Project Overview

Role: UI/UX Designer, UX Researcher
Tools: Figma, Adobe Suite, Canva, Xcode
Timeline: 12 weeks (January 2024 - May 2024)
Team: Just me!

What is Suites?

Suites is a university-based roommate matching app, where users who are enrolled in local colleges can login using their university emails to find, meet, and talk to potential roommates before they confirm their decision on the official university’s housing portal.

The Problem

As a young adult learning to navigate life in college, it is a necessity to look for a new, welcoming community. Finding a roommate in college is often the first step in fostering a new community, even though current resources set by universities do not allow for a seamless match.

So, how might we encourage the right roommate relationships on campus for incoming college students?

The Solution

The goal for this app was for users who are enrolled in local colleges to login using their university emails to find, meet, and talk to potential roommates before they confirm their decision on their official university’s housing portal. The app allows a user to create a roommate profile that highlights all of their living style preferences, match with others based on these living preferences, and submit their roommate preferences straight to their staff.

Research & Insights

As an expectant graduate, anxious on finding my place in a new grad world, I knew I wanted to explore the problem of learning to navigate life after their college lives in hopes of finding a new community, like finding a new roommate.

As I began to share my ideas with my classmates and peers however, I realized finding a roommate in college was a more pressing issue affecting the lives of my fellow current college students.

I wanted to scale down this idea to help students in our stage of life create their community in the university they live in by narrowing down the selection of choosing a college roommate.

I began to expand my research to potential users by interviewing fellow students about their roommate finding experience at our university when they first joined. I sent out user surveys and interviewed 28 of my classmates, underclassmen friends, and students attending other universities.

Ideation & Concept

Design Solution