Collegiate Consulting Group
Brown University's Collegiate Consulting Group (CCG) is a student group engaging in real-world consulting. Previously, their website and central landing page was entirely hard coded in HTML, making the interface simplistic and basic. Working with my team at Fullstack@Brown, we designed and implemented a brand new content management system (CMS) based UI/UX to make website upkeep and updating seamless while redesigning the entire look of the website to be professional and credible.
The Mission
What work was cut out for me?
Design a website that:
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Integrates a new CMS for displaying members and photos
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Creates user flows for existing members, potential members, alumni, and potential clients
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Modernizes and creates a sense of professionalism and cutting edge competitiveness with other consulting groups
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Maintains the brand identity that CCG has established previously, particularly through their annual reports
Through
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Coordinating with one fellow designer, the client, product manager, and developers
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Prototyping and iterating using Figma
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Compromising and revising when designs weren't feasibly implementable or unaligned with client vision
The Figma Prototype!
Shoot me an email if you would like to see the full Figma prototype!
Design Highlights!
Home Page
Membership Cards
Embedded Annual Reports
Contact Us Button
that follows the user as they scroll
Reflections!
What did I learn and take away from this experience?
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Collaborating across disciplines
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I got to work with talented developers and consultants, two fields I was constantly out of depth in. However, I learned to trust my teammates with their specialties and to focus on how I could hone my own skillset to complement theirs to create a product that is greater than just the sum of our individual skills. ​
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​Communicating and working with a client
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Rather than being given an open ended assignment, I got to work closely with the client who had both explicit wants for the website as well as open ended desires. Navigating the line between that gray area where I could use my creative judgement and where I needed to strictly adhere to client asks was dynamic and challenging.​
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Working with other designers
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I learned to cooperate with another designer to work simultaneously on the same project. In order to maintain clear user flows and brand appearance across the several pages of the website, I had to work very closely with my PM and other designer to coordinate even minute design choices. Additionally, I learned to balance my own design voice with my team's and also the client's asks. ​
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