Marketing couldn't find its own files
AT&T marketing kept everything in SharePoint. People couldn't find what they needed, and nobody could tell which files were current or who owned them. I designed a branded front end that fixed both.
Finding a file meant knowing which SharePoint site it lived in. Most people didn't. The front end had to do four things:
Start with a search box
Most visits start with "where's that deck?" So the home screen is a search box, with collections and your open tasks beside it. Nobody needs to know where a file lives.
Results you can act on without opening them
Each result shows where the file lives, who owns it, and the matching text. Pick one and the preview panel lets you download it or ask for an update right there.
Collections show who owns what
A collection is a group of files with one owner. Status is its own column. Select a few files and ask every owner for an update at once.
Update requests become tasks
Every request lands on a board with an owner and a due date. Open a task to edit the file or upload a new one, then mark it done or hand it off. Only overdue work turns red.
Search comes first, because that's what people came to do.
Every file has a named owner, and you see them everywhere.
Status is one column, not the whole design.
Asking for an update takes one click and creates a task someone owns.
Red only shows up when something's overdue.
It shipped, and the marketing team actually used it.