Building national radio, news and TV ecosystem for Mediaworks

Mediaworks' news strategy was moving toward easily digestible content, and the app had to follow at the same pace. The first cut of the design was ready in a matter of weeks. That release leaned on a few things I wanted to try: large images doing most of the storytelling, extensive gestural navigation, and rich formatting support for articles.

The 'snackable' news experience was the priority throughout, changing how news was browsed, shared and consumed. We got there through readable headlines, clear differentiation between categories, and navigation that felt instinctive both through and between articles.

The website followed close behind, built on the same design system we'd developed for Mediaworks' migration to Adobe Experience Manager.

Mediaworks runs an extensive network of radio sites across New Zealand, each serving a different audience but all needing to stay easy to maintain and update. We built a multibrand design system that kept running costs low without giving up publishing flexibility.

Paired with Adobe Experience Manager, that system cut publishing time from weeks to hours - a change that showed up directly in audience engagement with their favourite brands, and in listenership growth overall.

Rova was designed around a single idea: make a streaming app simple enough to translate cleanly across platforms. It carries all of Mediaworks' streaming content, and makes it fast and easy to roll out new channels, which simply get added to a scrollable selection.

Listeners can flick between stations and find what they're after without friction, while each channel keeps its own clear branding for recognition. Rova shipped on both mobile and TV.