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PAID: Our company is a social impact start up in the affordable housing space. We are designing a Black focused financial confidence website app to support our in person programs.

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HomeBAnx

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

K ay She / Her

Founder

Preferred learners

Anywhere
Academic experience

Project scope

What is the main goal for this project?: Design and build a web application for the product. We are happy to provide a walkthrough and other resources to help bring them up to speed.
Identifying key areas of our current website and what areas of focused might return the best results in a redesign.
Learning and using various software design tools.
Creation of a screen by screen UX / UI prototype of a web application which can be used on all major browsers and be mobile friendly
Conducting UX / UI testing with real potential users potentially involving paper prototypes or other software tools to support this
What tasks will learners need to complete to achieve the project goal?: By the end of the project, students should complete the following list of activities:
Familiarize themselves with our existing product
Familiarize themselves with a design tool of their choosing and understand how it works.
Design and build inside of the design tool all the needed screens for a designed prototype of our product
Present the final design screens to us with the context of all their choices they made, problems they encountered, and next steps they recommend.
What is the main goal for this project?: Design and build a web application for the product. We are happy to provide a walkthrough and other resources to help bring them up to speed.
Identifying key areas of our current website and what areas of focused might return the best results in a redesign.
Learning and using various software design tools.
Creation of a screen by screen UX / UI prototype of a web application which can be used on all major browsers and be mobile friendly
Conducting UX / UI testing with real potential users potentially involving paper prototypes or other software tools to support this
What tasks will learners need to complete to achieve the project goal?: By the end of the project, students should complete the following list of activities:
Familiarize themselves with our existing product
Familiarize themselves with a design tool of their choosing and understand how it works.
Design and build inside of the design tool all the needed screens for a designed prototype of our product
Present the final design screens to us with the context of all their choices they made, problems they encountered, and next steps they recommend.
How will you support learners in completing the project?: Students will connect directly with us for mentorship throughout the project. We will be able to provide answers to questions such as:

Mentorship
Current product understanding
Industry standard design tools and applications
Any sort of branding or styling advice
Input on choices, problems or anything else the students might encounter
What skills or technologies will help learners to complete the project?: Current product understanding
Industry standard design tools and applications
Branding or styling experience
Familiarty with programming
Experience with Software Design
Experience building websites
Industry design tools such as Figma or InVision
Up to date design philosophy standards
Human computer interaction concepts
UX / UI design experience

Supported causes

Reduced inequalities

About the company

https://homebanx.ca
0 - 1 employees
Education

HomeBAnx is a startup social impact incorporated company, solving for the critical barriers of housing, financial education, and innovative financial products that meet the Black community’s needs and access to credit, to grow and build generational wealth.