Case Studies

Great ideas are not industry specific. I have worked with clients of all scopes and sectors to create better user experiences. Whether it is an adventurous startup or established corporation, I have delivered the same level of detail and quality.

Client Projects

Cory Giles in a New York City DJ specializing in working with brands such as Hot 97, Nike, and WNBA

In August 2021, I created a digital identity for Cory Giles and New York City DJ and radio personality. I worked closely with client to co-create solutions to help their social identity in the music industry. Design methods we used included facilitating workshops and prototyping solutions. Codecuz was responsible for building their electronic press kit (EPK), web development, and all marketing effort.

Company:

Cory Giles

Services:

Lead UI/UX Design, Graphic Design, Front-end Development, EPK

Team:

1 designer/developer, 1 SME

Locations:

New York, New York

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Problem


Situation: The client was in need of a branding identity that focused on presenting their brand to the music industry and potential clients. Additionally they needed the website to allow people to see their electronic press kit and schedule appointments with their clients.

50%

Schedule DJ through application

38%

Have a online presence

85%

Use a DJ and personal events

Conceptualization and Ideation


We used an agile iterative approach with collaboration when creating a solution for Cory Giles.

Task: This process involved conducting user interviews and competitive research into the music industry. After having a go-ahead from the client on the mockups, I began to conduct usability tests with the low-fidelity mockups. Once I had confidence in the deliverables, I began finalizing designs.

Agile and Design Thinking Framework

Iterations were based off weekly sprints. I tracked daily metrics and details on backlog items and their respective acceptance criteria during, the cupcake, cake to wedding cake, until I got to the minimum viable product. For the duration of the project I monitored the progress and version control through a pull method using GIT, Jira, Zoho Sprints, KanBan Flow and Bit Bucket. Below is the process I used that helped me get to the MVP:

Solution


Together with Cory Giles we defined early on what our success metrics were.

Action: After all, without knowing what success looks like – how can we be sure we have achieved it? We ended up creating prototypes and provided Cory Giles with a strategy for better engagement with their users. Branding design including electronic press kits that were created using illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premier and After Effects. UI/UX designs for the project were completed in Sketch and Invison. The entire project was developed in WordPress with HTML5 (Bootstrap) CSS3 and JS (jQuery) followed by back-end development in PHP. The MYSQL database including JSON data were stored in PHPMyAdmin. Ultimately, 2 deliverables were generated from the group design sessions which included a website and electronic press kit:

Seeing Results


In the end, we incorporated all our ideas into our final deliverables.

Results: We made design and development decisions with the aim of meeting the Cory Giles criteria. As icing on the cake, the synergy between their internal team and myself could not have been better; our collaboration created solid design choices that have also been implemented in the clients’ final presentation materials. Below are a few of the overall metrics we achieved from this engagement:


Great ideas are not industry specific. I have worked with clients of all scopes and sectors to create better user experiences.

I have worked with clients of all scopes and sectors to create better user experiences. Whether it is an adventurous startup or established corporation, I have delivered the same level of detail and quality.

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