Case study · 04

Gravitas Leadership Institute

A leadership institute website with a clearer programme structure and a CMS the internal team could maintain.

Year
2025
Role
IA, UX/UI, web development, CMS setup
Stack
Institution · Pan-African · Leadership

01 · The brief

What the client needed.

Gravitas Leadership Institute needed a site that could present its programmes with more clarity, support credibility at first glance, and give the internal team a simpler way to keep content current.

02 · Discovery & IA

Structure, audience and sitemap.

This project needed a clearer academic structure. The programmes carried most of the weight, so discovery focused on how they should be grouped, what information mattered most to a first-time visitor, and how the internal team could keep programme content consistent over time.

Sitemap · gravitasleadershipinstitute.com

06 routes · 04 programmes

Home //about/programmes/faculty/insights/apply/contactExecutive LeadershipPublic ServiceEmerging LeadersWomen Leaders/apply/apply/apply/apply
  • ·Each programme drives both /programmes/<slug> and /programmes/<slug>/apply, keeping the path predictable.
  • ·Insights and Faculty share an authorship model so a faculty member's published work surfaces under both profiles.

03 · Wireframes & UX

From wireframes to prototype.

The wireframes helped clarify how programmes would be compared, scanned and explored. This stage was important for getting the content hierarchy right before visual styling added polish on top.

Programme detail wireframe

Hi-fi · /programmes/[slug]

GravitasProgrammes · Faculty · Insights · AboutApplyHome › Programmes › Executive LeadershipProgramme heroProgramme · 12 weeksExecutive LeadershipFor senior leaders shaping organisational strategyand managing complexity across teams.Apply nowDownload briefNEXT COHORT14 Jul 2026Apply by · 30 Jun 2026Hybrid · Nairobi + onlineOutcomes · Eligibility · FacultyOutcomesEligibilityFaculty leadsCurriculum modules01 · Strategy02 · People03 · Decision-making04 · Capstone01020304
  1. 01Breadcrumb: Home › Programmes › Executive Leadership
  2. 02Cohort dates pinned to the hero — most-asked question
  3. 03Two-column outcomes + eligibility, scannable on mobile
  4. 04Apply CTA repeats inside the page (top + sticky footer)

04 · Outcome

What changed after launch.

The outcome was a clearer programme-led site, supported by a content structure the internal team could maintain without having to rebuild pages by hand.