Project information
- Category: Web & mobile design
- Client: University Student Assembly
- Project date: November, 2021
- Project duration: 5 weeks
- Pages: 50+
- Team: 5 designers
- Role: UX/UI
- Tools used: Figma, Miro, Adobe Illustrator, InVision, Google Docs, Canva
- Project case study URL: University Student Assembly - Full Case Study
- Summary: A modern, unique and functional first web and mobile design for the University Student Assembly - the only legitimate representative body for students within Ss. Cyril and Methodius University through which we would help them to build a strong relationship with students and gain their trust.
What I learned
This was my first-real UX project!
More than the actual output, however- I’m immensely grateful to have been through an entire UX process so I can see what it’s actually like. On that note, a few things I’ve learned:
- Iterate as much as you can! In the beginning stages, we’ve explored so many different options to try finding the right solution for our student users- we’ve ended up “restarting” our project over 3 times.
- Be insight- not process-driven! Despite weeks of research and development, my first version of this case study was full of unnecessary text at this stage instead of tying everything into the bigger question- “so how does this fit into the bigger picture”? Hence, I cut down the copy by more than 60% and focused on the major points in my project. Hence, going forward I believe focusing more on the insights will improve my storytelling abilities to others.
- You didn’t fail- you just found 100 ways that didn’t work! From noticing mistakes in our UI to uncovering more foundational UX problems in our website, I am thankful to have constantly asked for feedback from my team and my mentor. In the end, I pushed to have the website as best I could, and did not let my own thinking stop me from questioning if my own decisions were truly best for the user.
Here is the full case study for this project: University Student Assembly - Full Case Study