All-in-one meetings tool, bringing structure and efficiency.

As the lead product design team for this project, our objective was to design a Chrome extension that facilitated productivity during virtual meetings. The challenge was two-fold, firstly to upskill the team and secondly to determine the overall look and feel of the extension, as nothing similar had been developed before. Our key deliverable was to create a high-end solution that met the client's brief and ensured value for the users. This project gave us the unique opportunity to apply our creativity and come up with an innovative design that would improve the productivity of virtual meetings.

Because nothing like this had been developed before, we had little to reference when developing this Chrome extension. This gave us a unique opportunity to let our creative juices flow and provide the client with a high-end solution that hit the brief and ensured value for the user.

Product Design

Our process began with skills development and researching everything we could to understand the realm of extensions. From there, Blott formulated design recommendations which the Shepherd team would review. The key was to develop a product that would seamlessly integrate with Google Calendar (and Meet) and provide a simple solution to users. This process spanned many months of processing iterations, user-testing and streamlining functionality.

Features

This project involved a number of features that the Shepherd team specifically wanted to incorporate into the final product. Integrations, responsiveness and personalisation were front-of-mind when building out each feature. React was the front-end library of choice for our team of developers when focussing on the user interface and user experience.

Web Development

With Shepherd’s product offering ready to change the productivity game, our focus shifted to developing a cohesive website that would educate viewers and facilitate downloads. Multiple meetings were hosted between Blott and Shepherd to ensure that the website would showcase the value to its users.

Shepherd have a fully functioning product that, not only has thousands of users, but received the title of "Best Product of the Week" and "Best Product of the Day" on Product Hunt in March of 2022. Blott continues to work alongside the Shepherd team to push the boundaries in this space.