Social Psychology Network (Case study in progress...)
Social Psychology Network
A suite of nonprofit websites dedicated to peace, social justice, psychology, and sustainable living. Since its founding at Wesleyan in 1996, the Network has received over 380 million page views and is supported by over 1,500 members from more than 100 countries. It features over 2,000 profiles of social scientists from roughly 50 countries.
Primary Role
Revamping the entire interface to make it more user-friendly and contemporary while adhering to organizational standards.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 📝
- Organizing weekly meetings for design approvals
- Creating paper and digital wireframes
- Conducting a heuristic evaluation of the initial design to identify problems and pain points, and prioritizing them according to their criticality
- Developing prototypes to visualize proposed changes
- Ensuring designs were technically feasible within the project timeline
- Following requirements and using an iterative design process for multiple sections
- Designing both the public and editing interfaces for profile holders and site members
- Documenting the process and adhering to the site's core values
- Coding and developing changes while closely monitoring their impact on functionality
- Collaborating with interns to test designs for various use cases
