Design systems
Helping to create a cohesive design system.
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Hired to advise on the initial stages of the creation of the CNN design system.
Freelance UX designer – Sept 2018 – Oct 2019
Design systems and Accessibility
I was asked to contribute to the creation of the CNN design system. For the time of my contract I worked in the Shared Web Capabilities team in London. We collaborated with the larger design team in the USA to deliver the first draft for CNN.
I also worked on a number of other small projects, optimising the registration process and reviewing the existing CMS to see if there could be improvements to the publishing process.
Case studies
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Researching research at CNN
Researching all the research at CCN, I found as CNN audience was so big the quantitive data lent itself more towards the mega and macro end of the research spectrum. At the other end of the scale all the testing of products CNN generated a lot of micro and nano data and insights.
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CNN triple A design system
Creating a triple A design system CNN had embarked on a harmonisation project, one aspect of which will be to create a cohesive design system. CNN is a complex network of departments and siloed teams and they have an ever increasing number of layers that must work together to create a consistent experience. As part […]
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CNN Accessibility for everyone
A very big audience CNN has a giant audience, and 10 to 20 percent of those users could need help accessing CNN’s digital content. CNN currently claim, a global audience of 170 million unique multi-platform visitors for August 2019. The United States census bureau reports that about 56.7 million people, 19 percent of the population […]