Macclesfield College
UX design for education
The Challenge
Macclesfield College website was a unique challenge in that it needed to provide a streamlined and engaging journey for prospective students to identify available courses, but also to recommend potential courses based on a series of questions about interests, experience and future visions. Additionally the site needed to contain a wealth of information about the educational processes and accreditations that the college upholds.
The Solution
The site was created with a clean and structured aesthetic, building on a foundation of negative space and a minimal palette to streamline the user’s experience and reduce choice down to only the essentials. To achieve the core purpose of the reimagined site, a fluid and prominent ‘decision tree’ was included which, through multiple-choice functionality and animation, removed pain-points and created an exciting and rewarding user journey.
The Process
Brief analysis
Brand review
Competitor landscape research
User journey and site mapping
Moodboarding and concepts
Initial designs
Revisions and refinements
Present to client