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Clearer research pathways for students, funders and industry partners

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SSPC needed clearer digital pathways for students, researchers, funders and industry partners while preserving the precision of a pharmaceutical research centre.

The centre works across deep science, education and industry collaboration, with visitors arriving from very different levels of context. The website had to preserve scientific precision while making research pillars, technologies, accreditations and partner information easier to explore for academic and commercial audiences. The project focused on practical discovery, so visitors could move from initial interest to the right area of the organisation with less effort.

Services

Brand Strategy
UI/UX Design
Information Architecture
Web Development
SEO Implementation

Clearer research pathways for students, funders and industry partners

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SSPC needed clearer digital pathways for students, researchers, funders and industry partners while preserving the precision of a pharmaceutical research centre.

The centre works across deep science, education and industry collaboration, with visitors arriving from very different levels of context. The website had to preserve scientific precision while making research pillars, technologies, accreditations and partner information easier to explore for academic and commercial audiences. The project focused on practical discovery, so visitors could move from initial interest to the right area of the organisation with less effort.

Services

Brand Strategy
UI/UX Design
Information Architecture
Web Development
SEO Implementation

Date

Aug 2020

Client

SSPC

Industry

Education & Research

Timeline

4 months

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The Challenge

The opportunity was to make a large body of pharmaceutical research easier to explore for academic, industry and commercial audiences.

SSPC operates across deep science, education and industry collaboration. The website needed to support very different user journeys, from PhD candidates and researchers to funders, biotech companies and multinational partners. Research pillars, technologies, accreditations and partner-facing information all needed a clearer structure so visitors could understand the centre's expertise without losing the precision of the science. The structure had to welcome non-specialists while still feeling credible to people who work inside the science.

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The Solution

A research information hub created clearer pathways, stronger hierarchy and a more accessible way to explore SSPC's work.

The new structure organised complex material around audience needs and research intent. Information architecture, UI design and development worked together to make resources easier to find, with pathways for industry solutions, academic disciplines, news, events and research outputs. The result was a platform that could communicate SSPC's authority while making its work more useful to partners, students and stakeholders. This made the site more useful for recruitment, funding, research discovery and industry collaboration without diluting the expertise.

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The Process

The process combined content audit, taxonomy planning, navigation design and careful web implementation.

Brainstorm mapped the needs of students, funding bodies, researchers and industry visitors before translating SSPC's research material into clearer categories and page relationships. The design introduced more breathing room around dense content, supported by clean typography and selective data visualisation. Development focused on speed, accessibility and responsive performance so the site could serve an international audience across devices. The approach kept the language and navigation grounded in real user needs rather than internal organisational complexity.

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By the numbers

Academic and industry domains referring to the SSPC website.

Academic and industry domains referring to the SSPC website.

High value organic keywords indexed for the research centre.

High value organic keywords indexed for the research centre.

Total backlinks established across the site's search footprint.

Total backlinks established across the site's search footprint.

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Brainstorm didn't just redesign our website; they helped us clarify our story. The new platform bridges our labs and partner conversations, making our research accessible without diluting the science.

SSPC

Communications Manager

SSPC

SSPC logo for brand identity design by Brainstorm Design Ireland.

Brainstorm didn't just redesign our website; they helped us clarify our story. The new platform bridges our labs and partner conversations, making our research accessible without diluting the science.

SSPC

Communications Manager

SSPC

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