Digital and Creative Services team blog
Updates and case studies from our team in Communications
We’ve been working to demystify a tricky technical process. By sitting in the same room with our stakeholders and designing around user stories, we’ve clarified a complicated process and made it feel a lot more human.
A short and sweet update to sum up what has been a packed couple of months since my last update in January. HR web migration A team of us migrated the HR web pages from Dreamweaver into the Web CMS in just six days! It was super satisfying and fun. It’s not live yet but … Continue reading Content design team round-up: March 2026
Over the past few months, we’ve been working on migrating the HR web pages from a legacy system (Dreamweaver) and into the main University website and our central web content management system (CMS). Having the HR content within the CMS will mean it’s easier to maintain and better aligned with our wider University website, brand … Continue reading New HR web pages now live
Here’s a quick look at what we’ve been working on to kick off the new year.
Hello! The Content Design team in Communications consists of myself and Harriet. Our small team works on a variety of web content projects. It’s been a packed end to the year. Here is what we have been working on over the last month.
As part of the ongoing project to rebuild academic department web pages, we’ve been working to enhance departmental content about equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). A collaborative approach Through collaborating with several departments over the past couple of years, as well as the Equality and Diversity Office, we’ve made significant strides in improving how departmental … Continue reading Transforming departmental EDI web pages
We’ve recently launched a set of web pages to help staff lead projects at York. This was a collaborative effort working with the University’s central Project Management Office. The new Project management resources web pages provide guidance on the standard project life cycle at York, from concept through to handover and close. The pages are … Continue reading New project management web pages
I recently wrapped up a great project rebuilding our web pages about campus. This job was a joy to do because it allowed me to focus on many different forms of content – video and imagery proved just as important as copy to show (rather than tell) what our campus has to offer. Why a … Continue reading Campus web pages refresh
In October, we launched a new set of web pages which bring together resources on change management for University teams. The project proved once again why content is key! Here are the Making change happen web pages which we worked on with the People and Organisational Development (POD) team within HR. Like all universities (and … Continue reading Making change happen web pages
Having recently joined Communications as Web Content Developer, I was keen to get stuck into the CMS. Luckily, one of my first tasks was to rebuild the History of the University branch on the website. For this quick turnaround project, my colleague Harriet and I had a focus day where we got the bulk of … Continue reading Looking to the past: Rebuilding the History of the University web pages