Coty - Beyoncé Parfums
Taking the reins: Team VMX takes over an ailing web property and gives it new life.
PROJECT SUMMARY
It’s a simple rule of business – clients change vendors, and for a wide variety of reasons. Taking over a project where a previous team left off is never easy - but addressing client needs is what we do.
Coty’s existing Beyoncé Parfums website – a complex Drupal site with language translations and multiple brand styles – was experiencing technical and management issues that needed to be addressed. Team VisionMix was initially tasked with taking over site maintenance responsibilities in early 2014. Once the site was stabilized, the brand team asked us to explore ways in which the site could be modernized – both in terms of functionality and its overall look and feel. With budget always an issue, the challenge was to update the site without entirely rebuilding it.
Our goal was to give the site a "facelift", keeping the existing site structure and user interface in place while upgrading and updating its overall appearance. We developed an entirely new visual design that was more in line with other Beyoncé web properties. Along the way, we added new fragrances to the lineup, retired some old ones, and developed graphic email templates to help drive traffic to the site.
WHAT WE DID
Took over the existing codebase to assume responsibility for ongoing site updates and maintenance tasks
Modified the existing site homepage and internal page templates with updated visual design
Deployed new fragrances to the site complete with local market content and language translations
Designed and developed graphic email templates to be used for new product announcements