
Smartwork Mobile App
W.W. Norton Publishing Co.
Designed W.W. Norton’s largest digital product to be fully responsive for mobile and tablet, while additionally updating all elements with current Design System components and modernizing its interface.
Year 2025
Role UX/UI Designer
Client W.W. Norton Publishing Co.
Smartwork is Norton’s online learning assessment tool for 1+ million college students and instructors. For students - Smartwork offers interactive question types, answer-specific feedback, online exams, and engaging practice sessions. For instructors - Smartwork offers customizable assignments, fosters critical skill development tailored to each assignment, performance analytics, and LMS integration. Designed to make online learning intuitive, seamless, and engaging, while offering adaptable assignments and analytics.
I was responsible for designing responsive mobile and tablet screens that effectively allowed students to complete their online assignments with ease. To start, I conducted a design audit of Smartworks’ live desktop version. With each assignment varying immensely from question types, online exams, and practice sessions, all aspects of the desktop version needed to be accounted for in the new responsive designs. After reviewing the desktop platform, I then designed the first mobile version of Smartwork.
I also led visual design, ensuring that all visual designs closely mirrored the existing desktop interface, preserving the visual language and interactions students were already familiar with. For design longevity, I updated all elements with Norton’s Design System components and addressed accessibility concerns and made these changes universally across the platform.
Current Desktop Designs
Desktop - Question Player
Desktop - Student Assignment Homepage
New Responsive Designs
Tablet
Tablet
Mobile
Mobile
Throughout this project, I collaborated with engineers and product managers to ensure we had complete coverage of all product states, were aligned on business objectives, and had a successful handoff. For handoff, I wrote a UI Spec and designed hi-fi prototypes in Figma. These screens are currently in production and will be live for students and instructors to use by the end of 2025.