Overview
ClassRanked empowers forward-thinking institutions to modernize their feedback cycle and leverage it to increase enrollment, retention, and student, faculty and staff satisfaction."
Challenge + Involvement
Leverage the power of a people-centered assessment and evaluation platform for higher-ed.
Team: 1x Sr. PM, 2x Engineers, Junior Designer
Role: Sr. Product Designer
Length: 12 months
Year: 2024
Impact
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Lead designer on multiple fronts, including research practices, dev handoff and more.
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Mentored junior designer
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Established design process, end to end from scratch
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Included setting standards for figma organization + dev collab and handoff (limited time and resources)
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Schedule research cadence and insight gathering
Process
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Extensive user testing using Dovetail as our go to research tool for gathering insights and validating designs.
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Leading workshops and ideations based on findings.
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Rapid prototyping
MVP Design & Build
Creating tools and features that put us right in the mix of our competitors. We delivered a successful mvp to institutions across the country.
My Learnings
Speed matters
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Creating a scalable process for design to get from discovery -> iteration -> handoff needed to be a well oiled machine. Each day mattered.
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Speed forces humility. I grew to enjoy killing ideas fast.
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Scaling a design system to meet these demands were paramount.
Navigate ambiguity
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When designing a new product, nothing is set in stone.
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Push forward on decisions. Note assumptions and revisit later.