Thu 17 Apr
Headless Gatsby build using Drupal as the CMS.
Challenging the traditional approach to financial services
JM Finn approached everything—connected to reimagine their brand to stand out from other financial institutions without separating from their existing client base. This update also created an opportunity to modernise the tech stack used on their website to mirror their disruptor strategy.
Live site
Stack
Gatsby, GraphQL, Drupal 8 CMS
The approach
As JM Finn had well-established content which was working successfully in communicating their mission and other information, the development effort was to update their front end layer to introduce the new branding while focusing on improving the speed and efficiency of the website.
This project felt like a prime opportunity to push the development team forward, and I advocated for using a headless Drupal build due to the security benefits and the default speed improvements that come with the approach.
My role
Working as part of a team, I directed my efforts on building new components and styling them per the designs. Part of my role was to review pull requests via bitbucket and help my coworkers with any code challenges we came across. Also to ensure we kept to our goals of guaranteeing speed improvements and security of the new headless site.
The outcome
Since launching the new JM Finn brand and website, they have won new business and multiple industry awards. We attribute this not to just their great offering but also their industry challenging rebrand and speedy, informative, and functional website.
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