https://alexmiller.info Alex Miller Mon, 14 Apr 2025 02:55:30 +0000 https://alexmiller.info en https://alexmiller.info/Alex-Miller Thu, 22 Dec 2022 13:40:02 +0000 Alex Miller https://alexmiller.info/Alex-Miller ☀︎ Alex Miller I’m a researcher, writer, and designer focused on how cities and communities can adapt to the climate crisis in a just and sustainable manner. I currently work for the Climate and Community Institute, a think tank mobilizing cutting-edge research on the intersections of climate, economy, and everyday life. More details are in&nbsp;my CV. Through my work, I assess contemporary environmental issues, catalyze innovative problem-solving, uphold climate justice, and engage diverse stakeholders to design and develop sustainable plans, policies, and communities.Feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn or send me an&nbsp;email. Recent Work <img width="1200" height="1553" width_o="1200" height_o="1553" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/89308f6c4dad408b2397054ab9ff0cfa97b1dfcf0a54b71b9cb57939e86c6134/UOL_Climate-Readiness-Framework-1.jpg" data-mid="229743374" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/89308f6c4dad408b2397054ab9ff0cfa97b1dfcf0a54b71b9cb57939e86c6134/UOL_Climate-Readiness-Framework-1.jpg" /> Climate Readiness Framework for Coastal Cities ︎ Writing, Editing, Design︎&nbsp;View <img width="1200" height="1553" width_o="1200" height_o="1553" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3e25393420967076c3ea5dfbfd7fc3eac1bfcea40aaa34925921913b291f914/UOL_Climate_Driven_Relocation_in_Coastal_Cities-1.jpg" data-mid="229743428" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a3e25393420967076c3ea5dfbfd7fc3eac1bfcea40aaa34925921913b291f914/UOL_Climate_Driven_Relocation_in_Coastal_Cities-1.jpg" /> Climate-Driven Relocation for Coastal Cities: Principles and Recommendations ︎ Writing, Editing, Design ︎ View <img width="1200" height="1553" width_o="1200" height_o="1553" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a5f3636eb0ff24905d68f8b7f7f56cacc3bf7584391d463293694a2d91abffa8/UOL_NCA5_Key_Findings_Recommendations-1.jpg" data-mid="229743470" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a5f3636eb0ff24905d68f8b7f7f56cacc3bf7584391d463293694a2d91abffa8/UOL_NCA5_Key_Findings_Recommendations-1.jpg" /> The Fifth National Climate Assessment: Key Findings and Recommendations for Coastal Cities︎ Editing, Design︎ View <img width="1200" height="1553" width_o="1200" height_o="1553" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/edf6001250f47c17fbcb279f82f493ea948eee429338d3f235098d3bc3d8d975/UOL_A_Path_to_Protect_and_Support_Working_Waterfronts-1.jpg" data-mid="229743471" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/edf6001250f47c17fbcb279f82f493ea948eee429338d3f235098d3bc3d8d975/UOL_A_Path_to_Protect_and_Support_Working_Waterfronts-1.jpg" /> A Path to Protect and Support Working Waterfronts ︎ Editing, Design︎ View <img width="1200" height="1553" width_o="1200" height_o="1553" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55582e4b6b4a51de2c039482e5a0312a6b9d4d24221c13a434a5ed1b60078a3e/UOL_Case_Studies_to_Advance_Regenerative_Ocean_Farming-1.jpg" data-mid="229743472" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55582e4b6b4a51de2c039482e5a0312a6b9d4d24221c13a434a5ed1b60078a3e/UOL_Case_Studies_to_Advance_Regenerative_Ocean_Farming-1.jpg" /> Case Studies to Advance Regenerative Ocean Farming︎ Editing, Design︎ View <img width="1200" height="1553" width_o="1200" height_o="1553" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a5ef0487897ea6e87ebe81024c96e7178096112db95d4221aa7179c2319f3beb/UOL_Nature_Based_Solutions_in_Bostons_Harbor_Policy_Insights_for_Coastal_Cities-1.jpg" data-mid="229743475" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a5ef0487897ea6e87ebe81024c96e7178096112db95d4221aa7179c2319f3beb/UOL_Nature_Based_Solutions_in_Bostons_Harbor_Policy_Insights_for_Coastal_Cities-1.jpg" /> Nature-Based Solutions in Boston Harbor: Policy Insights for Coastal Cities ︎ Design, Editing︎ View <img width="1200" height="1553" width_o="1200" height_o="1553" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1ead6fe3aadeeb3d593a78d776ff0317781a4c9612a912365ec43febf71ac70f/climate-tracker-nylcvef.jpg" data-mid="229743473" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1ead6fe3aadeeb3d593a78d776ff0317781a4c9612a912365ec43febf71ac70f/climate-tracker-nylcvef.jpg" /> New York City Climate Action Tracker︎ Editing, Design︎ View Graduate Work <img