About ciedesigns
An independent studio with a recurring track record in healthcare and financial services.
CIE Designs LLC was formed in 2012, carrying forward a number of independent projects into a focused design practice. Today, clients work directly with their senior designer responsible for strategy, design, and delivery.
The differentiator
Design system discipline organized for smaller organizations
ciedesigns connects brand, content, interface, and implementation decisions instead of treating them as unrelated deliverables. Reusable foundations make websites and products easier to extend, while direct collaboration keeps decisions close to the people responsible for the result.
Healthcare track record
A regional health information exchange · a hospital system's regional training platform · a trauma-care nonprofit · an enterprise healthcare-software website · Sniffle · EasyACR. Everything from identity and public websites to product flows, design systems, and front-end implementation.
Financial-services track record
Successive branding and redesign launches for a community bank · a wealth-management identity and digital presence · a personal-finance product · brand work for a capital-management firm.
How the work is practiced
Experience designing in environments shaped by HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC 2, GDPR, and CCPA/CPRA, considering accessibility throughout the project.
Our experience in regulated environments informs our discovery, content decisions, interface patterns, data handling, and collaboration decisions. Accessibility is considered during design and, when the scope calls for it, through coded and manual evaluation.
Standards and regulatory contexts used in the practice
- WCAG 2.2 AA
- WAI-ARIA
- Section 508
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- European Accessibility Act
- Accessible Canada Act
Accessibility work is grounded most strongly in WCAG 2.2 AA and WAI-ARIA. The applicable standards and depth of testing are defined for each project, with experience retrofitting older projects to current standards.