Case Study · UX Design · Association Mgmt · 2016–2022

APHON.org
Redesign

Redesigned the website for the Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses — rebuilding the information architecture around member needs, improving mobile access, and modernizing the store experience.

10–12 sites
Managed across AMC client portfolio
Mobile-first
Redesigned for nurses on the go
Member-led
IA built around member needs, not org chart
UX Lead & Front End Developer
Association Management Center
APHON.org homepage redesign APHON.org store redesign

A site built around the org, not the member

What success looked like

  1. 01 Rebuild the IA around member tasks — education, membership, events, and resources — not the organizational chart.
  2. 02 Dramatically improve the mobile experience for nurses on the go.
  3. 03 Surface both list price and member price in the store to support purchase decisions.
  4. 04 Redesign the store with faceted filtering to make finding resources faster.

How we solved it

01

IA built around member tasks, not org structure

Reorganized the site's information architecture to lead with what members come to do — continuing education, membership management, event registration, and advocacy resources.

This required close collaboration with APHON stakeholders to understand how members actually used the site versus how the organization thought about itself.

APHON.org homepage — member-first navigation
02

Faceted store filtering and transparent member pricing

Redesigned the APHON store to surface resources by Product Type, Topic, and Format — allowing nurses to filter to exactly what they need without browsing long lists.

Both list price and member price are shown on every product card — removing the friction of logging in just to see if a discount applies.

APHON store with faceted filtering
03

Mobile-optimized store for nurses on the go

The desktop store's sidebar filters collapse into accordion-style mobile filters — keeping the full filtering power accessible without requiring horizontal space.

Nursing professionals often access resources from phones between patient interactions. The redesigned store works in that context without requiring a desktop session.

APHON store on mobile

What improved

Navigation
Member-first

Stakeholders and members responded positively to an IA that reflected how they actually work — leading with tasks rather than organizational structure.

Store Experience
Faster & Clearer

Faceted filtering reduced the steps needed to find specific resources. Transparent pricing removed a friction point that previously required login to resolve.

Mobile Access
On the go

The redesigned experience worked for nurses accessing resources from phones between patient interactions — a use case the original site didn't support.

What I'd Explore Next

If the work continued

My Role

End to end