Workforce technology company using AI and machine learning to provide labor market intelligence for fast-moving industries
Career Map Redesign
Career Maps are a cornerstone of Julius' workforce development tools, leveraging labor market intelligence to provide a comprehensive set of career pathway information spanning real-world industries. The map includes insight into salaries, job opportunities, training programs, and growth opportunities from entry to senior level roles. I worked on redesigning it, with a core focus on the mobile experience.
UX audit
Before embarking on the redesign, I audited the existing career map from a usability and accessibility standpoint, noting some key features that could be improved, such as streamlining the user flow in a way that matched up with a potential user's mental model.
Mobile experience
Due to the landscape-based nature of the career map tool, it did not translate well onto the mobile experience. This was problematic, especially since a majority of the job-seekers were in younger demographics that primarily used mobile devices. I worked on formulating an equivalently useful mobile experience.
Additional features
In addition to mobile-specific improvements, I also worked on a few additional features to enhance the usability of the career map, including an interactive FAQ, a quick-share button, and a sticky module that updated in real-time, keeping the context close by for job-seekers.
Career Map / FAQ
The updated FAQ has questions sorted into categories for greater searchability.
Career Map / Sticky Path Builder
The new design includes a sticky module that updates in real time as the user builds their career path, providing instantaneous feedback during their journey and encouraging continuation.
Supply Chain Explorer
The Supply Chain Explorer feature was designed to help learners and industry professionals alike get insight into industries that operated in the supply chain process, with each industry sector flowing into the next.
Supply Chain / Light and Dark Modes
After defining Julius' brand color palette (see below), I incorporated it into these new products to test out all shades and hues required for icons, backgrounds, graphics, and even dark mode - a new area of exploration for Julius.
Supply Chain / Microinteractions
Since the Supply Chain Explorer was geared towards learners and jobseekers, I wanted to make it as engaging and interactive as possible. This included subtle animations and microinteractions as you hover over icons and stages, and a page that felt actively responsive to your touch and exploration.
Supply Chain / Tooltips and Contextual Information
These industries are often quite dense with new information, so adding helpful explanations, tooltips, expandable images, and labels make a huge difference in making the information feel more digestible and accessible for learners of all backgrounds.
Training Catalog
The Training Catalog was a new feature initiative to add to the Career Explorer, to supplement the existing Career Map, Learning Modules, Skill Assessments, and other workforce technology tools. This tool would be used in tandem with the career map in order to highlight local and regional training programs that laid the groundwork for careers in a range of industries.
Training Catalog / List View and Map View
The training catalog features a repository of trainings sorted into information-dense cards, that can be viewed by list view or map view. The map view was especially impactful as these catalogs would be highly region-specific.
Supply Chain / Search and Filtering
A robust search functionality was the main feature of the training catalog. Given the nature of the training program data we were parsing, the primary challenge was in finding a way to display information in a way that provided maximum search flexibility while also remaining usable and not overwhelming.
Supply Chain / Search and Filtering
This included a set of multi-select, nested dropdown categories, a live auto-completing search bar, clear indicators of selected tags and flexible options to select and deselect multiple options at once.
Case Studies & Marketing Collateral
Alongside my product design initiatives, I also contributed to graphic design needs in the form of client case studies, company brochures, and any general marketing collateral.
Design System
One of my initiatives was to spearhead a comprehensive design system, beginning with a consistent color palette. Lacking prior guidelines, design decisions had evolved over time without any proper documentation. I began by holistically auditing all of Julius' product offering, and building out a brand color palette that would work across a variety of different contexts. We landed on a core set of brand colors that ranged from indigo to emerald, the blend of blues and greens highlighting Julius' focus on both tech innovation and clean energy markets. This project is still in progress!
Brand strategy
The goal of this initiative was to help build a cohesive visual identity that speaks effectively to both organizational partners and individual job seekers as Julius grows in the competitive workforce technology space. This is also still a work in progress!
