A dark grey laptop sits on a solid yellow background, displaying the USC Research and Innovation website with a cityscape header and bold text.

USC Stevens

Client

USC Stevens Center for Innovation

Services

UI/UX

Overview

Stauffer was hired by USC Stevens to redesign their website. Working together, the team and USC Stevens updated content and amplified the visual design for a more crisp, interactive experience.

Interactive timeline showcasing the history of the USC Stevens Center

Challenges

The USC Stevens team was continuing to add and update content while we were finalizing designs. This created a lot of back-and-forth conversations and slowed down the overall timeline. In addition, USC Stevens had an in-house designer that was not always available to provide design assets and answer our questions.

A mobile interface shows a student inside a light sphere and a campus building, with text about USC intellectual property and commercialization help.

A webpage titled Invention Disclosure Process featuring a five-step hexagonal diagram and descriptive text about commercializing research at USC.

A USC Research and Innovation webpage featuring a Spotlights section with three impact articles about cancer detection, quantum computing, and Alzheimer's.

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Solution

The team restructured our workflow to collaborate more closely with USC Stevens and have more frequent check-ins. We created interactive, visual assets to showcase their new icons and break down copy-dense pages. By creating a modular, intuitive design system, the new USC Stevens website looks cohesive and polished.

Three smartphone screens displaying USC innovation programs: The Spark, The Facilities, and The Spin-Out, each detailing their respective roles, focus areas, and website links.