Derek Gulbranson
Case Study

Heller Ehrman

Fall 2007
I supported the Marketing and Information Technology departments with design and implementation of web applications and HTML email.

InterAction Redesign

The client’s intranet homepage was badly in need of a redesign, but it’s Sharepoint implementation made changing the site’s markup difficult. I developed the redesign using a trial and error method working with a dev laptop they gave me to find what things we could successfully change.
This was the starting design for the intranet homepage.
Intranet Homepage - Original
The Sharepoint intranet homepage redesigned using only CSS changes.
Intranet Homepage - New
The client provided me this internal application on a dev laptop and asked me to make it look better.
Original Prototype
I applied CSS changes to freshen up the client’s initial stab at a custom internal web application.
Example Web Application Interface

Internal Email Templates

I designed a flexible system of email templates implemented as Outlook Form Templates.
Technology Incident Report
Library Template
Regional Template
Working Group Template

Holiday Card

Holiday cards for law firms are hard because you can’t say “Christmas”. I worked with the client’s Creative Director to incorporate the client’s brand into a unique and creative printed holiday card. The client’s brand made heavy use of colored boxes, so we turned the boxes into Christmas presents by drawing a little bow on them. The client reported it was the most well-received holiday card in the firm’s recent history.
Card inside
Inside
Card outside
Outside