June cohort

UX/UI Developer

Stefanie Martin

Designers who craft user experiences, interfaces, and visual design.

Crafting compelling narratives to inspire teams, communicate vision, and drive action.

Get buy-in for your ideas, whether it's about fixing problems or exploring new initiatives

Medium's Top Design Writer. Educator.

Medium

Designlab Learning

ADPList

Substack

National Cancer Institute

Kai Wong

Medium's Top Design Writer. 13 Years Defending Design Where UX Wasn't Valued.

Make the Case: How to Present Design Ideas That Spark Action

<h3>Why I enrolled</h3>
To set the standard for the UX/UI role on my team, elevating it beyond 'making things pretty' to contributing as a strategic partner in meeting the business requirements of the project.


 <h3>A breakthrough moment</h3>Talking it out (or in my case, chatting with AI) helped me reframe the core challenge in a way I wouldn't have reached on my own. I was initially concerned about not having concrete data points since user research hasn't been a significant part of this project. That concern itself became an insight: stakeholders may not respond to user-oriented data when advocating for design changes.However, a recent all-hands meeting clarified what stakeholders do care about: working within Agile methodology and planning work effectively. The project is roughly at its halfway point, and user help documentation and training have only been discussed in the abstract, with a single "research/scope help documentation" ticket sitting in the backlog for over a year. Reframing the problem around time and process rather than user experience made the argument significantly stronger. Stakeholders may not prioritize "users need onboarding," but they're likely to act on "we're halfway through the transition window with no resources allocated and no plan in the sprint." If addressing the problem through that lens opens the door, it could also create an inroads for a more user-centered approach as the project progresses.


<h3>What I’ll apply</h3>
Working through the Core Story frameworks for both in-progress and completed projects. My portfolio needs to be updated and this will provide a consistent and data-first way to present my work.

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