Rapid Prototyping: Internal Website
Through my network, I heard of an issue that a Fortune 100 company was having with the communications flow of an internal website.
Part of the group wanted the website to be a wealth of information for people in other departments about what this group was and how they could work together.
Part of the group wanted a database with all of the paperwork and information current employees of this group could possibly need.
I thought - why can’t it be both engaging and informative for those on the outside, and a helpful tool for the employees that needed it! So, on an informal basis, I got to work creating a wireframe of several web screens in the hopes that it might help solve the company’s problem.
The Home Page
The home page breaks down all of the key information for both current team members and people in other groups looking to know more. It gives a brief introduction and the mission of the group at the top, a scrolling menu of key customers they work with, and a brief break down of the numbers this team does annually.
Below that for anyone wanting to go more in depth or looking for more specific information, users could click into one of four relevant sections.
New Employee
This page makes it super simple for any new member of the group to get all of the paperwork they need to set up their day-to-day tasks, all they need to do is click that button and they’ll receive everything in zip file!
Resources
I wanted it to be as easy as possible for existing employees to find any documents they may need. I designed this page with a search bar for if they need to find something specific, as well as an organizational system by job type incase they need to do a bit of browsing first to find exactly what they need.
About Page
This page uses image cards and descriptions to help give outsiders more in depth information about who the key players in this group are and what all they are working to achieve.
I was able to present my prototype to this group’s communication director, and they are using it as the basis for the design of their new internal website! The design was being sent off to an engineer elsewhere in the company and is currently in production.