About a Project

Role: Head of Product & UX Design
Platform: Web & Mobile (iOS/Android)
Industry: Creative Writing / SaaS
Timeline: 2023–2025
Status: MVP Launched | Investment Secured

Imaginarium is an AI-powered writing platform built to help authors and screenwriters plan, write, and structure compelling stories. As both Product Owner and Designer, I led the product vision from ideation to go-to-market, overseeing design, development, and feature prioritization.

I wore multiple hats—defining the roadmap, designing the entire UX/UI, testing with early adopters, and guiding the brand strategy that positioned Imaginarium as a next-gen storytelling tool.

Alex Stanin - Head of Product & Design

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Project Goal

My Contributions

  • Build a user-friendly platform that supports writers from ideation to publication

  • Provide tools for story structure, character arcs, and world-building

  • Integrate AI to assist with brainstorming, editing, and content enhancement

  • Enable collaboration and cross-platform access

🗺️ Product Strategy

  • Defined product roadmap and MVP scope

  • Conducted competitive analysis and user research

  • Created feature prioritization frameworks using RICE scoring

🎨 UX/UI Design

  • Created end-to-end wireframes and high-fidelity designs

  • Established a scalable design system (components, colors, type, layout)

  • Designed cross-platform experiences for Web, iOS, and Android

🧪 Research & Testing

  • Ran usability testing with early beta users

  • Synthesized findings into iterative design improvements

  • Validated feature adoption with analytics tools and surveys

📱 Mobile Adaptation

  • Led the mobile app development from UX strategy to UI design

  • Tailored features for smaller screen usability without losing functionality

Research

  • User Interviews: Spoke with 15 writers (indie authors, screenwriters, students)

  • Surveys: Conducted a survey with 80+ creatives via Reddit and writing forums

  • Competitor Analysis: Compared 12 writing tools across structure, UX, and pricing

  • Pain Points Identified:

    • Fragmented tools for story planning vs writing

    • Lack of mobile-friendly solutions

    • Overwhelming empty-state experience

Target Audience

  • Aspiring and professional writers

  • Screenwriters and storytellers

  • Writing coaches and publishers

  • Students learning creative writing

User Persona

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User Persona
  • 1. The Aspiring Author
    Goals: Finish first novel, gain confidence, stay motivated
    Needs: Easy onboarding, structure help, light AI

    2. The Screenwriter
    Goals: Organize scenes, keep track of characters & locations
    Needs: Visual planning, export to industry-standard formats

    3. The Educator
    Goals: Use as a teaching tool for creative writing
    Needs: Simplicity, templates, collaboration

Marketing Initiatives (Early Stage)
  • Created genre-focused landing pages to drive SEO

  • Used targeted social ads (“Write your epic” CTA)

  • Connected with influencers in the writing space

  • Collected beta testers through Substack and Discord

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Wireframes

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Design System

Web Design System:

  • Built in Figma with auto-layout, color tokens, typography scale, and reusable components

  • Components: Button set, inputs, modals, layout grid, tooltip, dark/light mode support

Mobile Design System:

  • Reimagined for touch: larger tap targets, vertical stack layouts, gesture-friendly nav

  • iOS & Android parity via component libraries (Material + Human Interface hybrid)


 

Themes

  • Core Palette: Ink Black, Sky Violet, Storybook Blue, Sunrise Gold

  • Light Theme: Focused on readability and spacious layout

  • Dark Theme: Emphasized immersion and contrast for night writing sessions

Case 1: Create Project

This progression focused on reducing friction while helping users start with clarity and inspiration.

Initial Idea: Use a static form to add a new story.

Iteration 2: Integrated a wizard + tone suggestions and other elements to collect more information about the story.

Final Design: A guided, AI-assisted flow with cover image, genre, tone, and structure suggestions that provide information for beginners and seasoned authors. 

Case 2: AI assisted character and location recognition.

Feature identifies proper nouns and highlights names of characters and locations in real-time while writing. Helps maintain narrative continuity and enables future AI functions like character timelines.

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Results

  • MVP launched across web and mobile

  • 300+ beta users in 2 months

  • Positive feedback from early testers for UI simplicity and AI feature usefulness

  • White-label interest from legacy creative tool companies


 Key Takeaways

  • Always balance user control with AI convenience

  • Design systems save massive dev time when scaling

  • A focused launch strategy beats a feature-dense one