Systems that Scale
Designing streamlined systems and story-driven visuals to support a growing nonprofit helping young people find purpose.
The Magnolia Project is a nonprofit on a mission to ensure that students in Northern California graduate high school with a strong sense of purpose, clear career goals, and a polished resume featuring real-world work experience. The best part is all of the Magnolia Project’s programs are embedded into the school day through partnerships with 7th-12th grade English teachers.
When the founder of the Magnolia Project initially reached out to me in late 2023, she was looking for help onboarding new staff members and building systems to help them work more efficiently. As the sole expert on her startup’s evolving playbook, Gia was being spread far too thin. She needed to empower two new team members to take ownership over programmatic and administrative work so she could focus on fundraising.
I worked with their current Notion setup to build a custom Magnolia Project Operating System (OS) in Notion. The goal was to document the Magnolia Project’s mission, purpose, processes, and impact over time.
In addition to the systems work, I have designed several visual one-pagers and infographics to help the organization tell its story more clearly.
