Designing InspirED

Tower Education Technologies (a certified B corp company) originated to build a global higher education platform called InspirED. InspirED is the only platform that combines professional engagement with student lifecycle management, learning management, CRM, and analytics.

Role:

Prototyping Specialist and Creative Lead

Tools:

Adobe Creative Cloud

I specialize in XD and Photoshop.

 

Work Highlights

 

Creative Lead

Two years into my work with Tower, I became the design team’s Creative Lead.

  • I advocate for design thinking, I am the voice for the user

  • I balance taking initiative and collaborating on ideas with my team

  • I value getting feedback and supporting others’ work

  • I receive the requirements and translate them to design

  • I QC the junior prototyper and the front-end developer’s work

Design System

There was no design system in place, so to maintain consistency and efficiency for handoff to development I established a robust collection of reusable components, guided by clear practices.

This system includes colors, typography, iconography, components, design patterns, and more. This guide is used cross-departmentally.

Prototypes

I designed a 200+ screen high-fidelity prototype that was successfully implemented by development.

  • requirements came from upper management by way of product managers

  • utilized Azure DevOps for agile sprints

  • utilized Adobe Creative Cloud for design team collaboration

  • tested iterations

  • passed off designs to developers along with instructions for build

User Flows

I built out specific user flows to be presented to stakeholders and to internally show our use cases. Flows included:

  • Faculty

  • Student

  • Administrator

  • IT

Feature Planning

I worked cross-departmentally to prioritize and then build new or improved features. Feature requests came from stakeholders, administrators, and users.

Feature Request: Starter Guide

Feature Request: Video Conference component

Feature Request: Dashboard Graphs

Feature Request: Profile Completion Tile

Testing

I was involved in all types of design and performance testing, from A/B to UAT.