Solventum

Enterprise marketing & commerce transformation for a new brand

Design SystemsMarketing TransformationContent StrategyOrganizational Change

Overview

New brand, a new experience

When Solventum spun off from 3M, it had to build an entirely new marketing engine while decoupling from decades of legacy systems and processes. Four independent business units needed to align under a unified brand, digital ecosystem, and operating model—at speed and under executive scrutiny.

This wasn’t a website redesign. It was a foundational transformation that would define how the new company went to market and sold its products globally.

My Role

Design and experience leadership

I served as Executive Design & Experience Lead, responsible for shaping the experience strategy, design system architecture, and content operating model. I partnered with the Global VP of Experience Design and collaborated closely with MarTech and IT leadership to influence both MVP and post-MVP roadmap decisions.

0Designers, strategists, and writers coordinated
0Stakeholders aligned across business units and teams
0Business units unified under a single design system
0Countries included in global rollout in twelve languages

Solution

Systems-first transformation

We built a design system and content operations model that enabled regional teams to launch localized experiences quickly while maintaining brand and accessibility standards. Commerce and marketing experiences were unified under a single design language and component library.

Outcomes

New brand, brand new

Solventum’s global marketing and commerce presence launched on schedule, with a design system and operating model that continue to support growth and localization.

Faster time to market

The new market technology stack was launched in globally in nine months, enabling a 60% reduction in time to launch new products and pages online.

Consistent brand experience

60 components. A single source of truth for components and patterns ensured the new Solventum brand was represented consistently across touchpoints.

Scalable operations

Content and design governance enabled the organization to scale digital experiences without proportional growth in central teams.

Let's work together

If you're exploring how AI fits into your business, struggling to move from idea to execution, or need experienced design leadership to guide the way—I'd love to talk.