Bringing Order to Urgency: Creating a UI Kit for a Global Organization
From ad‑hoc pages to a reliable system that ships in hours, not weeks.
Product Design | Localization
In 2025 the IRC had no UI library, country websites that had drifted apart, and a web team stuck in permanent reaction mode. I led the fix as both creative director and designer, working across Digital and Web, Mass Markets, Data and Analytics, and MarTech from January to November 2025.
I owned the full lifecycle — audit, strategy, component design, accessibility standards, and implementation — at a moment when the whole sector was cutting budgets rather than building systems.
Result:
A Figma Enterprise library that took routine site updates from two weeks to under 48 hours, across a global nonprofit.
Time to ship cut drastically
• Minimal updates moved from up to two weeks to under 48 hours.
• Mockups now mirror implementation for faster approvals.Accessibility and consistency, by default
• WCAG‑minded components and patterns replaced one‑offs.
• Country homepages align on typography, color, and interaction.Built for crisis and scale
• Pre‑vetted banners and content modules reduce risk during emergencies.
• A single source of truth enables confident, cross‑team collaboration.
In under a year, a global nonprofit now presents a coherent, dependable digital experience. Larger‑scale updates aren’t a dream anymore—they’re a to‑do list. Next up: Project Homepage Makeover. 💅
I set the strategy and did the work—audits, definition, component design, accessibility baselines, and rollout—turning a clear need into a system in the midst of sector‑wide cuts.
