Fund My Project
Crowdfund and bring your next project to life
🚀 Released to the public in November 2022
Background
Koji is a platform that gives creators the tools to monetize their content, engage with their audiences, and build their personal brands. Fund My Project provides a method for creators to launch crowdfunding campaigns with ease. Creators can connect directly with their audience and offer a way for supporters to contribute to projects they believe in.
Problem
Content creators often face challenges when trying to secure funding for their projects. When using the Koji platform, there was no dedicated tool to effectively launch and manage crowdfunding campaigns. This gap forced creators to rely on external platforms that were often difficult to integrate with Koji link in bio.
Solution
We developed a crowdfunding app specifically tailored for the Koji environment that allows creators to seamlessly launch and manage crowdfunding campaigns. By providing a fully integrated platform, creators can easily engage their audience, set funding goals, offer exclusive rewards, and track their progress all within the Koji ecosystem. This solution streamlines the crowdfunding process, increasing the likelihood of successful campaigns.
My Role
Product Designer
Team
Jonathan Lai (Designer)
Stefan Ristac (Developer)
Luis Chavez (Project Manager)
Stefan Ristac (Developer)
Luis Chavez (Project Manager)
Duration
2 months
Tools
Figma, Linear
my Contribution
As the sole UX designer on the project, I played a critical role in contributing to the design and development of the app. Initially, I conducted user research to understand the needs and goals of the target audience as well as analyzing user behaviors and discovering pain points. Based on my research, I created personas and experience maps to help understand user needs.
After defining my user base, I began defining new features to address pain points and creating wireframes that defined the app's functionality and interface. This involved creating screens for the creator configuration, admin states, and the consumer facing side. Some of the features I introduced include listing supporters, their messages, and establishing donation levels.
I then used those wireframes to create a prototype and collaborated with the development team to ensure that the design was implemented correctly.
After defining my user base, I began defining new features to address pain points and creating wireframes that defined the app's functionality and interface. This involved creating screens for the creator configuration, admin states, and the consumer facing side. Some of the features I introduced include listing supporters, their messages, and establishing donation levels.
I then used those wireframes to create a prototype and collaborated with the development team to ensure that the design was implemented correctly.
Outcome
Support projects through crowdfunding
Creators can start crowdfunding projects instantly from Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and any other social media platform with Fund My Project.
Create reward tiers for different donation amounts
Offer donor rewards and optionally collect shipping info to send rewards as the creator's project gets funded.
View top supporters and post project updates
Creators have the ability to post project updates, and can view a leaderboard of their top supporters. The leaderboard can also be overlayed on live stream via any broadcasting software (like OBS or Streamlabs) that allows for new browser sources.
Supporters can send creators a message when they donate
When supporters donate, they can leave creators a message along with their donations to show them even more love. As a creator, they can "like" their messages for social engagement.
Learning & Takeaways
Some takeaways from this project are that:
- Learn new design techniques. This particular project was my first industry finished product and I learned a lot about Figma, design techniques, and processes that I will carry with me for the rest of my career.
- Work with people of different backgrounds. By having a discipline diversity on my development team, we were able to have different perspectives in developing our design.
- Perform user research with accurate and useful data. By doing so, we can rely on using them as tools when referencing user research during the development and delivery of designs.
