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NextAdvisor

Client
NextAdvisor
Service
Product, Brand Identity, Design Systems, Social, Video
NextAdvisor

Overview

In April 2020, amid the uncertainty of early pandemic lockdowns, Red Ventures and TIME partnered to build and launch NextAdvisor from scratch in just 60 days.

Conceived as an empathetic publication rather than a clinical affiliate aggregator, the brand paired TIME’s journalistic authority with our end-to-end growth and product ecosystem. That setup brought together brand identity, editorial strategy, responsive design systems, SEO, paid media, and consumer-first marketplace tools that enhanced user choice.

Driven by a mission to help readers make their next financial move the right one, we built a trusted platform that empowered everyday people to navigate options and transact with confidence during a historic crisis. I designed the original brand identity, digital design system, and core web experience from the ground up, then directed a multidisciplinary team to scale those assets across product, editorial, and social channels. Below are some of the key milestones from the engagement:

Design SystemOur modular design foundation enabled a 3x output increase and helped remove larger design bottlenecks.
Audience ScaleGrew from an unindexed new URL to 1M+ monthly unique visitors in months.
Revenue Run-RateScaled monetization from $500/week to $650K/month and $2.5M over the first year.
High-Intent CRODrove a 15% CTR lift on rate tables and increased mortgage CTL to 27%.
TrafficReached a high of 2.5M monthly sessions and 20M total sessions in 2021.
Newsletter EngagementBoosted NextWeekly click rate by 116% (0.55% to 1.19%) via UX redesign.
Content ConsumptionA redesign homepage test lifted mobile scroll depth by 31.6% and desktop by 28.9%.
Enterprise SponsorshipsUnlocked $350K+ in custom partner programs, including Better.com and Ellevest.

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