A proposal prepared for
Transform Education New Mexico
◆ Website Update & Curriculum Hub Development · Submitted June 26, 2026

Built on evidence.
Designed for equity.

Transform Education New Mexico fights for an equitable public-education system across the state — your website should carry that mission with total clarity. This is a plan to expand transformeducationnm.org natively within your existing WordPress: a category-searchable curriculum hub, a coalition partner directory and login portal, WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility, and grant-ready analytics — built so families, educators, and advocates find what they need, and your staff can manage it long after launch. One fixed, not-to-exceed fee, every dollar tied to a milestone.

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A short message
for you.

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01 — Who We Are

Prove the
unproven.

Most agencies sell you an opinion. We take a more rigorous approach — evidence over ego, and a senior team that works like an extension of yours. Mox was founded in Boise in 2021 on three principles that drive real success.

We train like athletes, think like creatives, and work like engineers. We believe persevering through the friction of the creative process is what makes the work great, and that good marketing should leave the people it reaches better off. That conviction has a name: Bigger Than The Bottom Line.

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Our Approach
Train Like
Athletes
Continuous learning and reps to build stamina and master the craft — so every project ships with peak efficiency and performance.
Think Like
Creatives
Curiosity, empathy, and strategic questioning — so the design resonates deeply and is built ethically for the people who actually use it.
Work Like
Engineers
Rigorous, scalable, secure solutions engineered for long-term compliance, staff maintainability, and security — not just good looks.
Creative Philosophy
01/

Creativity is wise

It's not enough to be right; true creativity is being right at the right time, in the right way, for the right purpose.

02/

Creativity is humble

Great ideas come from collaboration, curiosity, and vulnerability — not from the fight to be right.

03/

Creativity is persistent

We wrestle with ideas until the right one proves itself. The process isn't easy, but it's honest.

04/

Creativity is empathetic

Design is an act of empathy, rooted in understanding the people on the other end of the message.

05/

Creativity is about questions

We treat creativity as an invitation to wonder, to explore, and to ask better questions.

06/

Creativity is ethical

We reject manipulation and value truth. Done right, creativity builds trust and community.

The Team for Transform Education NM
Jeff Barker
Jeff Barker
Project & Development Lead · Co-Owner
Over a decade in UX design and digital strategy across 500+ web projects. Leads architecture, front-end development, SEO, and the recorded staff training sessions.
Nathan Zanders
Nathan Zanders
Research Director · Co-Owner
Directs visual strategy, community research, and discovery — stakeholder interviews and audience-path mapping — so the design is grounded in how your community actually behaves.
Matthew McMorrow
Matthew McMorrow
Project Manager · Your Point of Contact
Director of Client Experience. Owns day-to-day coordination, communication via Slack/Teams, and scheduling through the Client Portal — keeping the project on track, in scope, and under budget.
Jonathan Marshall
Jonathan Marshall
Creative Director · UX
15+ years in creative strategy and branding for world-class agencies and Fortune 100 names — Nike, AKQA, Umpqua, Swift — with a focus on education, public-health, and social-sector work.
Einar Schelin
Einar Schelin
Copywriter
Producer and copywriter specializing in plain-language content — translating dense civic and policy information into clear, actionable copy the whole coalition can read.
Ally Miller-Buck
Ally Miller-Buck
UI Designer
Has designed and led UI for 50+ websites, portals, and large-scale digital experiences, with a strong foundation in both print and digital brand systems.
02 — The Evidence · Proven Results

We replace
aesthetic guesswork
with data.

Every Mox build is grounded in behavioral research — heatmaps, webcam eye-tracking, and interviews with real users. Here's what that rigor has produced for clients facing the same challenge as TENM: a lot of content, a lot of audiences, and no room for friction.

0%
Increase in organic keyword rankings
NCS website redesign
0%
Lower bounce rate vs. industry benchmark
NCS website redesign
0%
Lift in year-end giving after redesign
Glocal Community Partners
0+
Pages migrated into a content-rich learning hub
NCS & College of Clean

The method is the differentiator. For the 7-Eleven car-wash menu, we used RealEye webcam eye-tracking to record exactly where attention landed across four design variations — and where "complexity-induced apathy" caused people to stop reading. In the legacy layout, post-test participants correctly identified top-package features only 40% of the time. The design was failing to communicate value, and no amount of polish would have revealed that without the data.

We rebuilt around "information blocking" and F-pattern reading flows — separating titles, details, and prices into distinct visual blocks and exaggerating hierarchy on the items that mattered most. The result: users began reading the right content almost immediately on screen load. We turned a confusing interface into one that guides people to what they need.

"Polish can't fix a path people can't find."

What this means for TENM

A coalition platform is a high-content environment — a curriculum hub, Blueprint for Change resources, podcast episodes, policy and platform agendas, news, and a directory of endorsing organizations across your five issue pillars. The risk is the same one the 7-Eleven study exposed: a site can look finished and still leave families and educators unable to find what they came for. Our research-first phase — heatmap tracking, screen testing, and interviews with actual community members — maps how the public really moves through your information before a single page is designed. That's how we shorten the path to the curriculum hub, reduce friction for advocates, and cut the volume of questions your staff fields after launch.

It's also why the discovery phase comes first in the timeline. The sitemap, curriculum-hub structure, and visual direction are all built on evidence and approved by your team before development begins — so the platform is intuitive on day one, not after a year of guesswork.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
Nelson Mandela

That’s the fight Transform Education New Mexico shows up for every day. Your website is where it becomes real — the place a parent, a teacher, or an advocate finds the one thing that helps them act. Everything that follows is built to serve that, and nothing else.

03 — Technical Scope

Everything a coalition
platform must do.

