Redesigned a style guide
Sage, 2025
I led the effort to redesign the Sage Content Style Guide, streamlining it to make room for a new Product UI content section and a future Copilot, AI, and conversation section.
Problem
The previous version of the Sage Content Style Guide had no guidelines for product UI content. In addition, there was no room in the top-level navigation or the landing page tiles to add a new section.
Solution
To help content peers understand the value of a redesign, I conducted a full content quality audit and shared my findings along with a demo of a prototype of a possible new design.
Outcome
As the project moved forward, I led a group effort to build a new site, move and merge content, add a new section for product UI content, and sketch out a new Copilot, AI and conversation section.
Result
Content Designers across Sage have a single place to find all the guidelines they need to create product UI content, and a new section to begin crafting guidelines for Copilot, AI, and conversation.
Impact
The product content is becoming more consistent in tone and style, improving customer experiences across Sage products.
Lesson learned
Gaining approval of the content style guide committee was simplified by having a working prototype so they could see a before and after example of the user experience, including functional navigation and search.