Experiential Project Northeastern

Helpiing

Admin functionality redesign for mobile community management.

Helpiing admin functionality banner

Role

UX Research / Moderator / Notetaker / UX Design / UI Design / Team of 4

Tools

Zoom / Optimal Workshop / Figma

Process

Inquiry / User interviews / Persona / Sketching / Wireframing / Prototyping

Challenge

Admins needed safer, more efficient community tools

The existing mobile app lacked admin functionality such as organizing posts by similarity and controlling community membership.

This compromised the efficiency and safety of virtual community management.

Solution

A dedicated admin panel

The solution introduced a dedicated admin panel for inviting users, accepting or rejecting membership requests, creating and assigning post categories, and keeping communities safer and better organized.

Admins can use multiple invitation options, send bulk invites, add contacts from the address book, include message text, and receive success feedback after invitations.

Research

Interviewing admins around real duties

The usability script asked admins about responsibilities, communication methods, management scenarios, current pain points, and desired automation or mobile functionality.

Customer validation showed that admins need control over community membership, community visibility, and flexible posting categories relevant to each community.

Outcome

Client work, interviews, and collaboration

This project gave me firsthand experience working with a real client, drafting interview scripts, facilitating and moderating interviews, and using research methods including interviews, surveys, and card sorting.

It was also my first time collaborating with a diverse team, strengthening teamwork and communication skills.

Artifacts

Design evidence

Helpiing admin user persona
Helpiing admin user persona
Helpiing membership request sketch
Helpiing membership request sketch
Helpiing bulk invitations sketch
Helpiing bulk invitations sketch
Helpiing admin mockup banner
Helpiing admin mockup banner

Let's work together.

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