The studio

You’re not hiring an agency. You’re hiring a creative designer and a marketing brain, in one.

I’m Shujain Ali. For a decade I’ve designed and ranked websites, hundreds of them, from local shops to publicly-listed companies. Now I build them to do both: rank on Google and get cited by AI.

Shujain Ali, founder of Ranked & Cited, on the Brooklyn Bridge
Shujain Ali in DUMBO, Brooklyn
The work

Most people are a designer or a marketer. I’m both.

I’ve been designing and ranking websites since 2016, hundreds of them, for everyone from local businesses to major publicly-listed companies, including five years inside two of the top creative agencies in the US, on $10K to $50K-plus projects.

That combination is the whole point. I build sites that look like a top agency made them, and I build them to rank on Google, Bing, and the AI engines. So you are not just beautiful. You are found.

A good-looking, well-ranked site still isn’t the point. The point is what it brings you: calls, leads, sales. I don’t design for awards. I design for outcomes. Every layout, every line, every button exists to turn a visitor into a customer.

I’m on every build. Brand, design, architecture, deploy, and I’m the one who answers when something needs to change. No account managers, because I take only a handful of builds at a time.

The track record

A decade of getting businesses found.

Hundreds

Of sites built and ranked

Since 2016

Ranking businesses on Google

$10K–50K+

Agency-grade project pedigree

5 years

Inside two top US creative agencies

From local shops to publicly-listed companies. A creative designer and a marketing brain in one, now building for the AI era: ranked on Google, cited by AI.

The path here

How I got here.

A decade of designing and ranking websites, from a UK travel platform to two of the top creative agencies in the US.

2016

Founded Rise Level Marketing

My own SEO and web-design studio, building and ranking sites for clients worldwide. The decade-long thread that runs through everything since.

2018–2019

SEO Specialist, Accommodation.co.uk

Manchester, UK. Ranking a high-traffic travel and accommodation platform.

2019–2021

Web Designer & SEO, Kaizen Marketing

Nanaimo, Canada. Affiliate sites and white-label web design and SEO, refining the craft at scale.

2021–2024

Front-End Developer, Three Summers Creative

New Jersey, US. Three years building premium client websites at a top US creative agency, on $10K to $50K-plus projects.

2025–now

Front-End Developer, Adapting Social Current

New Jersey, US. Three Summers was acquired by Adapting Social and I moved with it: same craft, larger platform, bigger budgets.

2026

Launched Ranked & Cited

Premium authority sites, built to rank on Google and get cited by AI. A decade of craft, brought to the businesses that deserve it.

Shujain Ali in Times Square, New York
The mission

I loved the craft. I hated that it stayed locked behind agency budgets.

So I built Ranked & Cited to bring agency-grade work to the businesses that deserve it, at a price that makes sense. I won’t promise you rankings or sales, because no one honest can. I promise the foundation, and you work directly with me.

48-hour turnaround, no payment neededFounding 10: $500 + $99/mo, locked foreverrising to $2,000 + $199/mo soon

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