width="1200" height="1553" width_o="1200" height_o="1553" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3cdef907c9c7b45cb10397e545d38c4d35e6954415ce19bd9f689eefa75b9c9/Pratt-Institute_Rehousing-the-Displaced-1.jpg" data-mid="229743469" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b3cdef907c9c7b45cb10397e545d38c4d35e6954415ce19bd9f689eefa75b9c9/Pratt-Institute_Rehousing-the-Displaced-1.jpg" /> Rehousing the Displaced: A Framework for New York City to Accommodate Renters Leaving the Floodplain︎ Writing, Editing, Design ︎ View <img width="1313" height="1129" width_o="1313" height_o="1129" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ed171255e1d20c6160c10ad7813c9b8b77fdd8d06bfb7c220736f773494a734/Screenshot-2025-08-08-at-11.39.28AM.png" data-mid="236835838" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ed171255e1d20c6160c10ad7813c9b8b77fdd8d06bfb7c220736f773494a734/Screenshot-2025-08-08-at-11.39.28AM.png" /> Analysis &amp; Design Proposal for Prospect Park︎ Design, Writing︎ View Past Work Noguchi Museum Digital FeaturesI worked with curators, archivists, and writers to bring articles to life on the Noguchi Museum’s website. A typical assignment included copyediting, image selection, and retouching. I produced the following digital features:Salvaged TimeMemorial MakingFlicker of an Eyelid: Isamu Noguchi, Ruth Page, and the Universe of ChicagoRepresenting America: Isamu Noguchi at the 1986 Venice BiennaleNoguchi as CollectorCurating Model BehaviorThe Incomplete Chronicle of Léonie GilmourShoji SadaoAltered and Destroyed Mobile GuideI produced content for the launch of the Noguchi Museum’s mobile guide on the Bloomberg Connects app. The guide includes information and photos of all objects in the Museum’s permanent collection, an interactive map of the Museum, and details on current exhibitions. Text and photos for hundreds of objects were collected, organized, edited, and uploaded to the Bloomberg Connects CMS. SOM Website RedesignI led a redesign of SOM's website to express the company’s design ethos and provide a flexible, enduring platform for its content. https://alexmiller.info/CV Mon, 14 Apr 2025 02:55:30 +0000 Alex Miller https://alexmiller.info/CV ︎︎︎ Home ☀︎ Alex Miller – CV Professional Experience Senior Communications Associate, Climate and Community Institute Remote Mar 2026-Present Senior Analyst, Urban Ocean LabRemote May 2023–Apr 2025 Resiliency Hub Fellow, Pratt Institute Brooklyn, NY Sep 2021–Jun 2023 Resiliency Planning and Management Aide, NYC Department of Transportation New York, NY Jun 2022–Sep 2022 Communications Fellow, New York League of Conservation Voters New York, NY Nov 2019–Jan 2021 Producer and Strategist, Skidmore, Owings &amp; Merrill New York, NY Apr 2014–Jan 2019 Education Master of Science, Sustainable Environmental Systems Pratt Institute, School of Architecture Brooklyn, NY Bachelor of Science, Business Administration American University, Kogod School of Business Washington, DC Certifications and Awards Essential Facilitation, Interaction Associates, 2025 Circle Award for Research, Pratt Institute, 2023 Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP), Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure, 2022 Waterfront Scholar, Waterfront Alliance, 2022 Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines (WEDG) Associate, Waterfront Alliance, 2021 Affiliations Fellow, Urban Design Forum Member, American Planning Association Member, American Society of Adaptation ProfessionalsMember, Climigration Network Member, Coastal Flood Resilience Project Member, Waterfront Committee, City Club of New York Selected Presentations and Publications “Climate-Driven Relocation for Coastal Cities: Principles and Recommendations.” Miller, A., Carter, A., Shah, S., and Shrestha, J., with Flemma, J., Johnson, A. E., and Stillwell, M. April 23, 2024. “Coastal Futures.” Panel and presentation organized by Urban Design Forum, April 10, 2024. “Climate-Readiness Framework for Coastal Cities.” Carter, A., Miller, A., Shah, S., and Shrestha, J., with Flemma, J., Johnson, A. E., and Stillwell, M. February 7, 2024. “Rehousing the Displaced: A Framework for NYC to Accommodate Renters Leaving the Floodplain.” Presented at the At What Point Managed Retreat? Habitability and Mobility in an Era of Climate Change conference, Columbia University, June 20, 2023. “Rising Tides, Rising Rent: Connecting Climate Justice to Social Housing in New York.” In Bayatli, S., Johnston, W., and Tschikov, J. (eds.), Multiplicity, 2023. https://alexmiller.info/NYC-Climate-Action-Tracker Fri, 08 Sep 2023 14:36:04 +0000 Alex Miller https://alexmiller.info/NYC-Climate-Action-Tracker ︎︎︎ Home ☀︎ Alex Miller – NYC Climate Action Tracker On Earth Day 