Harvest21

Problem

Missionaries lacked a centralized platform that let them share their work, build visibility with potential supporters, and receive financial support in a way that felt trustworthy and easy to use. Existing solutions were fragmented, unintuitive, or not designed around missionary needs.

Responsibilities

• Synthesized stakeholder and user input to align donation and sharing workflows with the needs of missionaries and supporters.
• Designed the complete UI and UX for the platform.
• Created the design system used across the product.
• Developed wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes.
• Designed user flows for visitors, supporters, and missionaries.
• Assisted with early frontend implementation to protect design-system quality.

Key Challenges

• Supporting multiple user roles while keeping the experience simple and intuitive.
• Designing for missionaries with different levels of technical literacy while still supporting profile, content, and donation workflows.

Design Decisions

• Simplified flows across visitor, supporter, and missionary roles.
• Created clear navigation patterns for a multi-role platform.
• Used a structured design system to maintain consistency as the product grew.
• Focused on reducing friction in donation and support flows.
• Designed a mobile-friendly experience for missionaries working in the field.

Outcome & Impact

Missionaries and supporters got a platform that made content updates easier, reduced friction in the donation flow, and helped missions reach a wider audience.

• Organized missionary stories, updates, and profile content into a clearer publishing model.
• Made the support journey feel connected to the mission story instead of like a detached form.
• Kept donation and sharing steps approachable for field users and less technical supporters.
• Left room for the platform to scale as more missionaries, agencies, and supporters joined.