Connections With Heart (SM) | Web Site Re-Branding

Here’s a big project I’ve been working on with Yepser lately.

[NEWS: Perhaps I haven't mentioned on my blog yet... I have been contracting for Yepser since November 2009 as a Social Media Strategist, and in March 2010, they hired me on part-time to design, write, tweet, blog, answer the phone, etc. It's been good fun.]

But I digress…

We’ve recently finished up a big re-branding project for on online dating service called Connections With Heart (SM). My job was mainly to redo the header area on the home page, but then we decided it would be fun to keep the same header idea with different photos throughout the site.

Take a look at the old version of the Home page:

BEFORE

And the Home page after I got done with it:

AFTER

Riiight?? I think it really gave a whole new life to the site. Especially since it’s a site about human relationships, it’s extremely important to have that personal/human element rather than just illustrations or vectors.

Like I mentioned, we used different photos among the different sub-sections of the site.

You’ll see a few other elements of mine on those pages–the logo, buttons, etc.–in an effort to make everything cohesive.

A long project but a fun project. And I’m glad we spent the time we did getting it right because I think the result is quite nice.

GoodieRecruit | Web Graphics

Come Recommended will be launching a new service in January >>

GoodieRecruit, a division of Come Recommended, is a next-generation recruiting service specifically geared toward attracting and retaining Generation Y entry-level employees. Using Come Recommended’s database of candidates, GoodieRecruit organizes unique events with nonprofits local to and chosen by employer clients to evaluate candidates based on half-day work “experiences” completed on-site at the nonprofit’s location. The result is a narrowed-down selection for the client of two or three recommended candidates for each open position, accompanied by a complete portfolio about and rationale behind hiring each candidate.

As CR’s resident graphic designer, I was given the opportunity to work on all the startup materials for both online and print. While the Web site isn’t quite finished yet, my contributions (so far) include: the GoodieRecruit logo, navigation buttons and scrolling header images.

Take a sneak peak at my work on the GoodieRecruit homepage >>

Here’s a closer look at the logo I designed >>

And here are the first 4 rotating header images I came up with >>

I’ve been working on quite a lot with GoodieRecruit these past few weeks. Be on the lookout for a GoodieRecruit brochure and post cards in the near future.

Portfolio Web Site Redesign

Yes yes, I have once again redesigned my personal Online Portfolio Web site. I suppose the last redesign hasn’t really been all that recent, but this does land me on design #3 since the site first went live back in May 2009.

As I have announced on both Twitter and Facebook, I am “ever approaching the asymptote of excellence.” (Pardon my mathematical metaphor; I went to a math & science magnet high school back in the day. Haha.)

I do think this layout will stick for a while, however. You see, I’ve already had business cards printed up to match, so I must mean business.

Here’s a screen shot of the home page. But you really have to take a tour of the whole site to see the full design scheme.

The bird motif is in homage to my wonderful boyfriend, who is a scientist specializing in the field of ornithology. Poor guy had to sit and watch me edit this design all weekend. (Don’t worry—he had college football to keep him occupied.)

I would love any feedback on the new site, especially anything that is not functioning properly or just looks a little off.

Thanks for the support, everyone!