Project Tracker (Sept - Dec 2021)

🤝 Collaboration & Mentorship

• Led my first sketching session with Carly & Josh's help
• Iterated on lots of constructive feedback from Rohan and Jordan for usability improvements, color selection interactions, and email builder
• Collaborated with Andrew to define the design direction for marketing Email Reports on our Landing Page, Product Hunt and Bookface
• Iterated on Gary's feedback for marketing assets like Changelog, Social Media posts, etc.
• Scoped, planned and conducted user interviews with Carly!
• In general received a ton of constructive feedback and collaborated on a bunch of features with Carly
  • This was especially helpful when we did sketching during times when I was feeling blocked on a certain task

💡 What I Learned

• How to write clear and concise documentation for hand-off and design reference
• How to demo a prototype using Figma smart animations, convert it to a a GIF, and optimize the GIF quality + playback
• Importance of scoping solutions with engineering before starting to design - reduce back-and-forth, learn what's feasible
• How to prioritize between multiple tasks to while still meeting deadlines and ensuring the most important features are thoughtfully designed
• Reaching out to customers and tackling direct customer requests
• Importance of reaching out to team for design feedback through the design process, iterating on feedback at each stage
• Organizing design files in a way that other designers and engineers can easily understand
• Importance of getting user feedback to support design decisions and prioritize certain features