Role: Product Development Manager
Website: www.travelandleisure.com
Project:
As the product development manager for Travel + Leisure magazine, I managed a cross-functional teams of designers, developers, and editors for the websites’s 2009 redesign and launch of its supporting content management system (CMS) built with Ruby on Rails.
The Challenge:
- Rethink the existing architecture of the site, including the existing geo taxonomy.
- Introduce the first release of user generated content, including commenting and travel tips.
- Switch programming platform from ColdFusion to Ruby on Rails.
- Build a custom CMS for articles, slideshows and geo-based content.
- Launch new sections of the site and redesign existing ones.