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Square Academy Website Development
Project Overview

Square reached out to Big Drop to revamp its learning management system (LMS) with the goal of seamlessly providing personalized information to different audiences.

Industry
Software Development, Software/Hardware Platform, Finance, B2B
Services
Web Design, UX/UI Design, Development, Research & Discovery
Year
2023
Challenges

A primary objective for Square was to set its sellers up for success through thoughtful education that serves them better.

Big Drop introduced a progressive multimedia learning journey tailored to cater to Square users of all backgrounds. The revamped Learning Management System (LMS) was meticulously crafted for effortless scalability, offering both straightforward content creation and the adaptability to define the content experience and flow as needed.

Square Academy Branding Styles Creation
Visualization

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Research & Discovery

To cultivate user journeys that effortlessly facilitate the discovery of information, we created a strategically crafted infrastructure. This included intuitive user pathways and streamlined navigation for seamless resource discovery, ensuring users remain both informed and engaged. Our thoughtfully constructed information architecture effectively conveyed the company's narrative, making it easily comprehensible to all users.

Website design for Square Academy
Solution

When bringing Square Academy's new LMS to fruition, Big Drop's primary goal was to accentuate Square's free courses and webinars, aiming to empower users to extract maximum value from the platform. The LMS was meticulously designed to be mobile-responsive, ensuring that information is presented in a digestible format that fosters user engagement, exploration, and assessment.

Square Academy's website development
Visual Elements

After implementing an information architecture strategy that laid a solid foundation for content, our attention turned to the creation of dynamic, custom illustrations designed to sustain visual allure.

Dark Green
RGB:

26 76 55

HEX:

#1A4C37

CMYK:

78 25 70 62

PMS:

7736C

Racer Yellow
RGB:

45 252 159

HEX:

#F5FC9F

CMYK:

6 0 50 0

PMS:

937C (Neon)

Coral
RGB:

255 100 76

HEX:

#FF644C

CMYK:

0 74 70 0

PMS:

7416C

Blush
RGB:

255 227 219

HEX:

#FFE3DB

CMYK:

0 13 11 0

PMS:

9260C

Dark Cocoa
RGB:

84 44 35

HEX:

#542C23

CMYK:

31 74 69 67

PMS:

7518C

Latte
RGB:

180 146 126

HEX:

#B4927E

CMYK:

23 38 44 12

PMS:

4735C

Black
RGB:

12 12 12

HEX:

#121212

CMYK:

0 0 0 100

PMS:

Black C

Sky Blue
RGB:

201 232 245

HEX:

#C9E8F5

CMYK:

22 0 3 0

PMS:

290 C

Market Blue
RGB:

0 106 255

HEX:

#006AFF

CMYK:

90 46 0 0

PMS:

2174 C

Software
Payments
Hardware
Fair Pricing
Data Security
Point of Sale
Square Academy
Software
Payments
Hardware
Fair Pricing
Data Security
Point of Sale
Wade Warren Testimonials
Avatar Icons
Beauty Bar
Team Members
Savings
Square Sans Text

We integrated distinctive features that would distinguish Square from its competitors, ensuring that the website remained anything but boring.

New Branded image
Savings Team Members Wade Warren Testimonial The owner of Beauty Bar
Payment Methods
5K Sellers are learning
Business Success
Branded Image
Level up Your Business
Payment Methods

With the revamped website, Big Drop has created a digital presence dedicated to showcasing courses and webinars that enable users to maximize their Square experience.

Square Academy Revamped Website
Responsive Design

The new site would offer a visually compelling experience with sleek functionality, designed to engage users on both desktop and mobile devices. It would effectively drive consumer education and provide an immersive experience, focusing on the collectability of the current product, the rich history of the product and brand, and exciting opportunities for new sales.

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Iphone Frame Responsive Design of Square Academy's platform
Outcomes

Big Drop emphasized Square Academy's Retail Onboarding, along with other courses and webinars, by creating compelling content and animations. These enhancements were designed to not only optimize users' setups but also streamline their business operations effectively.

Through this collaboration, Big Drop delivered Square Academy a robust digital presence that empowers users to grasp the fundamentals of Square products, enhancing business operations, whether they operate in-person, online, or anywhere. Big Drop crafted a digital experience for Square that's geared towards optimizing users' setups, offering free courses and webinars to unlock Square’s full potential.

It was important to us that we found a partner and not just a vendor - one that would challenge our assumptions, work as thought partners, and work with us (as oppose to "for us") to really create an awesome experience for our users. We found all that and more with Big Drop. Every single person on the team was knowledgeable and that right mix of professional/ personal. We felt seen and heard, but also appreciated that they could lean in with expertise in many different directions

Tiffany Carrell Head of Scaled Onboarding
Square Outcomes after Redesign
52%

organic traffic increase

4.2%

pageviews increase

2.6.6%

bounce rate improvement

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