bay organizations need:
Custom Web Design & WordPress Development — Original, brand-aligned designs built on clean, scalable WordPress architecture. No templates, no shortcuts.
Website Enhancements & Upgrades — Already have a WordPress site? We make it faster, more accessible, easier to use, and better for your visitors.
Ongoing WordPress Care Plans — Proactive maintenance, security monitoring, daily backups, and plugin updates so your site stays healthy without becoming a burden on your team.
API & System Integrations — Salesforce, Mailchimp, HubSpot, event platforms, payment gateways — we connect your website to the tools your organization already relies on.
Accessibility Consulting & Compliance — WCAG 2.1 and ADA compliance built into every project, with dedicated audits available for organizations with specific compliance requirements.
Nonprofit Web Design — We have deep experience with Oakland and Berkeley nonprofits specifically.
Transparent Pricing — See typical web design and development costs before you call.
Oakland and Berkeley Organizations We’ve Designed Websites For
We’ve had the privilege of working with some of Oakland and Berkeley’s most respected organizations across nearly three decades:
Chabot Space & Science Center — A comprehensive redesign for one of Oakland’s most beloved science education institutions, serving students, families, and space enthusiasts across the East Bay.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory — Research-focused web projects for one of the nation’s premier scientific research institutions, including content portals and data-driven interfaces for scientific and academic audiences.
UC Berkeley — Web projects supporting UC Berkeley-affiliated programs and departments, including KALX Radio and the NetSys Lab, built to meet the accessibility, performance, and content management standards of a major research university.
Zachary’s Pizza — A modernized website for the East Bay pizza institution, with menus, online ordering, and the fan-created Zachary’s Pizza Art gallery.
IBEW Local 1245 — A full-featured website for one of California’s largest labor unions, representing utility workers and public employees throughout Northern California and Nevada.
Coastal Quest — Building a clear, compelling digital home for coastal resilience research and community engagement work serving the Bay Area and beyond.
Cal Hospital Compare — A public health data platform empowering California healthcare consumers with transparent, easy-to-navigate hospital performance information.
“We asked HyperArts to redesign the look and restructure the CMS of our institutional website after another agency backed out due to the complexity of the task. The HyperArts team was knowledgeable, talented, flexible, and a pleasure to work with.”
— Pamela Patterson, Managing Editor for Science Communications, Berkeley Lab
Web Design for the East Bay’s Unique Mix of Organizations
Oakland and Berkeley have a distinct organizational landscape that most agencies don’t really understand. The East Bay is home to a high concentration of nonprofits and social-impact organizations, major research institutions and university-affiliated programs, independent businesses with strong community identities, labor unions and advocacy organizations, and arts and cultural institutions that serve regional and national audiences.
These organizations don’t need cookie-cutter websites. They need something that reflects their mission, speaks clearly to their audiences, and can be managed by a small internal team without calling a developer every week. That’s exactly what we’ve been building for East Bay clients since 1998 — and why so many of them have stayed with us for years through our WordPress Care Plans.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes — HyperArts is headquartered in Oakland. We’ve been designing websites for East Bay businesses, nonprofits, and organizations from this location since 1998. We’re genuinely local, not just “Bay Area” in a general sense.
Absolutely — nonprofits make up a significant portion of our East Bay client work. We understand the unique pressures mission-driven organizations face: limited budgets, multiple stakeholders, accessibility requirements, and the need to communicate impact clearly to donors, volunteers, and the communities you serve. See our nonprofit web design services to learn more.
Yes. We’re happy to meet at our Oakland office or at a location convenient for you. Many of our East Bay clients prefer at least one in-person meeting during the discovery phase, and we’re always available for check-ins throughout the project.
Since 1998 — over 28 years. We’ve worked with dozens of Oakland and Berkeley organizations across nonprofits, research institutions, arts groups, labor unions, and small businesses. That depth of local experience means we understand the East Bay’s organizations and the audiences they serve.
Most custom websites we build cost $12,000 to $80,000, depending on size, content, and integrations, and enhancements to an existing WordPress site typically run $5,000 to $25,000. See our pricing page for details.
