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Maru

Maru is a streamlined messaging and networking platform designed to help students connect, communicate, and collaborate all in one place.

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Timeline

Apr 2025 - May 2025

Service

App Development

Team

4 UX Designers

Tools

Figma and Google Docs

Maru is a university-centered networking app that combines chat, recommended connections, calendar integration, and coffee-chat scheduling into one unified platform. It was designed to reduce the fragmentation students face when networking professionally.

Maru is a university-centered networking app that combines chat, recommended connections, calendar integration, and coffee-chat scheduling into one unified platform. It was designed to reduce the fragmentation students face when networking professionally.

Project Overview

Project Overview

Branding

Branding

Branding

Users can chat with their network through direct messages or email and are able to track their schedules through a shared calendar.

Users can chat with their network through direct messages or email and are able to track their schedules through a shared calendar.

Screens Overview

Screens Overview

Competitive Research + User Personas + User Research

Competitive Research + User Personas + User Research

Process

Process

Led the redesign of the Inbox and Network pages for a networking app, restructuring the layout to prioritize high-value features and improve overall usability by 15%.

Led the redesign of the Inbox and Network pages for a networking app, restructuring the layout to prioritize high-value features and improve overall usability by 15%.

My Impact

My Impact

Competitive Research + User Personas + User Research

Process

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