Turning your inbox into an auto-updating task list
Role
Product Designer
Team
Gabriel Valdivia
Daniel Chung
Will Ruben
Timeline
June - September (4 months)
Tools
Figma
Overview
Workmate is a chrome extension built to give you an executive AI assistant who helps you fly through your emails and reclaim headspace to focus on what matters most.
Background
I joined a small, close-knit team working on Workmate when most of the product was still undefined. My role was designing the key features while we all worked together to figure out what users actually needed. It was a collaborative process of solving problems without having a clear roadmap.
Impact
My primary contribution was transforming an abstract concept into a concrete product, helping the team move from confusion to clarity. Through countless iterations, the designs I created became the foundation that the rest of the team built on.
Takeaways from the process
Going extremely wide and pushing for visual interest. Throughout the process of building the product, it was apparent how critical it was to explore all of our options and trying to make even the most simple things more appealing. Even if we ended up on a direction or solution that was more simple, the willingness to keep iterating and thinking big would lead us to the best possible outcome.
Moving fast without compromising on quality. Not putting so much weight on ensuring that the initial work is perfect, but being able to quickly send out updates, receive feedback, and make adjustments in order to make meaningful progress. We still care about quality and craft, but there should be balance and a genuine effort to strive towards working efficiently.