WorkMerk
Working to help iterate on designs as we work on pushing out the iOS and Android apps. Properly outline user journeys and create a repeatable design system.
Duration
8 months
Tools
Balsamiq
Adobe XD
Role
UI & product design
Partners
VP of Technology, WorkMerk
Head of Engineering, WorkMerk
Who Is WorkMerk For?
Research Insights
Improve the worker experience
Assist personnel with timely changes in tasks critical to the overall success of an organization
Provide real-time, actionable information
Provide managers historical and daily data so they can effectively plan and manage their workplace
Encourage good habits
Improve staff efficiency and productivity and provide ongoing training
Creating a Scalable System
Engineering proposed early on that they would implement a modular system. Their goal was to build out their MVP farely quickly so the designs had to be easy to build.
The Challenges
Gain buy-in from stakeholders on building a design system
A design system offers a library of visual styles and components. Also, documentation instructing the guidelines and usages of said components. But the initial investment takes up lots of resources and time.
Reduce engineerings time spent on making design decisions
It was important to provide a framework where the visual directions and the style of the UI were consistent. By doing so, engineering could confidently make design decisions for less intensive features and meet the deadlines.
Designing Solutions Across the Journey
We discussed whether each feature supported a large use case that would improve the user experience. With each feature, we examined what were the best practices to simplify the user flow. We stripped out unnecessary information, simplified content, and chunked similar content together so users were viewing the most important information before decision making.