2020, the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (NYLCVEF) launched the NYC Climate Action Tracker: a website that measured New York City’s progress toward achieving its ambitious climate goals.Conceived as part of a campaign to elevate climate action as a top priority for voters, elected officials, and political candidates, the website examined 13 goals that the City had committed to achieve under Mayor de Blasio’s OneNYC plan. The tracker was designed to be user-friendly, visually appealing, and educational. It was also developed to be easily managed and updated by internal staff. I was responsible for finding, hiring, and overseeing a product team that would work for a limited budget; editing and uploading the content; and creating and executing the digital campaign around the tracker. <img width="2800" height="1890" width_o="2800" height_o="1890" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/632504229ed8efdee1672002948877633807e59926cbabc2701377db751f2572/646e728b547b46adab48242e_03_NYLCV_Home.jpg" data-mid="233105546" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/632504229ed8efdee1672002948877633807e59926cbabc2701377db751f2572/646e728b547b46adab48242e_03_NYLCV_Home.jpg" /> https://alexmiller.info/SOM-Website-Redesign Fri, 08 Sep 2023 14:37:42 +0000 Alex Miller https://alexmiller.info/SOM-Website-Redesign ︎︎︎ Home ☀︎ Alex Miller – SOM Website Redesign I led a redesign of SOM's website to express the company’s design ethos and provide a flexible, enduring platform for its content. This would help drive new business and recruit top talent. I drove the initiative from inception to completion, ensuring alignment across multiple stakeholders — including executive leadership, a digital product agency, and 20+ teams across 10 offices — while balancing timelines, budgets, and evolving project requirements. The Challenge SOM’s website needed a better structure to effectively tell the company’s story. Flat, rigid page templates were preventing the company from creating an engaging narrative experience that could attract clients and talent to SOM. Further, the website’s homogeneity was disorienting users, and its lack of hierarchy was overwhelming them with options. We needed to create a website that would not only resolve the issues of the existing product, but also reflect SOM's ethos as a design firm. That meant creating a website that would be ambitious, forward-thinking, clear, legible, sustainable, and enduring. ⌄ som.com, before redesign&nbsp;⌄ <img width="1212" height="1233" width_o="1212" height_o="1233" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b62cc4fba3e44bd04fe34988608dc532e302330dc8d101cacbef792659e9be41/website-old.jpg" data-mid="233100147" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b62cc4fba3e44bd04fe34988608dc532e302330dc8d101cacbef792659e9be41/website-old.jpg" /> A Plan of Action Before the project began, I surveyed staff and collated prior feedback on the website to gather requirements and create a vision for a redesign. This was turned into a memo to support our proposal and budget for the project.With our plan approved, I wrote an RFP that we issued to a small group of digital product agencies. I reviewed agency proposals and helped SOM select and hire AREA 17, negotiating the project’s scope, budget, and schedule with their team. I became SOM’s project manager for the redesign, working to build teams and define staff roles before the project started. Later on, I continued shaping the vision for the product, provided detailed feedback on deliverables, ran meetings, negotiated differences between SOM and the agency, and signed off on agency work. Designing the SolutionAt the outset of the project, we confirmed the website’s objectives: to attract new business, recruit top talent, strengthen SOM’s leadership in the design industry, and establish a sustainable and enduring digital platform for the company. We also confirmed our target audiences: prospective clients and employees, people and businesses in the industry, and SOM’s current employees.To achieve our objectives with SOM’s target audiences, we figured that the website would need to 1) surface relevant work, 2) promote our ideas, 3) express our culture and values, 4) showcase what we’ve been doing recently, and 5) provide clear points of contact. Then, for each of these five tasks, we generated hypotheses to test through the architecture and design of the site. For example, to surface relevant work, we thought that the website should: Use Work to organize Expertise and Project pages, and lead with curated content to encourage discovery.Enable discovery by presenting related content on