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Industries / Education, Public & Nonprofit

Education, Public & Nonprofit

Public work has to work for everyone.

The short version

Government, defense, universities, nonprofits and research institutes have the highest bar of any client: accessible, accurate, auditable and plain. We build to that bar and make it look like someone cared.

§ 1

What’s broken

  • Information architecture mirrors the org chart, not the question a citizen or student arrived with.
  • Accessibility is a checkbox from a vendor, not something anyone tested with a keyboard or a screen reader.
  • Programmes, research and services are buried three clicks deep behind generic photos.
  • Donation, application and procurement flows leak people at every step.
§ 2

What we build

  • Accessible institutional sites WCAG 2.2 AA by design, tested, with content models that keep it that way after launch.
  • Program, course and service discovery Search and structure built around what people need, not where it sits in the organisation.
  • Research and impact storytelling Labs, projects, publications and outcomes presented so a funder or a journalist can follow them.
  • Mission-critical forms Applications, donations, FOIA and service requests that are clear, secure and measured.
§ 3

Three things you could walk away with

  1. A university department or institute site Accessible custom build with people, programmes, publications and events managed as data.
  2. A nonprofit site with donation flow Story-first design, campaign pages and a donation path integrated with your processor of choice.
  3. A defense or aerospace capability site Capabilities, compliance, contract vehicles and a secure inquiry path, with 3D of the hardware where it helps.

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