GoAbroad.com
Directories of study, volunteer, internship, and teaching programs abroad. Design of the dashboard and of the internal tools the sales and finance teams used.
- Years
- 2008–2010
- Role
- Product designer
- Setup
- Colorado company; I worked in its Philippines office
- Scope
- Client dashboard, internal sales and finance tools, co-branded marketing sites, UX practice
- Platform
- Web
The company
GoAbroad.com is a Colorado company that runs directories of programs abroad: study, volunteering, internships, teaching, and more.
The work
I worked in GoAbroad’s Philippines office from March 2008 to July 2010. I led design of the client dashboard and of the internal tools the sales and finance teams used. I was one of the team that designed co-branded client marketing sites and collateral.
I also pushed for practices the team had not used much before: usability testing, task analysis, user-flow documentation, and proofing visual design against the build.
What carried over
Internal tools get no launch announcement. Either the sales and finance teams can do their jobs with them or they cannot. I still trust that test most. Does the work hold up for the person who uses it every day?