Website · Photography

Forty years of research, in a first impression

A custom website their team can edit, built around an original photo shoot of their labs, their equipment, and the people running the studies.

Two Synchrony Labs clinicians working beneath a surgical light in the procedure suite

Introduction

Synchrony Labs is a preclinical contract research organization in Research Triangle Park, running cardiovascular, neurological, peripheral vascular, and structural heart studies for medical device companies. Synchrony Labs wanted to rebuild their website on a platform their own team could manage, and to replace stock imagery with real photography of their labs, their equipment, and their staff at work. Just as important, it had to speak to one specific reader: the device company comparing labs ahead of an FDA submission, deciding which one they trust to carry the program.

What We Did

2 deliverables, built to one standard

01 — Website

Website

Synchrony Labs wanted a faster, cleaner, more thorough site, one that could go deep on every service they offer without getting harder to navigate. We built it custom, with dedicated pages for preclinical services, the facility, and each area of expertise. A built-in CMS lets their team publish and update without a developer. The architecture is the part that matters longer term: they can add a new area of expertise, or child pages underneath an existing one, without a rebuild, and because the site is custom they can connect the other platforms and automations they run as those needs change. Every capability gets its own page, so there is something specific for a device company to find, and the depth underneath each service strengthens the service page itself.

The Synchrony Labs homepage open on a laptop in their conference room

02 — Photography

Photography

The facility is one of the strongest things Synchrony Labs has to show, so we spent a day on site photographing it: the cath labs, the imaging suites, the equipment, and the people running the studies. Every frame was color graded to sit with the navy, red, and teal in their logo, so the photography does more than illustrate the pages, it sets the tone of the whole site. Scrolling through it should feel like walking the building. The rooms read as clean and current, the equipment reads as serious, and the team reads like people who have done this before.

Two Synchrony Labs clinicians working at a draped surgical field beneath a C-arm imaging unit
A gowned Synchrony Labs clinician watching an imaging monitor during a study
A Synchrony Labs clinician reviewing a coronary angiogram at the control station
A Synchrony Labs team member recording study notes while a procedure continues behind her
Two gowned Synchrony Labs clinicians operating imaging equipment in the procedure suite
Synchrony Labs staff documenting a study at the control desk beside angiography monitors
The Synchrony Labs team at the table during a cardiovascular procedure, one clinician in a lead apron

The Result

Synchrony Labs now has a website that looks like the facility it represents, and a photo library that outlives the launch. Their team can publish on their own, every area of expertise has a page built to be found, and the imagery running through all of it is theirs to use as collateral for content going forward. The site went live in August 2026 and Beach Bird Studios continues to support it.

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What clients say
“Eric from Beach Bird Studios is an incredibly talented and hard working individual. He has helped me optimize and supercharge my website. He is also my go-to connection for videography and video editing. Highly recommended.”
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