Merit Lee, founder and creative director of Designs with Merit, attended the New School of Social Research for creative writing in New York City. She became co-founder and principal writer for the company Rent-A-Roast, where she spent five years writing and performing custom roasts for corporations like AT&T, IBM, Coopers and Lybrand, and the Chicago Board of Trade.

She relocated to San Francisco, California in 1991. While pursuing a degree in English at the College of Marin, she continued her writing career. Her work appeared in local newspapers and national magazines. Merit received her degree in Internet Technology & Design from San Francisco State University and founded Designs with Merit in 1996. Merit blends her background as a writer and her talent as a designer to create web sites that are not only visually pleasing, but have an eye on marketing.

10 years to the day of establishing Designs with Merit, we have launched a new software application for your web site: www.GoogleMapBuilder.com It's a collaboration between Designs with Merit and a leading technology firm to Create Dynamic Searchable, Dragable, Street and Satellite Maps for your site with our new DIY tool.. Just upload your data, set some basic configurations, and watch as this program builds dynamic Google Maps with your data.

With over twelve years e-commerce experience, DWM has evolved as the premier resource for any size or type of online business.

Merit has developed a team that covers website design, maintenance, custom programming, Search Engine Optimization, and content development and marketing. We are a full service web site development company with unsurpassed customer service and the personal touch of someone to talk to for our your web site needs.