Thomson Rueters - Findlaw

As a UI designer, I worked on dozens of projects wearing many different hats. I was tasked with creative briefs, ideation of branding, directing a team of developers, ensuring best UX/UI practices, and upholding current A11Y accessibility standards.

MY ROLE:

  • UI Design

  • UX Design

  • UX Research

  • Art Direction

  • Branding

  • Graphic Design

METHODS/TOOLS

  • Primary/Secondary Research

  • Wireframing

  • High Fidelity Design/Prototyping

    • Divi

    • Figma

    • CSS

    • Wordpress

  • Collaboration & Art Direction w/ Developers

  • A11Y Standards

  • QA Testing

  • Client Presentation

Goals

The Breifs

Starting with creative briefs, designers set the foundation of the site. Interacting with an assigned team of developers, up to 25 of these sites were assigned at one time. Communication, patience, and time and asset management between all of open sites as well as the other designers for support was integral.

  • Using the database:

    • Find any useful existing information

    • Review information provided by project managers

    • Connect with previous team if project was transferred

  • • Logo creation*

    • Color pallet and usage*

    • Photography selections*

    • Initial site layout

    *Some clients provided these assets or were available in databases

  • • Setting a timeline for the project

    • Attracting assets

    • Form completion

    • Completed briefs would be sent to the developers to create the framework of the site

Site Refinement

Using Divi, a visual tool of Wordpress, sites would be handed back from the development teams for refinement. Designers had a list of defects assigned to them, including access to a list of all active projects. It was common practice for other designers to take on defects that others might have. Smaller revisions were the designers responsibility using Divi and CSS. While more intensive revisions were handed back to development teams. Accessibility and responsive design were also top priorities.

Client Presentations

Client presentations equipped me with the skills to handle any type of client interaction. Design always went first, going over the creative brief and any notes we had received to make sure everyone was on the same page. Making sure every design decision was carefully explained and justified to them. A content specialist would go over the clients additional materials before the PM would wrap.

Quality Assurance & final preparations

Any revisions requested from client and QA was the final task of designers. Once everything was accounted for, any assets were packaged up, uploaded to our servers, and handed off. Thomson Reuters was a great first UX job. I learned so much about team management, professionalism, and responsive design.