Necole Kane · 2017–2019 · Personal website and ongoing improvements
A digital home for an evolving personal brand.
Visitors needed to understand Necole’s story and find her writing, press, speaking work, or a way to connect.
- Design direction
- Designed and implemented six core WordPress pages: Home, About/My Story, Blog, Press, Schedule, and Contact.
- Outcome
- Delivered a six-page website in time for the appearance, followed by client-confirmed improvements and supporting launch materials.
- Delivery status
- Personal website launched June 2017 · subsequent improvements through early 2019
- Key constraint
- Launch ahead of a public speaking appearance using a client-selected theme and supplied content.
- Team
- Narsha Njoya — web design, implementation, responsive improvements and collateral, Necole Kane — narrative, content, photography selection and feedback
My role
What I owned.
Website design and WordPress implementation, content hierarchy, responsive layouts, inquiry support, business cards and promotional website video.
Website
Make her story the starting point.
The original brief called for a digital home where people could read Necole’s story, explore her blog, find her official bio and press coverage, and connect. I built out Home, About/My Story, Blog, Press, Schedule, and Contact in WordPress.
Necole selected the Kloe theme and supplied content and photography. I translated those materials into the website’s page layouts and supported the launch ahead of her June 2017 speaking appearance.
Responsive storytelling
Adapt the story to how people read.
As the site evolved, I moved My Story closer to the homepage introduction and changed the story-page text from two columns to one. I also developed a distinct mobile treatment for the homepage story section so the photography and excerpt worked within the smaller viewport.
The client confirmed that the mobile presentation looked right. These changes connected content hierarchy with the practical details of reading on a phone.
Publishing & inquiries
Keep the experience useful after launch.
I adjusted code to improve spacing in archived blog posts, supported contact-form testing and inquiry routing, and repaired homepage links when the earlier domain expired.
The work addressed the ongoing needs of a publishing website: readable older content, useful navigation, and working paths for prospective collaborators.
Launch collateral
Carry the website into the next introduction.
I designed business-card options that brought Necole’s personal brand and website into her in-person networking. She selected a concept, received the final JPGs, and later confirmed printing and using the cards at a conference.
I also delivered a promotional website video for review, extending the site into a launch asset intended for social sharing.
Creative partnership
Support the brand beyond the browser.
The wider relationship included behind-the-scenes filming during Necole’s Myleik Teele/Curlbox visit in 2016, photography and video at DreamHER in 2017, and social/appearance support assignments.
In 2019, I contributed homepage design for xoNecole’s Pajamas & Lipstick website alongside another designer and later delivered event photo/video files.
Outcome
A launch that became an ongoing collaboration.
The website launched in time for Necole’s June 2017 speaking appearance and became the foundation for an ongoing creative partnership. Further work improved the mobile story experience, blog readability, and inquiry paths, while business cards and a promotional video carried the brand beyond the website.