Building Community for New Mothers
Social platform design
Cluster is a mobile-first social platform for new and expecting mothers, built around peer discussion and expert guidance. I joined early in development as UX designer, when features were shipping quickly but the product structure was still in flux.
The work focused on consolidation. I reviewed the live product and design files to find inconsistencies in typography, spacing, and component behavior. Instead of adding new styles, the system was simplified and formalized. This resulted in a small set of reusable patterns that could scale across devices and features.
A key challenge was designing for unpredictable, emotionally sensitive user content. The post system was designed around edge cases such as very short posts, long reflections, and uneven mixes of text and media. Readability and tone held up without limiting how people expressed themselves.
Navigation, information architecture, privacy, and accessibility were treated as core inputs from the start. Rapid prototyping surfaced usability issues early as new sections were added, preventing structural problems from becoming harder to fix later.
The project shows how early systems thinking, constraint, and clarity can stabilize a fast-moving product and reduce long-term usability debt.