Catherine Finlayson Portfolio 2026

Catherine Finlayson Portfolio 2026Catherine Finlayson Portfolio 2026Catherine Finlayson Portfolio 2026

Catherine Finlayson Portfolio 2026

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  • Comprehend Complexity
  • Accessible Intelligence
  • Innovative Application
  • Empathy in Design
  • Brand Strategy

In the information age, your team or your customers are likely drowning in data. I help organizations build the "life rafts"—creating systems and tools that organize your most valuable knowledge and make it accessible to the people who need it most.

Turning Data Overload into Accessible Intelligence

Role: Strategic Project Lead & Content Developer

Client: Takeda Canada (Medical Affairs)

The Challenge: The Signal in the Noise

In the fast-paced medical industry, professionals are facing a crisis of "information overload." The volume of research and data being published is increasing exponentially, making it nearly impossible for practitioners to stay current.

The challenge wasn't a lack of information; it was a lack of accessibility. Key decision-makers needed a way to cut through the noise and access critical, evidence-based data immediately, without wading through thousands of fragmented publications.


The Strategy: Intention, Connection, Creativity

1. Strategic Curation (Intention)I worked to shift the focus from "collection" to "curation." We identified that simply listing studies wasn't enough; the data needed to be filtered for relevance and quality.

  • The Goal: To create a "Best of Class" repository that housed only the most impactful studies, ensuring users spent less time searching and more time applying the knowledge.

2. Cross-Functional Collaboration (Connection)A tool is only as good as its content. I facilitated a high-level collaboration between corporate stakeholders and external Subject Matter Experts (National Key Opinion Leaders).

  • The Bridge: I acted as the liaison between the technical development team and the medical experts, ensuring the digital product met rigorous professional standards while remaining user-friendly.

3. Digital Product Development (Creativity)We moved from a static concept to a dynamic digital solution: the CT Lexicon.

  • The Solution: I supported the full product lifecycle—from ideation and prototyping to content development and launch.
  • The UX: We designed a searchable, centralized library app. The focus was on "fingertip access," ensuring that complex data was organized intuitively for rapid retrieval in high-pressure environments.


The Outcome

The project resulted in the successful launch of an innovative digital tool that modernized how professionals access data.

  • Efficiency: Transformed a scattered landscape of research into a single, centralized knowledge hub.
  • Empowerment: Provided professionals with a mobile, on-demand library, allowing them to make evidence-based decisions in real-time.
  • Innovation: Established a new standard for how complex industry data can be organized and delivered digitally.


Key Skills Applied

  • Knowledge Mobilization: Curating complex information for practical use.
  • Digital Product Strategy: Managing the development of an app from concept to launch.
  • Cross-Stakeholder Collaboration: Uniting corporate teams with external industry leaders.
  • Technical Communication: Translating dense data into a user-friendly interface.

Access to CT Lexcion

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