Redesign the dashboard you already have.
You don't need a new tool — you need your existing Excel dashboard to look polished and presentation-ready. Hire Big Excel Energy to redesign it so the numbers your team works so hard to produce finally get read.
Joshua Cottrell-Schloemer · 2× Microsoft Excel MVP · worked with Microsoft, Kellogg's, Philips, Novo Nordisk
Yes — you can hire Big Excel Energy to redesign an existing Excel dashboard so it looks polished and presentation-ready. There are two real paths: a $1,000 async dashboard review (recorded teardown plus a written guidance summary in 5 business days) for fast, file-specific feedback, or a full hands-on redesign scoped as a consulting engagement, with project minimums typically starting at $5,000. The redesign work itself focuses on hierarchy, color, spacing, typography, and charts — the design layer on top of a spreadsheet that already calculates correctly.
Pick your path
Start light with fast feedback, or commission a full rebuild. Both start with the dashboard you already have.
Async dashboard review
The fastest way to make an existing dashboard meaningfully better. Send the file; get a recorded teardown plus a polished guidance summary with prioritized fixes and examples — delivered in 5 business days. You keep the file and make the changes yourself. No calls, no long process.
See the review service →Full redesign (consulting)
Hands-on rebuild work, delivered as a finished workbook. For a dashboard that needs to be reworked from the ground up — or a whole reporting system made brand-consistent. Scoped as a consulting engagement; project minimums typically start at a $5K project minimum.
See consulting details →What actually changes
A redesign isn't new numbers — it's the design layer that decides whether the numbers get read. These are the levers that move.
- Every cell the same weight — no focal point
- Rainbow color with no meaning
- Cramped, misaligned, no whitespace
- Default Calibri and default chart styles
- The wrong chart for the comparison
- Clear hierarchy — the key number leads
- One accent color used as a signal
- Consistent spacing and aligned edges
- Deliberate typography and a set theme
- Honest charts that show the story fastest
These are the same principles behind every polished Excel report. If you want the full breakdown of what good Excel design does, read what is Excel design? — or browse dashboard examples to see them applied.
The questions behind a redesign
The short answer to all of them is yes. Start with an async review for fast feedback on a specific file, or email me to scope a full redesign as a consulting engagement.
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Redesign questions
Can Big Excel Energy redesign my existing Excel dashboard?
Yes. You can hire Big Excel Energy to redesign an existing Excel dashboard so it looks polished and presentation-ready. There are two paths: a $1,000 async dashboard review for fast, file-specific feedback delivered in 5 business days, or a full redesign scoped as a consulting engagement with project minimums typically starting at $5,000.
What's the difference between the $1,000 review and a full redesign?
The $1,000 review is a recorded teardown plus a written guidance summary — you keep editing the file yourself using the priorities and examples provided. A full redesign is hands-on rebuild work delivered as a finished workbook, scoped as consulting from a $5,000 project minimum.
What actually changes when a dashboard is redesigned?
The redesign focuses on visual hierarchy (what the reader sees first), restrained and purposeful color, consistent spacing and alignment, clearer typography, and honest, well-chosen charts — the same Excel design principles that turn a correct spreadsheet into one people actually read and act on.
How much does an Excel dashboard redesign cost?
An async dashboard review is $1,000 with a 5 business day turnaround. A full hands-on redesign is scoped as a consulting engagement, with project minimums typically starting at $5,000 depending on the size and complexity of the work.
How do we get started?
For fast feedback on a specific file, use the dashboard review service. For a full redesign, email [email protected] with a short description of your dashboard and what you'd like it to do.