Annual Red Cross Holiday Campaign

Utilize test learnings to increase campaign donations year over year

Previously, the Canadian Red Cross' Holiday campaign invited donors to build a symbolic survival kit with their donations. This pseudo-set framing was once a staple of of the annual campaign, one of the Red Cross' biggest earners. In 2020, we conducted an A/B test to see if that framing would perform better than asking donors to simply choose a dollar amount when donating.

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Lead designerArt directionPackaging designBrandingMarketing + Emails


2020 DONATION PAGE

As the design lead for Test B of the A/B test, I designed a desktop experience that allowed donors to choose a dollar amount, offering them a tangible reason to donate while highlighting possible items their contributions could fund.


HOLIDAY CAMPAIGN FLOW CHART

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Test B selected for the 2021 holiday campaign to boost donations

Leveraged insights from the 2020 A/B testing to strategically update content and UI elements, resulting in an optimized user experience across both desktop and mobile platforms. These improvements led to a $1.5 million increase in fundraising revenue from the previous year.

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Campaign Monitor: email marketingUnbounce

Annual Red Cross Holiday Campaign

Utilize test learnings to increase campaign donations year over year

Previously, the Canadian Red Cross' Holiday campaign invited donors to build a symbolic survival kit with their donations. This pseudo-set framing was once a staple of of the annual campaign, one of the Red Cross' biggest earners. In 2020, we conducted an A/B test to see if that framing would perform better than asking donors to simply choose a dollar amount when donating.

ROLES

Lead designerArt directionPackaging designBrandingMarketing + Emails


2020 DONATION PAGE

As the design lead for Test B of the A/B test, I designed a desktop experience that allowed donors to choose a dollar amount, offering them a tangible reason to donate while highlighting possible items their contributions could fund.

HOLIDAY CAMPAIGN FLOW CHART

// May take a couple seconds to load //

Test B selected for the 2021 holiday campaign to boost donations

Leveraged insights from the 2020 A/B testing to strategically update content and UI elements, resulting in an optimized user experience across both desktop and mobile platforms. These improvements led to a $1.5 million increase in fundraising revenue from the previous year.

TOOLS

Campaign Monitor: email marketingUnbounce

Annual Red Cross Holiday Campaign

Utilize test learnings to increase campaign donations year over year

Previously, the Canadian Red Cross' Holiday campaign invited donors to build a symbolic survival kit with their donations. This pseudo-set framing was once a staple of of the annual campaign, one of the Red Cross' biggest earners. In 2020, we conducted an A/B test to see if that framing would perform better than asking donors to simply choose a dollar amount when donating.

ROLES

Lead designerArt directionPackaging designBrandingMarketing + Emails


2020 DONATION PAGE

As the design lead for Test B of the A/B test, I designed a desktop experience that allowed donors to choose a dollar amount, offering them a tangible reason to donate while highlighting possible items their contributions could fund.


HOLIDAY CAMPAIGN FLOW CHART

// May take a couple seconds to load //

Test B selected for the 2021 holiday campaign to boost donations

Leveraged insights from the 2020 A/B testing to strategically update content and UI elements, resulting in an optimized user experience across both desktop and mobile platforms. These improvements led to a $1.5 million increase in fundraising revenue from the previous year.

TOOLS

Campaign Monitor: email marketingUnbounce