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UX Designer

Anita Morales edited this page Aug 25, 2024 · 17 revisions

Interested in joining?

  1. Join the Hack for LA organization. (There are no fees to join.) To join, follow the steps on our Getting Started page.

  2. Introduce yourself in the #expunge-assist-design-and-content channel on Slack and reach out to the Design Lead and/or PM to get onboarded to the team.

UX Design team goals

The UX Design team is focused on understanding the needs and values of our users to create a usable, meaningful, and accessible product. We are responsible for all aspects of the Expunge Assist website's development, including usability, visual design, and accessibility. Our work touches on all points of the end-to-end user journey and user interactions, thus we value cross-collaboration with teams to better improve our work.

Current Status of Expunge Asisst website

The Expunge Assist website is on the verge of a significant milestone, as we prepare to launch the beta version. Our primary focus is on refining the letter generator feature to ensure a seamless and beneficial user experience for our target audience. This entails meticulous attention to detail to guarantee usability and effectiveness. Our overarching goal is to provide a website that not only assists users in generating expungement letters but also offers a user-friendly platform for accessing crucial information and resources.

Future direction

After the website launches, we will partner with our UX Research team to assess areas of improvement.

Weekly Meeting Times

The UX Design team works closely with other teams under the Expunge Assist project to develop holistic and feasible solutions. One way we promote cross-collaboration is by meeting with our own team and others on a weekly basis. As a UX Designer, we highly encourage you to attend our weekly meetings:

  • Wednesdays from 5pm-6pm PST: Design Team Meeting
  • Fridays from 9:30am-10:30am PST: Content and Design Sync
  • Additional meeting schedule can be found at the Team Weekly Monthly Meeting WIki Page

If you are unable to attend any of these meetings, please notify the Design Leads and PM.

Current Design Team

  • Anita Morales (Design Co-lead)
  • Justin Yeh (Design Co-lead)
  • Ellynna Ruan (UX Designer)

Current Expunge Assist Team

To learn more about the responsibilities of each role on the UX Design team, check out our Roles and Responsibilities sheet.

Major team initiatives

Design principles we follow

COMING SOON

Key Resources / Links

Additional Reading

  1. This is a generic software development lifecycle diagram for Hack for LA. We would like to talk to you about how this project is different.

  2. Read about WCAG 2.0 accessibility standards.

For Design Lead

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