U. S. Steel

Evolving a reporting system across three years

Across U. S. Steel’s 2022, 2023, and 2024 sustainability reports, I developed and evolved a flexible editorial system for a complex industrial story. The work connected strategy, operations, environmental performance, innovation, people, governance, and disclosures through strong section architecture, integrated data visualization, and a more purposeful relationship between photography and information.

Compared with the 2021 report, the redesign replaced a more constrained, template-led system with clearer hierarchy, bolder pacing, and more varied editorial structures. Each year built on the last: 2022 established the visual foundation, 2023 proved it could support a substantially larger body of content, and 2024 opened the system further with brighter color, modular composition, larger typography, and a more human voice.

Cover of U. S. Steel’s 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance Report combining family, electric vehicle, and solar imagery — 2022 ESG Report — The new visual foundation brought people, products, and environmental themes into one forward-looking story.

Circularity of U. S. Steel infographic showing material inputs, recycled scrap steel, steel uses, and byproducts — 2022 ESG Report — A dedicated data language turned steelmaking inputs, outputs, and reuse into a legible circular system.

Celebrating Innovation section opener with industrial automation photography and intersecting blue forms — 2022 ESG Report — Celebrating Innovation section opener.

The History of Steel timeline spanning the 1800s through the 2020s — 2023 Sustainability Report — A timeline connecting industrial history with future transformation demonstrates how the system scaled to a substantially larger report.

2023 Environmental Progress Highlights organized in modular white cards over employee volunteer photography — 2023 Sustainability Report — Environmental Progress Highlights.

Circularity and waste diversion flow diagram for U. S. Steel’s Clairton facility — 2023 Sustainability Report — Flow diagrams clarified complex operational systems while keeping the data within the broader editorial narrative.

Cover of U. S. Steel’s 2024 Sustainability Report featuring workers installing solar panels — 2024 Sustainability Report — The system became brighter, more modular, and more human while retaining the structure needed for rigorous reporting.

2024 Environmental Highlights arranged as a modular grid of metrics, icons, and photography — 2024 Sustainability Report — Environmental Highlights.

Protecting Our Planet section opener using layered environmental and material photography — 2024 Sustainability Report — Protecting Our Planet section opener.

Tree Planting pictorial data visualization comparing six reforestation and community projects — 2024 Sustainability Report — Pictorial data visualization connected reforestation activity with community and carbon outcomes across six projects.

Process Improvements spread combining large industrial photography with explanatory text — 2024 Sustainability Report — Process Improvements.

Empowering People section opener featuring U. S. Steel employees in a mill — 2024 Sustainability Report — Empowering People section opener.