UX Design & Research Experience

Projects from previous internships and coursework

Interaction Design Project

I devised, designed, and prototyped an interactive systems for users to better explore their city, connect with businesses, and bridge community.

high fidelity prototypes

mobile design

data-driven decisions

end-to-end

Interaction Design Project

I devised, designed, and prototyped an interactive systems for users to better explore their city, connect with businesses, and bridge community.

high fidelity prototypes

mobile design

data-driven decisions

end-to-end

Smart Mouse Pad: IoT Design for WFH Students

Leverging IoT to design a system addressing productivity and motivation among student populations resulting in a creative, realistic design for learner satisfaction and wellbeing.

Interaction design

AI

mixed-methods research

high fidelity prototypes

Smart Mouse Pad: IoT Design for WFH Students

Leverging IoT to design a system addressing productivity and motivation among student populations resulting in a creative, realistic design for learner satisfaction and wellbeing.

Interaction design

AI

mixed-methods research

high fidelity prototypes

Disney Product Design Internship

Created designs to facilitate in enhancing user engagement, creating stronger emotional impacts, and identify storytelling opportunities through Disney+ on web and mobile platforms.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Product Memo

Wireframes

Launched

Disney Product Design Internship

Created designs to facilitate in enhancing user engagement, creating stronger emotional impacts, and identify storytelling opportunities through Disney+ on web and mobile platforms.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Product Memo

Wireframes

Launched

Automotive UX

Designing with General Motors (NDA)

WIP ๐Ÿšง

Design Systems

ProtoPie

high fidelity prototypes

Automotive UX

Designing with General Motors (NDA)

WIP ๐Ÿšง

Design Systems

ProtoPie

high fidelity prototypes

Project Archive ๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ

Disney Product Design Internship

Created designs to facilitate in enhancing user engagement, creating stronger emotional impacts, and identify storytelling opportunities through Disney+ on web and mobile platforms.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Protopie

Wireframes

high fidelity prototypes

Disney Product Design Internship

Created designs to facilitate in enhancing user engagement, creating stronger emotional impacts, and identify storytelling opportunities through Disney+ on web and mobile platforms.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Protopie

Wireframes

high fidelity prototypes

Apple SystemUI Multitasking Experience Software Engineer Intern

Created, demoed, and integrated into iOS, a new animation for a user interactive feature available only on high end iPhone models

Cross-Functional Collaboration

UI

Software Dev

Objective-C

Apple SystemUI Multitasking Experience Software Engineer Intern

Created, demoed, and integrated into iOS, a new animation for a user interactive feature available only on high end iPhone models

Cross-Functional Collaboration

UI

Software Dev

Objective-C

Apple Watch Frameworks Software Engineer Intern

Developed a watchOS implementation of a SwiftUI API using Swift/SwiftUI enabling third party Watch Developers to have a driving platform for innovation.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

UI

Software Dev

Swift/SwuitUI

Apple Watch Frameworks Software Engineer Intern

Developed a watchOS implementation of a SwiftUI API using Swift/SwiftUI enabling third party Watch Developers to have a driving platform for innovation.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

UI

Software Dev

Swift/SwuitUI

Selected Explorations ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿซ

Website Redesign

Researched Quora's AI Aggregator app to identify user pain points among college students, recommendation solutions based on findings.

design systems

Site Redesign

responsive design

Interaction Design

Designing for Consumer Health Technology

I researched habit formation to create a sleep monitoring and improvement app

high fidelity prototypes

wireframes

Health tech

research

Designing for Consumer Health Tech

I researched habit formation to create a sleep monitoring and improvement app

high fidelity prototypes

wireframes

Health tech

research

UX Writing for Depop

I identified Depop's key user group and redesigned key pages with the appropriate tone and voice

user-centered design

text

content design

research

Mixed-Methods Research Project

Researched Quora's AI Aggregator app to identify user pain points among college students, recommendation solutions based on findings.

data-driven design

text

AI

Mixed-Method Research

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๐Ÿ’ฌ Let's chat:

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๐Ÿ“ง tolanism@umich.edu

ยฉ Tolani Smith 2026