Fifteen years in. Starting over, on purpose.
I started as a designer. Fifteen years ago that meant logos, layouts and print files; soon it meant websites, and websites meant WordPress. I spent over a decade building sites with WordPress and Elementor, first for my own clients, then on agency work with Made by Proxy, where I built and looked after a long run of client sites end to end.
Along the way I went deep into real estate marketing: landing pages for developments, virtual tours, CGI visuals, branding and brochures. That work taught me the whole arc of a launch, from the first sketch to the page that actually converts.
Then, across 2025 and 2026, I rebuilt how I work around AI. Not as a gimmick but as the production line itself: research, copy, design, code and QA, with AI in the loop at every step. Working that way I designed and shipped Orbit, TrackTrendy, SendMerlin, Roundmark and more, solo, alongside client sites that now go live in weeks.
I work from Warsaw now, a long way from where I started in Mauritius, as part of the re.make collective. This site is the method eating its own cooking: written AI-first, edited through Orbit CMS, measured with TrackTrendy.
(The road here)
2005 – 2012
First years in Mauritius: marketing, production and hospitality software
2012 – 2014
Project manager, wiGroup: mobile in-store payments
2015 – 2019
Project manager, Crealys: real estate and hospitality branding for the Indian Ocean and Africa
2018
Founder, L’Atelier by L.Verbeeck: web apps, design and branding
2019
Co-founder, LAVA Digital Studio with my brother Alexandre: the web studio behind Crealys’ work
2022
WordPress and Elementor expert with Made by Proxy
2025
The AI-first pivot: Orbit, TrackTrendy, SendMerlin, Roundmark and a studio rebuilt around AI
(What AI changes)
Speed
Weeks, not months. A full site from brief to live in 4-6 weeks.
Quality
Tested, monitored and tuned. 95+ Lighthouse scores as a budget, not a hope.
Scope
A solo studio that ships like a team. Strategy, copy, design and build in one place.
The proof is in the work.