The product
Salon Beta was a mobile and desktop application built for independent contractors in the salon industry. It let stylists book clients, keep services up to date, manage client profiles, and review business analytics — and it hosted a public business profile so a stylist's own customers could view and book services.
The project was never fully developed or released; it was shelved when Mindbody acquired Booker.
My role
I came onto Salon supporting a senior designer and ended up playing a significantly larger role in the design. I built out the design system, informed UX decisions, made many of the UI decisions, and did a large share of the mobile and desktop design work.
The pattern library
Salon was the genesis of symbol libraries at Mindbody. I started the library in March 2018 and maintained it through the project — a set of responsive UI elements used throughout the file.
It was built with layer styles and overrides so large changes could be made quickly and cascade to every instance, and with responsive elements using Sketch's pinning plus components that carried their own padding.
Setup
A four-step onboarding that took a stylist from empty account to bookable business: personal details, business details, hours, and services.
Schedule views
Day, week, and month views of the stylist's calendar.
Adding an appointment
Booking flow for an existing or new client, including booking multiple services and resolving time conflicts.
Service management
Creating and editing the services a stylist offers, with pricing and duration.
Business profile — edit & preview
The public-facing profile a stylist's own clients would browse and book from, shown in both edit and preview modes, empty and filled.
Account settings
Owner management and account administration.
Designed with Visual Designer Tyler Ramsey, UX Designers Kat Cordio and Madeline Sheets, and Copywriter Mike Milch.