Bossify
Team: 4 people
Methods: Ideation, Rapid Prototyping, Developer Collaboration
Toolkit: Figma, After Effects, Material io
Bossify
Team: 4 people
Methods: Ideation, Rapid Prototyping, Developer Collaboration
Toolkit: Figma, After Effects, Material io
The freelance market is tough for students.
It’s difficult for students to break into the freelance market, since they have trouble gauging a fair price and tend to undercharge. Some barriers include imposter syndrome, a hard time communicating their value, and financial stress.
Bossify is the 1st Place Winner for UofTHacks VIII (1000+ applications, 750+ hackers). My role was developing the product strategy and designing the userflows/UI. Original devpost project can be found here.
Challenge
In the economy of freelance work, what solution can help students strategically save towards an emergency fund without feeling overwhelmed?
Solution
Bossify is a mobile app that cleverly helps students adjust their design fees.
It focuses on equitable upfront pay, which in turn increases the amount of money saved. On the flip side, clients receive high-quality, reliable work.
It’s a win-win situation.
Process
What does the Freelance market look like?
Inspiration
We were inspired by the resilience of freelancers, particularly creative designers, during the pandemic. As students, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and not value our own work. We wanted to empower emerging designers and remind them of what we can do with a little bit of courage. And support.
Our Goals
OUR SOLUTION
Bossify cleverly adjusts design fees to prevent undercharging.
While most money saving tools focus on the end, our strategy focuses on equitable upfront pay.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Our powerful algorithm helps students generate a fair price they should charge.
The model includes factors that students don’t often calculate – like equipment costs & profit margins.
STUDENT TASK 1
Applying for Job
Applying is easy and streamlined. Students can fill in details like how many hours and equipment used, and the algorithm will calculate the fee.
STUDENT TASK 2
Checking Profile
Students can see how much they’ve earned/saved and application status.
CLIENT TASK 1
Submit Job
With their own platform, clients can post jobs.
CLIENT TASK 2
View Student Profile
Clients can search freelancers and contact them.
Visual System
Since I’m familiar with the material io system, we decided to use it for our iOS platform. With limited time, it was useful to use this tried and tested library. It served as the guide & inspo for our UI.
Components
Colours
Icons
Reflection
It was important to be wary of the time limit. With only a day and a bit, our team had to be mindful of how to allocate time and divide tasks.
Bossify was our second idea and we all loved it! Our largest challenge was not having the appropriate data for the algorithm. We spent a portion of time to research the factors that could affect the fee.
I was worried about the design not being “fancy” enough (since we spent more time planning). However, our efforts resulted in a cohesive project and I’m proud of what we did as a team!
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