Bacardi.

Bacardi.

Introduction

Working with Bacardi I helped deliver the global design system, .com and digital products. I was responsible for streamlining the design of the platform and communications, and to create a consistent approach to all their digital channels.

Year

2022

Industry

Drinks Industry

Scope of work

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Design Systems

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UI/UX

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Ecommerce

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Branding

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Product Design

Services

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Strategy

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Audit

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Product Design

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Component Creation

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Design-to-code

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Maintenance

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Visual Design

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UI

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Art Direction

Timeline

12 weeks

Introduction

Working with Bacardi I helped deliver the global design system, .com and digital products. I was responsible for streamlining the design of the platform and communications, and to create a consistent approach to all their digital channels.

Year

2022

Industry

Drinks Industry

Scope of work

/

Design Systems

/

UI/UX

/

Ecommerce

/

Branding

/

Product Design

Services

/

Strategy

/

Audit

/

Product Design

/

Component Creation

/

Design-to-code

/

Maintenance

/

Visual Design

/

UI

/

Art Direction

Timeline

12 weeks

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480

variables

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02

components

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03

global markets

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design system

The Challenge

The Challenge

The main challenge was to create a digital platform that would be delivered through one brand design system, that could scale across 170 markets globally.

The key driver was to create an engaging brand experience while maintaining strict brand guidelines through a consistent, and managed, design system.

Cocktail Selector Profile

Cocktail Detail

Mobile Menu

Cocktail Selector

The project scope

The project scope

The project involved working from defining the creative strategy, building the design system, to designing the user experience that resulted in the new UI as shown. I was involved in the following areas:

Scope of work

Auditing the global platforms and current systems

Designing and developing the new design system

Crreating the new visual design and UI patterns

Managing teams globally across Bacardi

Negro

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Negro

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Negro

color.invertible-negro-900

Fuego

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Fuego

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Fuego

color.non-invertible.fuego.500

Carribean

color.invertible.carribean.400

Carribean

color.invertible.carribean.400

Carribean

color.invertible.carribean.400

Orangina

color.invertible.orangina.500

Orangina

color.invertible.orangina.500

Orangina

color.invertible.orangina.500

Sunshine

color.invertible.sunshine.500

Sunshine

color.invertible.sunshine.500

Sunshine

color.invertible.sunshine.500

Off-white

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Off-white

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Off-white

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Developing the visual identity

Developing the visual identity

We created extendable hero components that could work across all digital platforms.

These were to enable a distinct brand look-and-feel but with solid foundations.

Brand hero

Product hero

Creating campaign tools

Creating campaign tools

We also created a number of campaign tools and applications as part of the design development. Shown below is a personalised bottle application for competition winners.

The results

The results

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Faster development time for new digital features

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Faster development time for new digital features

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Faster development time for new digital features

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Reduction in design and development costs

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Reduction in design and development costs

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Reduction in design and development costs

0%

WCAG 2.2 AA compliance across all platforms

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WCAG 2.2 AA compliance across all platforms

0%

WCAG 2.2 AA compliance across all platforms

0%

Decrease in UI/UX-related development bugs

0%

Decrease in UI/UX-related development bugs

0%

Decrease in UI/UX-related development bugs

*Calculations are based on 1 month of stress testing production on time-recorded tasks

Final thoughts

Final thoughts

It was a pleasure to work on one of the world's most recognisable and consumed brands.

Creating the visual design and art direction for Bacardi was one of those career milestones.

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