​The Challenge

Bear Creek Community Church (bearcreekchurch.com) had outgrown its WordPress site. It didn't reflect the church's growing community or visual identity, left key audiences without clear pathways, and lacked the functionality a growing organization needed. With a full brand relaunch underway, the site needed to be completely rebuilt, migrated to Nucleus CMS, redesigned from the ground up, and filled with new content, custom assets, and features that could serve first-time visitors and long-time members alike.

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The Process

This required coordinating across the entire organization. I worked directly with church staff and leadership, pastors, photographers, videographers, and event coordinators to gather content, clarify priorities, and make sure every ministry and department was represented. My job was to take all of that input and translate it into a cohesive, functional, on-brand website. From there I designed every page layout, organized copy, selected and retouched photography in Photoshop, and created custom infographics in Illustrator to communicate information visually. B-roll video was integrated throughout to give visitors a real sense of the community before they ever walk through the door.

 

What's New

The rebuilt site launched with functionality the old WordPress site never had:

• Full event calendar

• Sermon and video library with direct YouTube integration

• Online giving

• Small groups and connect pages

• Live stream integration

• New member and first-time visitor flow

• Mobile optimization across all pages

• B-roll video throughout

• Every ministry and department represented

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Outcome & Results

• Complete migration from WordPress to Nucleus CMS

• New brand identity implemented consistently across every page

• More pages, more content, and more functionality than the previous site, all organized and easy to navigate

• Custom infographics and retouched photography throughout

• Live, actively maintained, and updated weekly

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Outcome & Results

• Reduced navigation complexity by 30%

• Delivered a clickable Figma prototype (mobile + desktop)

• Created a scalable component library

• Improved task clarity in feedback from 3 informal user tests

• Designed a clean, accessible, brand-aligned experience

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Reflection

This project pushed me in every direction at once. I had to manage relationships across a large organization, gather and organize a huge volume of content, make creative decisions under real deadlines, and deliver something that worked for everyone from a first-time visitor to a long-time volunteer. It showed me I can handle the full scope of what design actually requires, not just making things look good, but making them work for real people with real needs.