Premier Corporate website project
More than 3 months of intense work has paid off, we have launched the Premier Corporate website, and it is not just one portal; we have now 5 major portals for Corporate, K12 Canada, K12 US, Higher Education, and Home & Family. Corporate website is one the major tools used by the Marketing and Sales department, and the Technology used had to be flexible, expandable, and maintainable by our Technology Department.
I have implemented the Portals using Joomla Content Management Software. Premier e-Catalog component is my creation which is custom made based on their unique business model. Premier has a large array of Modular products and services ( Planners, Agendas, and Programs ) that are grouped and marketed to different market segments; Data Modeling, User Interface design, and implementing the Joomla e-Catalog Component were the most adventurous stages of this project. This is basically a reincarnation of an Open Source e-Portfolio architecture that I created last year.
Honestly even today I don’t exactly know all the products that premier is offering, yet all I needed to know was the pattern that Premier has developed its line of products and services in an organic fashion over the last 10 years. System is flexible enough that they could easily add the contents to it within few weeks. Training the Data Entry team took little more than 20 Minutes over the phone.
Another major challenge in this project was designing the design template and the look and feel of the Portals. Premier is a Marketing oriented company with very traditional strict approach to their identity guideline. I am still not very happy with the images provided by the marketing team. Nothing is ever perfect is it?
Previous Premier Corporate Website
I still think I managed to push the envelope far enough by introducing Premier to a collaborative style online content management, and taking away the clutter from their online presence. And I hope premier would develop the suitable culture and workgroups to use their new marketing tools for a much more dynamic and active online presence.
I would also like to thank the following people who participated in this project with me:
Technology Solutions Department: Bernie VS, John K
Marketing: Trish N, Jason D, Susan B
Product Development: Larry R, Suzzane P, Wim K, Harold L
Art Prep: Jessica M, Tarin E, Ryan R
and Premier’s Sales team who participated in my interviews
Thank you Premier, I am so proud of this project
Rastin
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