Community App for college alumni

Community management dashboard and app for a Middle East-based college alumni network.

Role

UX Design

Software used

Figma

Duration

1 month

Overview

This project involved designing a comprehensive digital platform for AKCAF, a community based in the UAE that unites alumni from a group of colleges. The platform aims to help alumni reconnect, engage, and grow both personally and professionally. The final product consisted of a mobile app for alumni members and an admin dashboard for managing the community.

Why the project

AKCAF sought a solution to digitise and streamline their community activities. The goal was to create a platform where alumni could reunite, interact, and foster professional and personal growth.

My Role

As the UX designer, I contributed to:

Brainstorming & Conceptualisation: Collaborating with stakeholders to ideate features that would encourage engagement and connectivity among alumni.
Design Development: Designing user-friendly mobile screens for the alumni app and an admin dashboard for managing the community.

Challenges

The project had a tight deadline due to the fast-paced nature of the engagement.
Due to limited resources for primary research, we relied heavily on secondary research from similar community platforms.
The client had varied opinions on how the platform should be and that led to a lot of iterations during the design and development phase.

Overview

Why the project

AKCAF sought a solution to digitise and streamline their community activities. The goal was to create a platform where alumni could reunite, interact, and foster professional and personal growth.

My Role

As the UX designer, I contributed to:

Brainstorming & Conceptualisation: Collaborating with stakeholders to ideate features that would encourage engagement and connectivity among alumni.
Design Development: Designing user-friendly mobile screens for the alumni app and an admin dashboard for managing the community.

Challenges

The project had a tight deadline due to the fast-paced nature of the engagement.
Due to limited resources for primary research, we relied heavily on secondary research from similar community platforms.
The client had varied opinions on how the platform should be and that led to a lot of iterations during the design and development phase.

Entities Involved

Mobile App for Alumni users
Web-App for AKCAF Admin

Mobile App

User types

Admin-level Alumni user : This user will have the ability to approve or reject new member requests from their respective colleges within the app.This access is granted by the AKCAF admin.
Regular Alumni user : This person needs to gain access to the app through approval from the AKCAF Admin or the respective College admin assigned.