CHALLENGE

While working at IBM as an IT Consultant, I agreed to work on a pro-bono project to redesign a local non-profit organization. The former site lacked organization and clarity, which prevented support through donations.

SOLUTION

The site was originally set-up on WordPress and since the founder would be updating information as needed, we decided to continue using the content management system (CMS). I used a free theme, but customized the HTML and CSS to improve the design.

LESSON(S) LEARNED

Building websites that may later be modified can sometimes be hard. I tend to go about these projects with emotions and think of each as a work of art. However, sometimes the job simply entails designing for a final project and that’s it.