Capitalizing on biotech data and reducing the time taken to develop and release drugs to the market.
A new exposure to the startup world
The beauty of a day to day in a startup is you get to experience the life of a true chameleon, constantly changing to whatever is needed most.
As the only leading product designer at the time for our team, I did it all, from marketing content to presentation deck to emails to ui workflows. I embodied the product as a whole from end to end daily through my help in:
Rebuilding website IA to better capture consumer goals and workflows
Driving Scispot’s story through branded social posts and campaigns (LinkedIn, G2, ProductHunt)
Designing and iterating feature workflows daily based on client feedback
Building client and accelerator decks that nailed the founder’s vision
Most impactful work broken down
Scispot's design legacy
Created Scispot’s first brand guidelines and reworked homepage, boosting consistency and cutting bounce rate ~70%.
AI bot
Co-created SciBot, an AI lab assistant that answers user queries and supports data extraction, logging, and analysis.
Reworking the GUI
Redesigned Scispot OS with a modern UI, driving research, analysis, and wireframes to meet client requests.
Scispot Community
A community created for Scispot users to share templates, ideas, and keep up to date on the application functionality. All templates created here could be automatically integrated with the ELN.
Say hello to Scibot
A virtual assistant allowing multiple users to access the right information at any point.
See it in action today below
Branding Guideline
When I started, I felt like I was running a rat's race I didn't sign up for. Assets for icons, typography, images, and any vector were scattered about the Figma project I inherited. To consolidate and start standardizing Scispot's image across app, web, and social media, a branding guideline was a priority. Of course it not only visually tied everything Scispot, but sped up banner/blog/thumbnail designs that were always somehow requested last minute.
Only certain things can be learned at a startup
I had to continuously build a plane while flying, ease up on perfectionism, work with little feedback, and navigate pre-existing architecture.
Startup pace
At Scispot, every day was about moving fast — building prototypes, testing, and iterating quickly. I learned that in startups, speed matters more than perfection in early drafts.
Communication gaps
Slack threads often buried important messages, creating confusion across teams. To solve this, I partnered with marketing to create a new SOP that streamlined feedback and clarified priorities between design and engineering.
While user feedback was previously acknowledged at Scispot, it was rarely acted upon efficiently. We needed this new process to foster a genuine user-centered process in our design strategy, enhancing our connection with our users and work impact.
The best takeaways
Looking back on this experience, junior mentorship and learning with your team has been enlightening.
Mentorship and onboarding
After my co-op, I was invited back to onboard two new designers. I shared my journey, the hurdles I faced, and the shortcuts I found — not just walking them through the platform, but instilling confidence and belonging. This experience sharpened my own skills and showed me the value of teaching as a path to growth.
Designing in an unfamiliar domain
At first, biomedical jargon like “logging samples” and “manifests” felt overwhelming. I realized I didn’t need to be a subject-matter expert — my strength was in design. By asking questions, drawing parallels to familiar processes, and testing with domain experts, I learned how to navigate the complexity and design effectively.
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