UX DESIGN | Engineers without borders australia
Client: Engineers Without Borders Australia (EWB) is a member-based, community organisation that creates social value through engineering.
Brief: Design a member portal for Engineers without Borders, Australia
Goal:
Increase member retention
Engaging online experience to build a EWB community
Personalised dashboard
My Role:
Stakeholders Interviews, Research, Contextual Enquiry, Information Audit, Affinity Mapping, Ideation, Card sorting, Design Solution, Testing
THE PROCESS: DISCOVER. DEFINE. IDEATE.
PROBLEM STATEMENT:
How can we increase retention rates and member engagement through the development of a membership portal?
Research Methods:
Stakeholders Interviews, User Interviews, Best Practices in the industry, Contextual Enquiry, Google Analytics, Information Audit




Key INSIGHTS
Content :
Website messaging not clear and repetition of Information
Information Structure :
Difficult to find specific Information or resources
User often used external means to find information and resources
Membership Ambiguity and confusion:
People found Membership category ‘Friends” confusing
Benefits of Membership not communicated clearly
AFFINITY MAPPING:
Based on our Competitive Analysis, Stakeholder and User Interviews, we synthesised data to find pattern and themes. Established Personas and identified major pain points.
Personas:




User Needs and Business Goals
Solution STATEMENT :
Increase member retention, by delivering a more engaging experience of EWB
Offer more personalised content and communicate clearly the value of EWB membership
FLOW CHARTS :
CARD SORTING AND SKETCHING
DESIGN SOLUTION:
Further Recommendations:
Membership Reframe
Professional
Concession/Student
Volunteer
Subscribe
Site Audit
Content Audit
Reorganise Information
Resource
Site communications
Align with print communication
Promote CPD