Insight, Job Searching Made Better

DATE

Winter, 2025

TEAM

Elizabeth Ridley, Sophia Levin, Holly Chisholm

DESIGN TYPE

Mobile Application Design

TOOLS

Illustrator, Figma, Notion

THE TASK

Design an original experience for a platform or device of your choice.

DELIVERABLES

Prototyped mobile application design; presentation package

THE PROBLEM TO SOLVE

Navigating the job market is more complex than ever. Job searching and applications are competitve, hard to manage, overwhelming, and time-consuming all while lacking clear guidelines and guidance. Job search platforms rarely address these challenges leaving consumers frustrated and uncertain.

OUR SOLUTION

Insight acts to solve job searching issues with:

1. Data-driven insights and comparison features

2. Streamlined job discovery

3. Open tracking of application progress.

Our result is an optimized job search experience which simplifies the application process to allow users to achieve career success.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Our platform primarily targets young adult job seekers who want to stay organized, competitive, and efficient in their job search.

Research

ASSUMPTION PRIORITIZATION

COMPETITOR ANALYSIS

USER SURVEY CONDUCTED

We surveyed 52 people through Google Forms. Here are highlighted enlightening answers.

Q: WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FRUSTRATION WITH CURRENT JOB SEARCH PLATFORMS?

Q: HOW DO YOU CURRENTLY TRACK AND MANAGE YOUR JOB APPLICATIONS?

POLL GAUGING THE IMPORTANCE OF SEEING OTHER APPLICANTS' PROGRESS

POLL GAUGING THE IMPORTANCE OF SEEING JOB ANALYTICS

POLL GAUGING THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY INSIGHTS IN JOB SEARCHING

RANKING OF HOW IMPORTANT INFORMATION IS TO APPLICANTS

SURVEY TAKER ANALYTICS

Creating the App

TASKFLOW

Here, my team was really able to work out how exactly we could improve how we job search, and the specifics of how job search applications can work FOR the user.