Saint James Music Academy, website for a children's non-profit
At Saint James Music Academy, I designed and developed their new website and help them extend their brand identity into their physical and digital touchpoints.
Opening its doors to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside in 2007, Saint James Music Academy is a non-profit children's music academy that believes in music for social transformation.
Roles
- Brand identity
- Designer
Duration
September 2019 to present
Tools
Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, Wordpress
Opportunity
Continuing with the work done at Dossier Creative, the objective for the website refresh is to create an intuitive and emotionally engaging experience that entices community members to explore impactful ways to get involved.

Fig.01 This website was colour contrast tested to comply with Web Content Accessibility Guideline Standards AA 2.0
Creating a Musical Life
Through a commitment to their children’s growth and to their community, SJMA creates a space for their children to musically discover and pursue the joy of creativity, collaboration, and achievement. Using music as an agent of social development, SJMA teaches their children the beauty of music so that music can teach them the beauty of life. Within the Downtown Eastside, SJMA has been a long established non-profit organization pushing for social transformation and generational change.

Be a Changemaker
With the website refresh, my task was to iterate on the previous website design done at Dossier Creative. Based off of the Next After and strategy work, insights that help non-profits reach more people, acquire more donors, and raise more money helped lay the foundation for further elevating SJMA's online experience.
Donors needed to see meaningful ways to contribute, as well as the impact of their donations and clear messaging of SJMA's values, mission, and offerings.

As SJMA's community grows and fosters overtime, I wanted to create a website that can also grow alongside it. I designed and developed it using components that are flexible and easy to edit to withstand the test of time and to remain relevant to their audiences.
Play Your Part
As part of my ongoing work with SJMA, I design and produce their organizatio-wide Annual General Meeting report for print and digital distribution.


