The Whitehead Institute at MIT
Open MacBook displaying a website with people in a science lab and the text "Create Your Legacy"

Client

The Whitehead Institute at MIT, a world-renowned non-profit research institution dedicated to improving human health through basic biomedical research.

Role

Lead Web Designer, responsible for creating print collateral and developing a microsite that seamlessly integrated the brand's look and feel. 

HTML, CSS, Drupal
Smartphone displaying a webpage titled Estate Planning from Whitehead Institute with a 'Contact Us' button and a photo of a smiling man in a lab coat in a laboratory setting.

With the Whitehead Institute, simplicity was key to designing a streamlined and accessible website. Their design focuses heavily on clean photography and a bright, minimal color palette to keep the focus on giving.

Designed while employed at PG Calc

Screenshot of the Whitehead Institute's webpage titled "Create Your Legacy"," featuring a banner with two scientists working in a laboratory, and sections explaining how to give, personal stories, and contact information.
A webpage from Whitehead Institute explaining how to make cash donations to the institute, including ways to give cash, benefits of cash gifts, and an example donation.
Screenshot of the Whitehead Institute website with a main banner titled 'Why Give?' featuring three men smiling in a laboratory. Beneath are sections titled 'How Your Gift Helps,' 'Benefits of Giving' with images of spiral scientific illustrations, 'Donor Stories' with a woman working in a lab, and 'Legacy Society' with a woman in a professional setting. The footer contains contact information and links to resources.