Bristol International Balloon Fiesta

Half a million people hit this site over a single weekend. Most of them are standing in a field, phone in hand, trying to figure out where the food is or whether the balloons are going up. We've been managing the Fiesta website for a few years now - keeping it fast under pressure, mobile-first for people on-site, and clear enough that nobody gets lost. When the weather changes the schedule (which it always does), the site updates in real-time. It just works - even when 500k people need it to.

Managing design and updates for Europe's largest hot air balloon festival website