Fellowship Management System
liveSole UX Designer — user research, information architecture, Figma prototyping, DOD stakeholder presentations
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Admin Dashboard UI
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the problem
The NDSEG Fellowship program was running a federal application process for 70,000+ applicants through SurveyMonkey — a consumer survey tool with no case management, no role-based access, and no way to track the full applicant lifecycle. Program administrators were manually managing data across spreadsheets and email threads.
the process
STI-TEC was contracted to build a purpose-built platform. I led UX end-to-end — conducting user research with program administrators, defining the information architecture for the full applicant lifecycle, and presenting high-fidelity Figma prototypes directly to DOD stakeholders for approval.
the solution
A custom platform with full lifecycle management from application intake through award, post-award tracking, and historical data — reducing manual overhead and giving administrators a single source of truth for 4,700+ awarded fellows.
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key features
