SouthernEducation.org Website Redesign

Southern Education Foundation

Overview

The Southern Education Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation created in 1937 from four different funds — the Peabody Education Fund, the John F. Slater Fund, the Negro Rural School Fund, and the Virginia Randolph Fund. Their main goal is to promote quality education for traditionally disadvantaged students, including the poor and African Americans.

Project

Aktiv redesigned and developed the Southern Education Foundation website reinforcing the brand as a leading non-profit organization committed to advancing equitable education policies and practices. Aktiv worked with SEF to refine an intuitive information architecture that drives users to content that is most relevant to them. The website enhanced the look-and-feel of the previous site and includes many enhancements to usability and administration, delivering the most up-to-date information about Southern Education policies and legislation.

Impact

From the client: "The entire rebuild was a complex project, but Aktiv Studios was able to successfully implement upgraded features and streamline the UX, much to the delight of the foundation. The Aktiv team was highly communicative, and internal stakeholders were particularly impressed with their solutions-based approach."