Research → insight
Interviews and surveys surfaced a simple truth: people want community without algorithmic noise. Trust was the bottleneck, not features.
← All work
Neighborhood community app
StayNTouch
A mobile-first social product designed to bridge the gap between neighbors — trusted local news, invitations, and community bulletins without the noise of national feeds.
- Google UX Design Certificate
- 2021
- Lead UX Designer
- Mobile-first app
Context
A mobile-first bridge between neighbors.
StayNTouch was a passion project during the Google UX Design Certificate — built with peers who saw the same gap: neighbors lacked a trustworthy, local-first channel for events, news, and community bulletins.
National social feeds optimized for reach, not belonging. We designed for invite-based trust, hyperlocal updates, and a conceptual model that made “who’s on my block” feel safe.
Conceptual model
Neighborhood as the primary unit — not a global feed. Invitations, local news, and event RSVPs nested under place.
Mobile-first IA
Core paths — discover event, invite neighbor, post bulletin — kept under three taps for one-handed evening use.
Visuals
What it looks like.
Outcomes
What changed.
End-to-end research → prototype flow
Conceptual model validated with peers
Mobile-first information architecture
The problem
Why this mattered.
Neighbors lacked a trustworthy, local-first channel for events and updates. Existing social apps optimized for reach, not belonging.
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