Shining a spotlight on a world class brand.
A disparate and complex digital ecosystem combined with an ongoing struggle to clearly articulate their brand promise, Joslin Diabetes Center needed more than a mere website redesign. They needed a gateway to instantly convey their inspiring brand story, as well as enable a full life-cycle progression — from prospect, to patient, to advocate and donors.
An enviable and untapped opportunity to scale impact.
Joslin is saving lives and changing the course of diabetes. It’s where patients go to find the courage to thrive with diabetes, and where experts go to find answers. We needed to create a website experience that aligned with its world class status — i.e., worthy of its history, standards and reputation.
A mission in need of a rallying cry.
At its core, Joslin Diabetes Center is best in its class with a life-changing mission. They are a global leader, with a team of the world’s most brilliant minds at the absolute peak of their crafts. However, they're humble (we'll brag for them though!) and unknown to many who need it.
But to create the journey-centered, welcoming, global gateway worthy of their mission to end diabetes, first we needed an identity and unified message that all stakeholders could rally around.
We found a way to simplify the build and experience.
Replacing a slightly outdated CMS, we built the new website using our proprietary Drupal-based ZenSource CMS. Using templatized modular units for ongoing flexibility, we created an easily updated evergreen system for web content.
Ultimately we created an experience that made a complex mission easier to understand and join.
We carefully considered each touchpoint of the ecosystem to create a singular view of the health system and unify the overall website experience. We needed a simple content management system for multiple content authors, as well as the ability to consolidate the fractured ecosystem and migrate content into one cohesive system.
A gateway that unites a community — inside and out.
In building the gateway for the inspiring Joslin brand story, we also built consensus around the very essence of the brand, platform and visual experience. Ultimately, the project fostered internal and external alignment around Joslin's core mission.
| 100% | Focused on diabetes research and care |
| 3,700+ | Existing pages audited |
| 3,000+ | Photos taken during photo shoot of real Joslin Diabetes patients, researchers and clinicians |
| 1,300 | Web pages including news, blogs and patient stories |
| 1,725 | Database-driven Diabetes specialists fed into a brand new, searchable expert directory |
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