Work, Expertise, and Project pages. Have a focused project list on Expertise pages, with the ability to cross-filter results.Have a more robust search tool. ⌄ som.com, after redesign&nbsp;⌄ Updates to Information Architecture and UX The following example revisions reflect our broader approach to the full website redesign. Navigation and Sitemap Limited navigation to five entry points.Created a Work section, added it to the navigation, and put Expertise and Projects under that section.Added a Careers entry point to the navigation.Organized Ideas around topics.Added a dedicated Events filter under News.Added an Office landing and detail pages under About.Added a newsletter sign-up entry point to the footer.Added Contact, News, Press, and Careers links to the footer. <img width="1500" height="903" width_o="1500" height_o="903" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/070c3e30ff6cd6c92fb4bd5ac8f71b6efc9e423d28bc8f926bede29e441e2780/99_SOM_sitemap-2.png" data-mid="233100157" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/070c3e30ff6cd6c92fb4bd5ac8f71b6efc9e423d28bc8f926bede29e441e2780/99_SOM_sitemap-2.png" /> Home Led with a statement about SOM. Removed project carousel and exposed curated content. Provided a clear distinction between curated content, Latest News and Upcoming Events. <img width="1500" height="2300" width_o="1500" height_o="2300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26c75dcdd64ac0366891a7db2390bf981823e72ccbfa1037ba530cf737c0e075/wire-_01_home.png" data-mid="233100158" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26c75dcdd64ac0366891a7db2390bf981823e72ccbfa1037ba530cf737c0e075/wire-_01_home.png" /> Work Used Expertise as an organizational principle for Projects. Exposed Expertise navigational entry points. Provided quick access to Project and Client Story index through “Browse All Work” pane. Included filtering options for “Browse All Work” pane, and an index view for better scanability. <img width="1500" height="2986" width_o="1500" height_o="2986" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f942012dc75f035d2c4bc4c0e110c02b8107b8f31e7b97d3b1ba2c039689ce0/wire-_02.0_work.png" data-mid="233100214" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f942012dc75f035d2c4bc4c0e110c02b8107b8f31e7b97d3b1ba2c039689ce0/wire-_02.0_work.png" /> Expertise Detail Led with Expertise-specific curated content, including projects, case studies, quotes, initiatives, and other highlights. Included Expertise-specific “Browse All Work” pane. Added Expertise-specific contact module.<img width="1500" height="3047" width_o="1500" height_o="3047" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3fd863a4fa035d8f462aee8339bd27925c7e271206d126d06db26437ad12a67b/wire-_02.1_expertise.png" data-mid="233100296" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3fd863a4fa035d8f462aee8339bd27925c7e271206d126d06db26437ad12a67b/wire-_02.1_expertise.png" /> Search Created a more robust search tool. Provided suggested results as the user types. Added filter (by content type) for search results. Added supporting visuals for search results. <img width="1500" height="1109" width_o="1500" height_o="1109" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d2429e6e5159215a2abb8f5afd76b1c3c7372404425b04edf94ab1f365aaafa1/99-search-wireframe.png.jpeg" data-mid="233100728" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d2429e6e5159215a2abb8f5afd76b1c3c7372404425b04edf94ab1f365aaafa1/99-search-wireframe.png.jpeg" /> Design Samples <img width="1420" height="6201" width_o="1420" height_o="6201" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f5859640bc52e048b0c8b812588e55e0d23b0f4ca0b940c960b12fbafb2a67d/00_home-no-cover.jpg" data-mid="233100190" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f5859640bc52e048b0c8b812588e55e0d23b0f4ca0b940c960b12fbafb2a67d/00_home-no-cover.jpg" /> <img width="1420" height="6331" width_o="1420" height_o="6331" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/97104679a36b49ddd93f0bb0ab60e811ab8bc85d3baf67a1e60681f3bb668893/01_work_01-01_expertise.jpg" data-mid="233100298" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/97104679a36b49ddd93f0bb0ab60e811ab8bc85d3baf67a1e60681f3bb668893/01_work_01-01_expertise.jpg" /> <img width="1420" height="15112" width_o="1420" height_o="15112" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4882cb86925814f5095673f29c0c0bd494a6234614b1f50c692bb9c3e68b3f1b/01_work_01-02_project_detail_01.jpg" data-mid="233100352" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4882cb86925814f5095673f29c0c0bd494a6234614b1f50c692bb9c3e68b3f1b/01_work_01-02_project_detail_01.jpg" />