Negotium

I worked with a team of designers, developers, and researchers to develop a mobile application that aimed to equip women with negotiation skills. I served as the content lead—writing the bulk of the lessons that would be on-screen—and the user testing lead, who is in charge of planning and coordinating thinkaloud sessions with participants to extract meaningful design insights.

Negotium is an interactive mobile application for training negotiation skills. Research shows that women negotiate less often than men, therefore perpetuating inequality in the workplace (i.e. the gender wage gap). By teaching and providing scalable access to training tools that will empower women to advocate on behalf of themselves, Negotium hopes to make strides toward greater gender equality.

Negotium is a project that incorporates sound research from the Program for Research and Outreach on Gender Equity in Society (PROGRESS), an organization at Carnegie Mellon University that employs targeted programs to educate women and girls about the gender equity issue and teach them to negotiate effectively.

During my time on the team, we went from 0 lesson modules to 10+ (total content created was well over 100,000 words!), 30+ design iterations, new features such as streaks and gamification, and a beta app launch. This project is still ongoing, and I'm excited to see it launch in the near future.