It starts with the smallest thing. A dog that needs a home. A woman giving away baby clothes. A free bike. A lost wedding ring. I just moved here. I’m leaving town. I’ll help you. You help me. We’ll help them. This is how a community connects. This is Used.ca.
Used.ca is currently a network of sites under the Used[cityname].com moniker. Usedvictoria.com is the most prominent of the collection. We currently have hundreds of sites, a powered-by network, 2 SaaS implementations, and 2 Apps.
That's changing. The biggest step forward the company has ever taken is in the works. Used.ca, jovially nicknamed "one site to rule them all" has taken it's first steps.
I hope (edit: had hoped) to catalog those steps here.
My role –
User Research
Concept Development
Design Lead
Results –
– complete design system for web/mobile
– reduced time-to-deploy for web by having a single responsive site vs a desktop & mobile site
– visual unification between desktop and mobile views
– functional unification between mobile apps & web properties
– initial design system for iOS & Android
– covid-19, full stop. 🙁
Users make the best stories, but personas make for a great team building exercise.
We (were) just getting started.
