Content strategy

Content strategy for the world’s biggest index maker

Teaming up with Work & Co, we created a content structure, strategy, taxonomy, and migration recommendation for a site with 14,000+ URLs

Client
MSCI
Project
Site redesign
Industry
Financial Services
Services
Content Strategy
Year
2023–2024
The redesigned MSCI site, a "Private markets at an inflection point" hero above a live global index ticker
The MSCI.com redesign
Client testimonial

“I strongly recommend working with Steve and Delightful if you need help building a shared understanding of how content should work inside your organization or project.”

Nick Parish Group Director, Work & Co Group Director, Work & Co

01 — The brief

We were engaged as lead content strategists for the full redesign of MSCI.com — the company’s first in over a decade. Partnering with strategists and designers at Work & Co, our goal was to bring order and clarity to MSCI’s vast digital ecosystem, which spanned more than 14,000 URLs of financial content.

02 — The approach

We began by auditing and classifying every piece of site content — from product pages to 5,000+ editorial articles — to understand what MSCI offered, how it was being presented, and where opportunities lay. We created a new content taxonomy, mapped relationships across the company’s complex product suite, and developed a migration plan that aligned business goals, audience needs, and editorial strategy. Along the way, we led navigation concepting, visualized product structures, and collaborated closely with design and client teams to ensure clarity and consistency.

A site map branching Products into Data, Trading, Risk and Indices, and Solutions into buy-side and sell-side audiences
Content taxonomy, products and solutions

03 — The outcome

The result was a single source of content truth — a clear, scalable framework that unified MSCI’s content and positioned the company for long-term growth. Our strategy not only simplified the site’s structure but also sharpened how MSCI communicates its value to diverse global audiences.

Needs-by-function matrices beside abstract-to-example hierarchies for products and solutions
Mapping audience needs to product functions
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