TravelSmith
Increasing online e-tailer’s competitive edge
My Role
- Web Design
- UI/UX
- Wireframing
- Branding
- Content Planning
- Email Marketing
- Email Design & Production
- Sales Analysis
- Art Direction
- Information Design
- Photo Editing
- Typography
- Web Design
- Content Planning
- Wireframing
- UI/UX
- Branding
- Email Marketing & Analysis
- Email Design & Production
- Art Direction
- Information Design
- Photo Editing
- Typography
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As Senior Web Designer at TravelSmith I was responsible for the e-commerce face of the company. I led the website design of 4 major revisions, growing sales from 18% of total sales to over 85% at present. My ballywick included art direction, design and production of home, landing and product pages, with an emphasis on the path-to-purchase flow. To drive traffic to the website I designed over 200 emails per year, and art directed freelancers on additional emails as needed. I also art directed the design of the Travel Center, a content rich WordPress for travelers. section as well as the usual assortment of ads, banners, logos and more.
As Senior Web Designer at TravelSmith I was responsible for the e-commerce face of the company. I led the website design of 4 major revisions, growing sales from 18% of total sales to over 85% at present. My ballywick included art direction, design and production of home, landing and product pages, with an emphasis on the path-to-purchase flow. To drive traffic to the website I designed over 200 emails per year, and art directed freelancers on additional emails as needed. I also art directed the design of the Travel Center, a content rich WordPress for travelers. section as well as the usual assortment of ads, banners, logos and more.
![](http://marcusbadgley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/proj_ts_hmpg-macbook_2071x1279.jpg)
Major Site Revisions
Home Pages
Landing Pages
Email Campaigns
![proj_ts_homepages-macbook_1172x277](http://marcusbadgley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/proj_ts_homepages-macbook_1400w.jpg)
![proj_ts_homepages-macbook_1172x277](http://marcusbadgley.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/proj_ts_homepages-macbook_1400w.jpg)
Email Marketing
A critical driver of TravelSmith’s growth was strategic email marketing. My team and I designed and produced of over 300 emails a year. Using best practices and on-brand design, email productivity shot up, driving online sales from 18% to 85% over catalog sales.
![](http://marcusbadgley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/proj_ts_email-assembly_2300x942.jpg)
Travel Center
To increase TravelSmith’s competitive edge the content-rich Travel Center was created to provide customers and travelers planning trips a place to find relevant travel content. I designed the first two interations of this section and then directed a San Francisco web agency to create the third major update using a custom theme WordPress theme.