Strike
Dory Xu
THESIS STATEMENT
Design a tool that will support creatives in their professional business practices, encourage business literacy into creative industries, and help cultivate community connection amongst creatives within their industries.
PROBLEM SPACE
Creatives often have a lack of proper business education. With no proper instruction on business operations, project management, finances and more, self-starting creatives are left to their own means of navigating the professional industries which can often take up unnecessary time, money, and energy.
TARGET AUDIENCE
- Students
- Self-starting creatives
- Freelancers
- Career transitioners
- Entrepreneurs
- Post-grads
OPPORTUNITY SPACE
OBJECTIVES
Educational Resources
Bring business literacy to the creative world by providing tools and resources to further bridge the gap between business and creativity.
Curated Learning
Help guide creatives in their self-directed careers through personalization and understanding individual needs.
Creative Community
Cultivate a creative business community built on mutual empowerment and support.
WIREFRAME
VISUAL SYSTEM
FINAL DESIGN
The Quiz
The user is taken through a series of questions to help the system come up with recommended resources catered to each individual’s particular needs.
Curated Resources
Quiz responses from users are made into personalized kits specifically curated towards their individual areas of learning and expertise.
Home Page
The Strike home page is a collection of information and inspiration in the form of videos, blogs, audio interviews, and more. Here, you can enter keywords into the search bar to browse through specific topics, add posts to your saved boards, as well as use the browser extension to save pages and articles outside of Strike and into your boards.
Shared Page
Browse through boards made by others as another source of inspiration.
Community Page
The community page is designed to connect users with creatives beyond their mutual friends and explore groups of likeminded others and top industry creatives.
User Profile
The user profile is designed to showcase the user’s professional experience, portfolio, and their areas of expertise. Others can look through online resources they created/are featured in, as well as browse their shared boards to find new resources and inspiration.
