UISG is a software enterprise in Energy that allows clients to track, analyze, and manage utilities. I was hired as their first designer, responsible for leading UX design for their first software re-write.
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product design
user research
tech: CTO + 4 devs
functional resources:
CEO, product VP’s & consultants
14+ Product Designs
Design System
Conference presentation
june 2024-now
style guide.
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REFLECTION
Before, I had experience designing products that strictly adhered to a visual language and managing components in design system. This was my first time creating a design system from scratch. And it is hard!
I consulted leadership, led employee workshops, and interviewed users to align on our company vision and perception. Then, by using Figma's libraries, variables, tokens, and variants, I was able to work with developers to create a single source of truth across products.
At Medtronic, user research was a definitive part our the design process. At Apple, product defined processes. As the first designer, I had to decide what factors would drive our product.
UISG's business goals are driven by clients. Because we own an enterprise product and would be defining interactions foundational to both amateur and power users, I needed user research to help me validate assumptions, especially as someone new to the product space.
Design is new to UISG, and with a legacy product as powerful as it is, there could be some resistance to change. I am limited in knowledge as well!
I wanted design at UISG to be seen as fundamentally collaborative, often treating my industry-expert coworkers as designers too. I led company-wide collaborative workshops using Figjam, presented at our annual company meetings, and include cross-function stakeholders in as many design decisions as possible.