This product was developed as a 0-to-1 unified portal designed to serve the company's 22,100+ employees. The core function is to consolidate access to initially 156 internal work tools through a single sign-on (SSO) solution, with a strategic plan to progressively integrate all core internal work applications into this unified platform.
YEAR
2023-2024, 6 month
(Design + Development)
ROLE
Sub-lead, UX/UI
TEAM
Design: 1 Director, 4 designers
Product: 4 Product Managers
Engineering: 15 + Engineers
TOOLS
Figma, Jira
Employees previously had to navigate multiple disconnected platforms for daily tasks, leading to several friction points:
1. Fragmented Access: Users had to remember unique login credentials for every tool.
2. Lack of Centralization: There was no single system to track important action items or company alerts.
1. Fragmented Access → Singe Sing On: Streamlined access to all work tools through a single set of credentials.
2. Lack of Centralization → Integrate products and centralize the information (delivered as an MVP with ongoing updates)
The company comprises over 1,900 roles across 90+ departments. For the initial phase, we are focusing on four primary personas and the common activities shared by all employees.
Initially, we identified three personas: Pilot & Crew, Non-flying Employee, and Manager. However, we have evolved these into four distinct categories to better address their unique workflows:
We used a Decoupled Design Process to build the core architecture and features simultaneously.
1. Defining the Containers (Foundation)
We first established the global "containers"—the Dashboard and Navigation systems to house the user experience:
2. Feature Scaling & Component Sets
While the architecture was being refined, we followed a two-step process to build the portal’s functionality:
We redefined the approach from role-specific layouts to a Unified Grid System.
After multiple iterations, we developed a single, scalable layout that applies to all persona dashboards to minimize long-term maintenance.
After multiple iterations, we developed a single, scalable layout that applies to all persona dashboards to minimize long-term maintenance.
To optimize the navigation experience, these three key features were integrated into the final design:
Here are a few features I worked on for the MVP launch.
Efficiently manage employees’ leave requests, track available balances, and stay informed about upcoming holidays
*Non-flying employees only
A centralized platform to access essential team information, including the organizational chart, team birthdays, and leave schedules, fostering transparency, collaboration, and a sense of community
*Non-flying employees only
We conducted sessions with 5 users per group to validate task completion and efficiency within myAI
1.Focusing on what works now, not what we did before
Pivoting quickly to keep the project moving forward instead of holding onto designs that no longer fit technical or project requirements
2.India-US time gap into a 24-hour design cycle
By coordinating handoffs with the India team, we kept the project moving while the US team was offline, effectively our daily progress
3.Asking for help when we need
Scaling our impact by knowing when to speak up. Asking for help allowed us to complete critical user research in just one week