August 2025
True Horizon Software
True Horizon Software
True Horizon Software
Overview: True Horizon builds custom AI solutions to support business growth. We designed an incubator platform where members learn from the founders, share insights, and explore how AI can power their own ventures.
Collaborators: Sam Bridgman, Amelia Alfonso, Cole Abrams
My Role: UX Design Director
Overview: True Horizon builds custom AI solutions to support business growth. We designed an incubator platform where members learn from the founders, share insights, and explore how AI can power their own ventures.
Collaborators: Sam Bridgman, Amelia Alfonso, Cole Abrams
My Role: UX Design Director
Objective
Objective
What's needed for the software
What's needed for the software
What's needed for the software
The stakeholder discussed:
A software similar to skool, where they can create learning tasks for members to use.
Chat features for sharing.
Gamification to encourage members to use the software.
Calendar for events for live lectures.
Users can easily explore and reflect on material they completed.
The stakeholder discussed:
A software similar to skool, where they can create learning tasks for members to use.
Chat features for sharing.
Gamification to encourage members to use the software.
Calendar for events for live lectures.
Users can easily explore and reflect on material they completed.
Strategy
Strategy
Collaboration, research, and mapping
Collaboration, research, and mapping
Collaboration, research, and mapping
Working as a team to understand how we want to layout the software, what can we do on the development, and how we will meet our six week deadline on time.
We started by conducting research on similar products, understanding evaluate intuitive design and key features.
Working as a team to understand how we want to layout the software, what can we do on the development, and how we will meet our six week deadline on time.
We started by conducting research on similar products, understanding evaluate intuitive design and key features.
We next laid a user map out featuring a feed, modules, chats, explore, calendar, leaderboard, and an admin dashboard for content management.
We next laid a user map out featuring a feed, modules, chats, explore, calendar, leaderboard, and an admin dashboard for content management.
Ideation
Ideation
Designing the interface
Designing the interface
Designing the interface
We began with low-fidelity wireframes to explore layout and navigation, focusing on flow: helping users transition smoothly between modules, events, and conversations.
We began with low-fidelity wireframes to explore layout and navigation, focusing on flow: helping users transition smoothly between modules, events, and conversations.
Outcomes
Outcomes
A digital campus delivered on time
A digital campus delivered on time
A digital campus delivered on time
We launched the software on time with 15 starting users! We learned how to make our time efficient, not going throught shortcut, and delivering a polished product for leaders and owners to engage, connect, and interact with learning material for their growth.
Feed
Modules
Leaderboard
Chat
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