Case Studies

The work, the choices, the numbers behind each one.

Selected projects from the last several years of Rough Works engagements. Each case study walks through the brief, the trade-offs we made, the build, and what shipped — including the specific metrics where they moved.

E-Commerce · Performance Marketing

MilkJar — ROAS +247% via Shopify + paid-media rebuild

MilkJar Candle Co. needed both a Shopify storefront that converted and a Google Ads spend that earned. We rebuilt both. Result: first-page keyword rankings and the best advertising ROI in the company's history.

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Custom Shopify · 3D Commerce

OLVR — Custom 3D engagement-ring designer on Shopify

OLVR sells lab-grown diamond engagement rings. We built a 360-frame sprite scroll effect that matches Rolex's WebGL setup at a fraction of the engineering cost — with a 95+ Lighthouse score on a Shopify storefront.

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Insurance · Custom Web Portal

Seubert — From paper eBonds to a digital pipeline

Seubert Associates' eBonds process was paper-and-fax in a digital world. We built a custom web portal that turned it into a streamlined workflow — cleaner ops, faster turnaround, happier customers.

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Brand · Web

Maurice Law — A humanised identity for a modern firm

A complete brand refresh and a user-centric website experience for one of Canada's leading law firms. The result is respectful, modern, and unmistakably theirs.

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