Justin Golownia
About
Imagine if you as a student could have traveled somewhere new every year. How would those experiences have changed you? These school trips are more than just learning about some famous person, place or thing. Travel helps students empathize with the perspective of other cultures, develop independent living skills, and connect with what they’re learning about at a deeper level. Unfortunately, financial constraints regularly place trips out of reach for the majority of students. TripSprout aims to solve this problem by giving teachers a specific crowdfunding platform that puts the power of funding back in their hands to make any amazing travel experience possible.
Industry
Education
Through surveying current K-12 teachers and looking at other crowdfunding platforms for education, there was a gap for specific resources geared toward student travel beyond one-day field trips. Personas and Sitemaps helped frame the UX design by identifying the goals and functions teachers required while focusing the project on minimum features to launch.
Role
My role was to research the viability of the concept and bring it to life through a functional prototype. This included everything from creating a brand identity, to UX and UI design for several pages, and translating mockups into front-end code. The project continues to be under development, but this was the first iteration of minimum viable product.
Skills
- Foundation
- Sketch
- Brand Identity
- Photoshop
- Web Design
- HTML
- CSS
- User Interface
- User Experience
- Logo Design
Turnaround
1 - 3 months