Improving the teacher experience on DonorsChoose
Three years of teacher-facing work at DonorsChoose: growing fundraising, getting more projects funded, and launching Classroom Essentials.
I’m Junki Nakayama, a product designer in New York.My work comes down to two questions:Are we solving the right problems?Are we solving those problems the right way?Let’s ponder them together.
Getting underwriters from inbox to a decision
Designed an email-ingestion-powered triage product so underwriters work their stack by priority and appetite, not date received.
TuroPeer-to-peer car-sharing marketplace, rent cars directly from local hosts.
RelayRides to Turo rebrand
Brought the new Turo brand to the Android app and grounded it in Material Design.
Side projects
ShoeboxComing soon
A quiet place to keep the moments worth remembering, each one saved with the thought it left you and the song that brings it back.
TallyComing soon
A personal rating log and running want-list, tracking what you've tried and keeping a shortlist of everything you still want to buy, eat, or experience.