TransLash

Role on the project
UX Designer
UI Designer
Agency
Briteweb
Tools
Figma
Figjam
Wordpress
My contribution
Collaboration: Content Framework
Sitemap
Wireframes
UI Design
QC
Site Population
Year
2024

TransLash Media is an independent news organization that tells trans stories to save trans lives. They work to help people expand and deepen their understanding of each other.

The Ask
TransLash was at a pivotal point in time for their organization. Their work mattered even more than ever. The organization was rebranding and producing some of its most ambitious and impactful journalistic and media work to date, but their website wasn’t up to par.

I was brought on for the website redesign, to translate their evolving identity into a digital platform that could better support their output. While TransLash was doing cutting-edge reporting and storytelling, the existing site limited how that work could be presented and sustained. The structure didn’t support their editorial depth, the design system constrained creativity, and the site as a whole failed to reflect the boldness and urgency of their work.

The goal was to build a website that could do more than host content. It needed to showcase their journalism, support multimedia storytelling, and clearly communicate who TransLash is at this moment in their evolution.
The Approach
Content Support & Sustainability
Developed a flexible content framework that could support long-form journalism, multimedia storytelling, and rapid editorial growth
Defined content types and structures to bring consistency across articles, series, and media formats
Created scalable templates that provided flexible storytelling structures, improved metadata consistency, and accommodated a wide range of multimedia formats
Brand Application
Translated the refreshed brand into a cohesive digital language by establishing clear rules for color, typography, and visual rhythm while supporting diverse content types
Designed bold interactive components that felt playful without being intrusive, showcasing the brand, even in the smaller details
Community Centric
Designed with accessibility and clarity at the forefront, ensuring that all users could engage with content and community resources
Focused on letting community artwork, photography, and narrative pieces breathe and take space in the designs, ensuring each piece of beautiful work is done justice
The Output
Their new digital home became a catalyst for explosive growth — strengthening engagement, expanding reach, and supporting TransLash as it scaled further.

The client relationship was strong and trusting, often resulting in no revisions on the work presented.

TransLash's website was a People's Voice Winner in the Webby Awards in the activism category.
The website now
Functions as a dynamic hub where TransLash’s journalism is showcased with clarity, energy, and visual presence
Supports deeper exploration and discovery, making it easier for audiences to connect with stories, history, and media
Showcases the strength of their brand
Houses pathways for audiences to explore media in their preferred dimension, be it topic, project or media
Provides internal teams a framework to publish new content of all project and media types
Lets their storytelling and art shine
Performance metrics as of January 2026