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Documenters

Documenters

Documenters

Documenters

Scale a fragmented multi-city onboarding, reporting platform into a seamless, self-serve, and manager-friendly experience.

Scale a fragmented multi-city onboarding, reporting platform into a seamless, self-serve, and manager-friendly experience.

Scale a fragmented multi-city onboarding, reporting platform into a seamless, self-serve, and manager-friendly experience.

Scale a fragmented multi-city onboarding, reporting platform into a seamless, self-serve, and manager-friendly experience.

Overview

Overview

Overview

Documenters is a community-driven platform that connects citizens with local government meetings by recruiting, training, and coordinating volunteers (Documenters) to attend and report publicly. The project goals included streamlining onboarding, enhancing workshop registration, improving management workflows, and optimizing reporting.

Documenters is a community-driven platform that connects citizens with local government meetings by recruiting, training, and coordinating volunteers (Documenters) to attend and report publicly. The project goals included streamlining onboarding, enhancing workshop registration, improving management workflows, and optimizing reporting.

Documenters is a community-driven platform that connects citizens with local government meetings by recruiting, training, and coordinating volunteers (Documenters) to attend and report publicly. The project goals included streamlining onboarding, enhancing workshop registration, improving management workflows, and optimizing reporting.

Documenters is a community-driven platform that connects citizens with local government meetings by recruiting, training, and coordinating volunteers (Documenters) to attend and report publicly. The project goals included streamlining onboarding, enhancing workshop registration, improving management workflows, and optimizing reporting.

Client:

Client:

City Bureau - Public Data Works

City Bureau - Public Data Works

My Role:

My Role:

Product Designer

Product Designer

UX Research

UX Research

Sukari Stone

Sukari Stone

Year:

Year:

Present

Present

Problem Statement

Problem Statement

Problem Statement

After extensive interviews and UX research, we discovered four major friction points:

After extensive interviews and UX research, we discovered four major friction points:

After extensive interviews and UX research, we discovered four major friction points:

Busyness: Too many steps, unclear completion, information overload.

Busyness: Too many steps, unclear completion, information overload.

Too much digging: Important actions (filter, reporting, orientation) were buried deep in menus and steps.

Too much digging: Important actions (filter, reporting, orientation) were buried deep in menus and steps.

Lack of context: Users couldn’t connect onboarding, workshops, and reporting to their progress.

Connecting decisions to outcomes: Managers and Documenters struggled to see how workshop registration, meeting attendance, and reporting linked to actual civic impact.

What I do

What I do

What I do

Here’s how every identified challenge was systematically addressed, converting friction into memorable clarity and facilitating confident user action.

Here’s how every identified challenge was systematically addressed, converting friction into memorable clarity and facilitating confident user action.

Here’s how every identified challenge was systematically addressed, converting friction into memorable clarity and facilitating confident user action.

Here’s how every identified challenge was systematically addressed, converting friction into memorable clarity and facilitating confident user action.

Created a linear onboarding flow with clear progress and requirements, reducing user confusion and drop-off.

Created a linear onboarding flow with clear progress and requirements, reducing user confusion and drop-off.

Created a linear onboarding flow with clear progress and requirements, reducing user confusion and drop-off.

Introduced unified filters, smart search, and visible metadata for rapid workshop discovery.

Introduced unified filters, smart search, and visible metadata for rapid workshop discovery.

Introduced unified filters, smart search, and visible metadata for rapid workshop discovery.

Consolidated manager actions into a single dashboard with shortcut access and consistent controls.

Consolidated manager actions into a single dashboard with shortcut access and consistent controls.

Consolidated manager actions into a single dashboard with shortcut access and consistent controls.

Used dashboard summaries and reporting cards to make context and progress instantly understandable.

Used dashboard summaries and reporting cards to make context and progress instantly understandable.

Used dashboard summaries and reporting cards to make context and progress instantly understandable.

Automated reminders and post-orientation follow-up to connect decisions with real outcomes.

Automated reminders and post-orientation follow-up to connect decisions with real outcomes.

Automated reminders and post-orientation follow-up to connect decisions with real outcomes.

Documenters Flows

Documenters Flows

Documenters Flows

Documenters Flows

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New Documenters Final Design

New Documenters Final Design

New Documenters Final Design

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New Documenters onboarding flow prototype

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Outcome

Outcome

Outcome

Orientation/workshop registrations increased by over 30%

Dashboard workflow saved managers 50% ops time

Reporting engagement (deep reads, shares) increased by 3x