Client: Hawaii Writers Guild
• Website Design
The Hawaii Writers Guild is a group of writers located within the Hawaiian Islands, who all share a similar mission: to support writers connected to the Hawaiian Islands, to hone their craft and engage with the public, and to heighten community appreciation for literature, creativity, and the written and spoken arts.
When the Hawaii Writers Guild first reached out to me, they were very much in need of a new website. Their old website was outdated, hard to navigate, unorganized, had a lot of compounded information and wasn’t very user friendly. Their mission as a group was strong but their website was lacking and it wasn’t representing them well.
I took on this project to create a new website that both inspires and empowers the HWG members when using it, while also educating the public on the organization. Acting as a resource for members, while remaining educational to the public.
Their old site had about 200 pages that I had to consolidate, organize, create new and redesign. All of this I did by scratch for the creation of their new site. Some of the features on their new site include: new member information and form applications for both regular and student memberships, a directory of the current members and individual author pages for each member including photos, a bio and published books or works they want to showcase, as well as a directory of writing genres and locations linking to each member. Their new site also includes resources for members, ways to get involved, a board of directors page, legal resources pertaining to the HWG, writing resources for members, writing support groups for members, recreation of past member newsletters, a donation page and so much more!
This was a pretty big project to take on but it has been an honor and a joy to work with the Hawaii Writers Guild for the creation of their new website. They are an inspiring group of writers and I’m honored to have created a new website that works for them and represents them well.
