Tonic

Kingston University

A London University website aimed at attracting undergraduate, postgraduate and international students.

Brief

In 2007 Kingston University required a website redesign to reflect users expectations and current technological advances. An in-house team at Kingston University needed to be able to manage the site internally.

Approach

Working closely with my colleague and sole developer on the project Pete Goodman my role included the following processes to deliver series of page templates and components that would be applied across the site:

Competitor research and best practice

Design direction

Information architecture

Student focus groups

Page template and component design

HTML, CSS and Javascript

Handover document

Execution

After UX updates the website was simpler to navigate with content such as course materials, fees and accommodation easier to find. The updated look and feel tested well with students and delivered a positive and open outlook. The website was live until September 2014, but has since been replaced with a newer design.