Engineered to a professional standard, built for non-technical staff to run, and designed to connect cleanly with the systems your coalition already uses.

A1 · Platform
Native WordPress Build
We build new functionality natively into your existing WordPress environment and theme — preserving your current design standards, logos, brand colors, and typography. A modern front end for your audiences and a backend your non-technical staff can manage independently after launch.
A2 · Curriculum Hub
Category-Searchable Curriculum Hub
A custom, category-based infrastructure with dynamic taxonomy filtering and a search-suggestions dropdown that surfaces resources as users type — supporting external links and downloadable files, optimized for low-bandwidth regions. A localized map lets users trace the regional footprint of specific curriculum resources.
A3 · Accessibility
ADA & WCAG 2.1 AA
Compliance is built into the workflow, not bolted on. We audit accessibility throughout design and development, document conformance before launch, and hand off tools and support so staff hold the standard as new content is published.
A4 · Analytics
Dual-Layer Tracking & Reporting
Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity integrated natively into the WordPress framework — pairing quantitative traffic data with visual behavioral insight. Your team monitors traffic growth, retention, and curriculum downloads through automated dashboards without leaving the backend.
A5 · Directory & Portal
Partners, Events & Integrations
A template-driven directory for ~25 coalition partners — each with photos and social links — plus a secure login portal for roughly 25 partner logins. An event system handles RSVPs and post-event recordings, your MailChimp is preserved, and a secure donation platform is connected.
A6 · Training
Staff Independence
Recorded, hands-on training sessions — general use, curriculum-hub management, and analytics dashboards — plus a step-by-step how-to video library. Your team manages the platform confidently, regardless of future personnel changes.
04 — Project Timeline

A research-first
sequence, not
a scramble.

Five phases from contract to launch — beginning July 13, 2026 and culminating in an October 2026 launch. We don't build until we understand. Dates flex with the start date.

Phase · Jul 2026 → Dec 2026
JUL'26
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
Discovery
Jul 13 – Aug 7
Kickoff · interviews · audit
Design
Aug 10 – Sep 4
Wireframes · UI · copy
Development
Aug 31 – Oct 2026
Build · curriculum hub · integrations
Implementation
October 2026
Beta · testing
Launch
October 2026
Go-live + training
Discovery & Planning
Design & Wireframing
Development
Implementation
Launch & Training
05 — Fee & Cost Proposal

One fixed fee.
Every dollar tied
to a milestone.

A fixed-fee, not-to-exceed investment of $14,700 covering discovery, design, feature development, integration, training, and reporting. Click any phase to expand its full line-item breakdown.

Total · Not-to-Exceed Investment
Pre-Production $2,200 · Design $6,800 · Development & Launch $5,700
$14,700
Every dollar is tied to a defined phase, hours allocation, and milestone. Mox covers its own tool costs — Figma, ClickUp, Elementor, Google Analytics, Clarity — during the build. If a specialized premium plugin proves necessary in Phase 1, it's presented transparently and passed through at cost, with zero agency markup.
06 — Track Record

Partners say the
same thing.

We aim to feel less like an outside vendor and more like an extension of your team. Clients tend to notice.

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The Mox team was an incredible asset — reliable, talented, and easy to work with. They felt more like internal team members than external contractors, and exceeded every expectation.

Laura Moriarty
Creative Director · National Carwash Solutions
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They operate not just as designers, but as true partners who understand both the creative and business sides. Consistently on time, with measurable impact on how our business shows up.

Blake Brunk
Owner · Briva Pool & Spa
"

Exceptional professionalism, creativity, reliability, and meticulous attention to detail. A valued partner that takes the time to understand our brand and audience.

Ben Tester
Founder · RIVTEK
— A few of the organizations our team has worked with —
Boise Schools
CWI
Moda Health
Nike
Google
Disney
Microsoft
adidas
PayPal
Sony
REI
Reebok
Petco
J&J
Hyundai
Umpqua
PG&E
7-Eleven
07 — Selected Work

Sites we've
designed and shipped.

Clean, fast, content-rich builds across very different sectors — including the NCS learning hub, the same craft this engagement brings to a category-searchable curriculum hub. Drag any slider to compare before and after; each card links to the live site.

08 — What Comes Next

From RFP to launch.

A clear path with a single point of contact at Mox — and a no-cost discovery session to start. No project-management overhead on the coalition's side.

Step 01
Coalition Kickoff
An intensive discovery session at no cost to TENM — aligning on your vision, your five issue pillars, and the families, educators, advocates, and partner organizations you serve.
Step 02
Research & Design
Heatmaps, interviews, and a sitemap plus curriculum-hub flow you approve. Then live Figma design you can comment on in real time — no surprise reveals.
Step 03
Build & Test
WordPress + Elementor build with custom code, the curriculum-hub taxonomy, Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity, and full accessibility and multi-device testing in staging.
Step 04
Launch & Train
An October 2026 launch, recorded training sessions, and a how-to video library to hand off total staff independence.
Ongoing support & hosting (optional, post-launch)
Hosting
secure environment
Per month$150/mo
Server-level firewalls, continuous malware scanning, SSL, and automated daily backups of your full site and resource assets.
Support
monthly · most popular
Per month$400/mo
Includes secure hosting plus 4 hours of dedicated monthly support for site edits, content updates, and technical troubleshooting.
Annual
12-month · 15% off
Hosting only$127.50/mo
Full support$340/mo
An annual commitment locks in a 15% discount across hosting and support, with priority response for the coalition.
Hosting & maintenance are optional — not required to launch. Work beyond a support plan is available at an hourly rate or under a custom technical maintenance agreement.
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Jeff Barker · Co-Owner & COO  ·  jeff@wearemox.com  ·  208-240-7013