• Product: Compass, an internal content management system built to facilitate news production across languages and timezones
• Audience: An internal team of reporters, editors, fact checkers, translators and other editorial experts
• Impact & Outcomes: Reduced translation costs by tens of thousands of dollars; Reduced the time it took to produce an editorial package from months to days; Streamlined processes and storage facilities for editorial assets
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How We Made It
Compass is a proprietary content management system built to streamline Global Press’s news production for a globally distributed, multilingual team. Our team needed a product that supported seamless collaboration across time zones and languages, enabling draft submissions, editing, and approval workflows—capabilities standard editorial or project management software couldn’t fully provide.
Developed over 18 months by a three-person team, Compass launched in phased releases tailored to evolving editorial needs. As project and product manager, I drove the process by working closely with Andy Neale (product developer) and Lasse Lauren (backend developer), while continuously liaising with the editorial team to understand their challenges and translate their feedback into practical, user-centered solutions. This collaborative approach ensured Compass directly addressed real-world newsroom workflows.