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The New York Times
In this project I led design updates and copywriting efforts for login and registration flows on nytimes.com, increasing access to news journalism and other NYT products for users across platforms. I used this opportunity to inform developers on the importance and impact of design.
ROLE
Product Design Intern
COLLABORATORS
Product Managers
Engineering
SKILLS
Product Thinking
Prototyping
Documentation
Design Systems
TOOLS
Figma
Dovetail
During my internship, I…
Contributed UI design element in various states to internal design system
Outlined detailed documentation for new developer handoff to implement updated screens using design system
Designed and co-facilitated a workshop with a wide range of stakeholders effected by problem space
Synthesized workshop learnings with product to discover areas of opportunity for design improvements
Explored various design solutions, presented, and received feedback
Developed interactive prototype to communicate design solution
Created research plan and facilitated team’s first usability testing sessions
Synthesized research to create user personas to increase engineering team understanding and communicate learnings
Assisted design and product with UX Writing for Wordle authentication flow to syncs Wordle stats to a NYT account
Wrote and illustrated for the intern newsletter
Reflection
Working for a company with a mission as inspiring as The Times was a dream come true.
This summer was full of growth, as I was able to apply a design lens to a problem space typically unfamiliar with product design thinking.
Communicating the importance of design, explaining rationale and thought processes to developers and PM’s, and breaking down complex systems helped refine my critical thinking and communication skills.
Huge thank you to my manager, Olivia Cheng and mentor, Elisabeth Chin for supporting my learning and trusting me enough to think through these design challenges.
