National Geographic Live

Team size: 7
My Role: Lead Designer
Project Impact: Increased findability of events and speakers, more clarity around event details, more bookings through the site
My Favorite Part: Working with the developers to problem solve, working on a site that would be public

Explorer Hubs

Team size: 7
My Role: Lead Designer & Researcher
Project Impact: To be determined; it has not yet launched (based on prototype feedback, it will increase repeat visitors and increase findability of hubs)
My Favorite Part: Find all the ways to link data that exists in Salesforce to our site in a way that's valuable and reliable for Society staff and Explorers

National Geographic Explorer Profile Page

Team size: 8
My Role: Designer & Researcher
Project Impact: Better search experience, better UX standards (especially clear, findable, communicative across user types)
My Favorite Part: Talking with Explorers about how they wanted to use the site to better connect with others

Community Workshop

Team size: 2
My Role: UX Researcher & Workshop Co-Host
Workshop Impact: Creating new connections between our users and our team; useful insight into our next projects
My Favorite Part: Seeing so many Explorers have fun creating new solutions to their own problems in innovative ways

Explorer Community Map

Team size: 7
My Role: Lead Designer & UX Researcher
Project Impact: Enabling more connection between Explorers, increasing pageviews and repeat visitors
My Favorite Part: Working closely with the map team (who I hadn't worked with before) and learning about UX practices on an interactive map

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