AICD

Transforming The Member Experience

Two AICD members reviewing the member portal on a laptop
01/The Challenge

What began as a request to optimise AICD's member portal quickly revealed a deeper opportunity: to reframe how members perceive and experience value. Drawing on years of research and insight, we reframed how members engage with AICD.

Faced with wavering satisfaction and growing pressure to demonstrate relevance, AICD had built a wealth of member insight. Years of research and product strategy shaped a clear picture of member needs, but converting that into a consistently meaningful experience proved elusive.

We introduced conceptual design as a bridge between strategy and execution, creating tangible design concepts that brought their membership strategy to life. These concepts were sequenced into progressive design horizons, providing a clear and practical pathway for improvement over time.

Strategic Planning
Customer Experience
Business Analysis
Technical Feasibility
02/Our Approach

Making strategy tangible through conceptual design

Our founder-led approach combined strategy, conceptual design, and our own lived experience as directors to create something uniquely valuable. We synthesised five years of research and product strategies, unearthing the hidden value of membership and reframing it through the lens of the member journey.

Hand-sketched member portal wireframes with member sticky notes

Unlocking Member Value

  • Connected five years of research and product strategy into a clear, member-centric narrative
  • Unearthed hidden sources of member value by reframing benefits and content through the member's eyes
  • Created conceptual designs for a highly personalised experience for AICD directors
  • Sequenced concepts into progressive design horizons leadership could confidently act on
  • Anchored the roadmap in data and systems capacity to enable personalisation
03/Outcomes

Roadmap for a re-imagined member experience

Member experience roadmap shown on a tablet

Cohesive member-journey story showing value across the lifecycle

Progressive design horizons grounded in data and systems reality

Conceptual designs translating strategy into personalised experiences for directors

Design roadmap providing a practical path to phased delivery

Design principles and a North Star to guide transformation

Prioritised initiatives to improve onboarding, retention and continuing education

04/Results
Strategic Clarity
Future Ready
Delivery Confidence
Momentum
A cohesive story for a reimagined, personalised member experience, with a practical, staged pathway to bring it to life
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