{"id":49,"date":"2016-05-09T14:36:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T04:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jaredparkerdesign.com\/?p=49"},"modified":"2025-03-19T07:27:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T20:27:21","slug":"ride-around-the-lake-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jaredparkerdesign.com\/?p=49","title":{"rendered":"Website &#8211; Ride Around The Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jaredparkerdesign.com\/?p=197\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"197\">Ride Around the Lake<\/a> is a recreational cycle for Charity. Each May, hundreds of people ride around the picturesque lake Illawarra to raise money for charity.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having assisted in 2015 as a videographer, I was honoured to be selected to lead media and communications for the event in 2016 and again in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first thing I proposed was creating a new website, as the existing site was almost a decade old, slow and did not effectively communicate the details of the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"httpss:\/\/jaredparkerdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/maneken-MOLLY02-1-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jaredparkerdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/maneken-MOLLY02-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/jaredparkerdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/maneken-MOLLY02-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/jaredparkerdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/maneken-MOLLY02-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/jaredparkerdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/maneken-MOLLY02-1-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/jaredparkerdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/maneken-MOLLY02-1-2048x1365.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While I was assessing the clients&#8217; needs, the customer bookings team reported having high amounts of inquiries for simple event details. I proposed creating a clear and simple design for the new website as well as a <a href=\"httpss:\/\/jaredparkerdesign.com\/?p=20\">Motion Graphic<\/a> to visually communicate details in a captivating way<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also created a wide variety of print media to promote the event, promote sponsors, and communicate messages during the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" src=\"http:\/\/jaredparkerdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_20150414_085939_square.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jaredparkerdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_20150414_085939_square.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/jaredparkerdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_20150414_085939_square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jaredparkerdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_20150414_085939_square-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jaredparkerdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_20150414_085939_square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jaredparkerdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_20150414_085939_square-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jaredparkerdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_20150414_085939_square-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With assistance from the customer service\/booking team, we created an FAQ section that addressed the biggest pain points for customers. With the introduction of the new site and the motion graphic, they saw notably lower customer support tickets for event- related information then previous years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The website was created with a responsive design and optimised for fast load times as I observed that the majority of traffic on the old site was via mobile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"671\" src=\"httpss:\/\/jaredparkerdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/RATL_Web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jaredparkerdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/RATL_Web.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/jaredparkerdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/RATL_Web-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jaredparkerdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/RATL_Web-768x515.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the web design, I also looked after the server (VPS), ensuring fast operations, applying security patches, backing up Via FTP and keeping everything up to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the event is no longer running the site has since been shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tools Used<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>WordPress<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Google Analytics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adobe Illustrator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adobe Indesign<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ride Around the Lake is a recreational cycle for Charity. 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