PowerSchool
Resource Thumbnail Redesign

PowerSchool is the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education in North America. Its mission is to power the education ecosystem with unified technology that helps educators and students realize their full potential, in their way. I am currently a fully remote design lead specializing in web and digital design on the Marketing team.

About this project: 

This thumbnail redesign project was completed as part of a larger website redesign project that I am currently leading design on. The audit of the existing design revealed:

• Inconsistent thumbnail sizing

• Overuse of stock photography

• Text on the image was repetitive, the same text was also included on the card

• Overall too busy

• Lacking a custom or branded feel

• Time-consuming to create

• District logos are often hard to find, too low-res, or clash with the PowerSchool brand

My role on this project was everything from concept to completion including creating a templatized approach and training the design team to implement the new design system.

Solution:

The final product is a clean, cohesive, branded design system that will infuse cyan (the primary brand color) into the new website design which is otherwise lacking the color. The newly designed system also features:

• Consistent sizing across all content types

• Custom, branded feel

• No text on the image

• Simplified overall

• ADA compliant usage of the primary brand color

• A scalable approach that reduced the design lift

• Eliminated the need for using district logos

• Shows the asset when possible to entice users
  

Work completed at PowerSchool