Neha SaraswatThe first systems · 2014

First designer at Jifflenow: the product and the team

Meeting automation · Jifflenow · First designer · 2014Concept 0 → 1 in six months · GA within a year
the product and the team, at the same time
1 → 5designers, in under 18 months

I shaped the information architecture and product concept from zero, and built the design team while building the product.

What we built Meeting matchmaking Meeting automation Optimisation Propensity mapping
The first eighteen months
Months 0–6
Concept, from zero.The information architecture and product concept, 0 → 1.
Months 6–12
To GA.Generally available within twelve months of my joining. I also shaped the product's price model.
By month 18
A team of five.I hired while we built, so the team grew with the product.
The work
Desktop and mobile, shipped
Desktop and mobile, shipped
What it taught me

When you build the team and the product at once, every hire shapes the product.