I worked closely with the Web and the Brand & Identity teams to realize the redesign. Backed up by extensive quantitative and qualitative design research the new website brought many improvements, which led to more traffic.
Examples of the many improvements in the redesign:
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Removal of lots of clutter, such as never-visited pages and duplicate content.
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A focus on top-tasks and a task-based website structure.
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Creating guidelines for navigation interactions and for UI text.
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A complete overhaul of online forms.
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A new navigation structure, with a mega-menu.
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Adding more 'white space', and making the look-and-feel more up-to-date.
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Implementing accessibility guidelines
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Making the website mobile and tablet friendly.
The redesign process was a long and complicated one. It required collaboration between departments that didn't work together before. There were many hurdles to overcome: No mutual understanding, lack of trust, no shared goals, lack of funding, old technologies, missing processes.
It took 3 years, I am proud of all that we achieved, and grateful for all that I learned.
Design system
At the end of the process I was actively involved in the development of the Design System, creating guidelines,
specifications and content for it.
I also created a Service Design Handbook for employees. (Sorry this is only in Dutch).


