Design Coalescence

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Controller of Saint Joseph's Hill of Hope

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Nonprofit that preserves, publishes and distributes Teachings delivered through The Miracle of Saint Joseph.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Design Coalescence to accomplish?

• Design and development of an engaging desktop and mobile-friendly website platform to provide tools for visitors to chart their own spiritual journey using the site.
• Easy search of 8,000 Revelations, along with curated topics.
• Landing page that changes daily and feeds specific site content to subscriber email.
• Daily-changing feed of messaging to social media platforms
• Engaging images
• Navigable architecture that invites exploration from macro to micro content.

SOLUTION

How did you find Design Coalescence?

Other

Why did you select Design Coalescence over others?

• High ratings
• Close to my geographic location
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

What was the size of Design Coalescence’s team?

15

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

• Redesign single Revelation page template implemented for 8,000 pages along with 50 custom pages.
• Customized search with filters. Develop color palettes for 9 Path to Heaven sections, with sortable results.
• Take existing and create publications in collaborative virtual library.
• Design striking homepage with 5 sections from database generated visuals, setup auto deploy via MailChimp also.
• Complete Vulnerability Scan & Code Review before final launch.

Deliverables:

• Optimized search page with multiple custom filters
• Unified custom admin dashboard
• Present designs before committee and live audience
• Transition of 8,000 Revelations naming nomenclature and redirect of all old URLS
• Curated visuals after committee approvals

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• Milestone dates met
• Budget met
• Design Timelines met
• Post Launch user feedback 100% positive

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Design Coalescence delivered all items on time, and throughout the process was 100% responsive to our requests, and brought various alternative solutions at decision points. Our site is extremely complex and we had simultaneous projects within the site running parallel. The firm was unphased by the breadth and depth of requirements.

What was your primary form of communication with Design Coalescence?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Parath C. has a unique way of guiding a discussion to a consensus decision, enabling all parties to be heard, and to listen to points of view not otherwise seen by each participant. Design Coalescencewere able to meet the complex development tasks others thought were not possible.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Design Coalescence could have done differently?

None come to mind.