Songwriting with Soldiers: Designing a Site to Share Veteran Stories Through Music

Visual Design, Content Strategy, UX Design

What is Songwriting with Soldiers?

SongwritingWith:Soldiers transforms lives by using collaborative songwriting to expand creativity, connections, and strengths. SongwritingWith:Soldiers is considered a groundbreaking program by Post Traumatic Growth researchers and we are helping to develop studies focused on how collaborative songwriting and positive psychology interventions can affect Post Traumatic Stress and overall veteran wellness.

CHALLENGE

The program needed a stronger online presence to distribute the powerful music created by veterans and songwriters.

RESULTS

Increased accessibility and visibility for veteran-created songs.

My Role

UX & Visual Designer – Concepted and designed new web assets to showcase and distribute songs created in the program.

Team

Worked with program leaders, songwriters, and veteran communities.

Tools Used

Sketch, Prototyping tools, Invision

Timeline

2 Months

The Approach

Designed a new website structure and sitemap.
Created multiple homepage layout options for testing.
Developed enhanced search functionality for song discovery.

Objectives

Train additional program teams and songwriters to enable us to hold more retreats and post-retreat offerings for veterans and their families
Connect to research and advocacy in order to develop best practices for post traumatic growth and integration of military experiences to civilian life
More actively distribute the music to build connections and awareness around the globe