# Thomson Reuters – Replatform & Rebrand ! [ rw-book-cover] (https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53831ca6e4b08791cb6f4001/t/5397128be4b082be9a79bafe/1607482540933/) URL: https://www.melissamar.com/thomsonreuters-designsystem Author: melissa mar ![rw-book-cover](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53831ca6e4b08791cb6f4001/t/5397128be4b082be9a79bafe/1607482540933/) ## AI-Generated Summary Thomson Reuters faced challenges with over 1200 external sites and security issues, leading to the creation of a unified marketing platform. The design team developed a flexible system that met accessibility standards while ensuring a consistent user experience across sites. As a result, they migrated 468 sites, achieving significant increases in leads and organic traffic. ## Highlights > Before we created the Thomson Reuters Marketing Platform, we had 1200 external sites and almost 4000 live domains under the Thomson Reuters umbrella of brands. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jhtn6ephtwrankmm0qaf7f5q)) > design system in Abstract which is a version controlled hub for our design files. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jhtn7dec849t9rjxdq51dcdq)) > training and rollout plan for this design system across multiple design teams both internal and external to improve efficiency and keep designers and developers in multiple locations informed about each change being made. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jhtn8f2wmfy9756f8h2wy0sr))     - Note: What if they needed a variant? BU can be very picky and not flexible about tiny details as the position of a link or image size. > assessing all of the components within our design system and identified how to make each of them WCAG AA compliant. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jhtnaxprz5y1nkpwkjf5ds56)) > One of the biggest challenges was designing the header component to meet all of the potential use cases across hundreds of websites within the Thomson Reuters brands. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jhtnc0przwnnahfchxt311jy)) > we needed the color options to be compliant with brand guidelines and all of the solutions needed to be fully responsive. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jhtnc8x4j673whtydsa5dx1b)) > As of 2018 we had 468 sites migrated and almost half of the original 1200 websites were on a single platform. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jhtnchemff9r41pfsx5cqec8))