UX/UI Design · Savvy Match · UX/UI design for a mobile app
Effortlessly match job seekers with companies through a simple swipe left or right
As UX/UI designer, I helped turn the founders’ idea for fair, bias-free recruitment into a native mobile app for job seekers and employers. I designed the user flows from wireframes and prototypes to finished UI, and built a design system so the experience stayed consistent and ready to scale.
- My role
- UX/UI designer
- Year
- 2021–2022
- Industry
- Recruitment
- Company
- Savvy Match
- Team
- The two founders and the developers
- Platform
- Mobile app, iOS and Android
- Tools
- Figma
The short version
The challenge
Candidates were being overlooked because of gender, age and ethnicity. The founders wanted a platform that matches on skills, culture fit and potential instead.
What I did
I designed the user flows and the service for candidates and employers, defined the MVP together with the founders, and built the design system.
What I delivered
Development-ready UI for a native app, with specifications, interactive prototypes and design system documentation for the developers.
What I did as UX/UI designer
Research and direction
Desktop research into matching platforms and bias-free hiring, built on the founders’ deep insight into recruitment.
User journeys and wireframes
Core journeys for candidates and employers, first as low-fidelity wireframes, refined together with the founders.
UI design for iOS and Android
Finished screens in Figma for the whole candidate journey, from sign-up to chat.
Interaction design
A swipe card with three clear actions, matching criteria as chips you can add and remove, and short onboarding steps.
Design system
Colours, type, icons and components, built while designing the flows, so the app stayed consistent and could grow.
Handoff to developers
Design specifications, interactive prototypes and design system documentation, with support during the build.
The challenge
The two founders came to me with a clear mission: to change recruitment by removing bias and discrimination. With years in the industry, they had seen candidates overlooked because of gender, age and ethnicity.
Their vision was a platform that matches candidates and companies on skills, culture fit and potential. They brought deep recruitment expertise from both sides, the candidate’s and the employer’s.
The design had to make matching feel simple and fair, without losing what a relevant match needs.
How I worked
My role was to design the user flows and the service for candidates and employers, for the development team. We defined the MVP together, and I worked in four steps.
- ResearchDesktop research into different matching platforms and best practice in bias-free hiring. The founders provided the key insights from their experience, which became the foundation of the core features.
- Setting the design directionI mapped the core journeys for candidates and employers and made low-fidelity wireframes of the key interactions, refining the direction together with the founders.
- Designing the overall experienceI designed the full experience and visual identity through continuous iteration with the founders, and built a design system for components, typography and interactions.
- ImplementationI worked closely with the developers, with detailed design specifications, interactive prototypes and documentation from the design system, and stayed involved to answer questions and refine details.
The app, flow by flow
The candidate’s journey, from first screen to conversation with a company. All screens are in Swedish. Click a flow to enlarge it.
Create an account and log in
Onboarding: what you are looking for
Act on job opportunities
Profile and matching criteria
Saved jobs and chat
Design system
I built the design system while designing the flows. It kept components, typography and interactions consistent, and made future development more efficient and scalable.
What I took with me
Being part of this project was incredibly rewarding. I am proud to have helped create a platform that drives fair and unbiased hiring.
Working this closely with founders who knew their field so well meant their insight shaped the product from day one. My part was to turn that knowledge into flows and screens that felt simple to use.