The goal of this project is to design a user-friendly onboarding experience and a comprehensive dashboard for local businesses on the Hidden Gemz platform. The solution will guide business owners through the process of setting up their business profiles and managing their information seamlessly. This includes inputting essential details such as their business address, tags, contact information, ticket inclusions, package values, operating hours, and availability. The design will also feature a central hub for notifications, payouts, and management to ensure a cohesive and well-organized experience for business owners. This will be created for a desktop environment.

• Improved User Experience: The onboarding process should be intuitive, guiding business owners through each step with clear instructions. Business owners should be able to quickly enter and update their information without assistance.
• Efficient Information Management: Business owners should have a clear and organized way to manage their data, including contact information, business hours, ticket details, and availability, directly from their dashboard.
• Increased Engagement: The redesigned dashboard should encourage business owners to engage more frequently with the platform, stay informed about their notifications, and manage their payouts effectively.
• Consistent Design and Branding: The onboarding screens and dashboard should align with Hidden Gemz overall branding, providing a consistent look and feel across all touchpoints - Branding colors from logo, Primary font: poppins

1. Project Plan- Identify goals, milestones, and set a timeline for the project
2. Review requirements and existing designs- Familiarize themselves with the existing product to understand the requirements, design work, and feedback that already exists, and to identify gaps to be filled in the next stage.

Design Onboarding Flow:

• Create an intuitive, step-by-step onboarding process that guides business owners through entering essential details such as business name, address, hours, categories, contact information, and business description.
• Include interactive prompts during onboarding that both collect the necessary data and teach business owners how to navigate the platform effectively.

Develop Business Dashboard:

• Design a centralized dashboard that provides business owners with tools to manage their information, track notifications, view upcoming customer interactions, and handle payouts.
• Implement a notifications section to increase user engagement by providing updates on customer visits, activities, and payouts.

1. Finalize- Handoff all deliverables and findings in a package that allows for your work to be easily understood and incorporated into future projects.

• Design Audit- audit the current user flow to identify pain points, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement
• User research- research plans, screener surveys, user interviews, and/or persona development to better understand users. You will also get research analysis and collaboration with Hidden Gemz team members optimizing this process
• Usability testing- summary of key findings and recommendations, or documentation of testing sessions to understand users’ experience of and interaction with your product
• Redesign and/or redesign recommendations- design improved flows for the distinct user types. Workshop ideas and turn those into wireframes or mockups that show exactly how the solution could work
• Prototype- once high fidelity mockups are complete, create a prototype in Figma that can be used to test and validate the designs