Design Systems, UX/UI
Built a design system used for the member app, and internal tooling.
I joined Dance right before they launched. Being that myself and the designer were the first designers to join the company, they only had a skeleton component library for their iOS app.
We had a lot of work to do when first joining, and agreed that creating a component library asap was important for us to work as quickly as possible without sacrificing quality and consistency.
Updating and refining the design system was continuously happening the entire time I worked there.
Design audit, typography, colors, icons, grids, component library
Myself and the other designer collaborated in making a design system for the mobile app (iOS & android).
Mobile app audit
Brainstorming
Collaborate with marketing director
Iterate on elements of the design system
Align with stakeholders
Finalize designs (iOS & Android)
Continuously update when necessary
Myself and another designer created and maintained a design system for Dance's mobile app (iOS & android).
Slowing down in the short term saves you time in the long run
Taking the time out of regular product work to build out this MVP design system, was crucial for us to work much faster and efficiently both in the design phase and development phase. While not recording any metrics on this, we saved countless hours allowing senior engineers and product managers to build out basic screens and flows with following instruction from the design system.
Build trust with the team
While some team members initially were skeptical of us taking time away from product work to build out a working design system, ultimately it established trust and understanding for one of the many things us designers can contribute to the team.
Amanda McMicken
Senior Product Designer
Julian
Senior Product Designer
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Amanda McMicken