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 : 

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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