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Brief & task system

A twelve-person marketing team across three time zones ran on emoji-coded chat messages, a second tool for assignments and monthly reports built by hand.

ClientUK agency (internal)
RoleDesign and full-stack build
ScopeProduct, UI, build
StatusIn daily use

Work tracked in three places

Daily tasks were posted as chat messages with emoji codes for status. Assignments lived in a separate tool. At the end of each month someone pulled it all together into a report by hand. Across three time zones, it was easy to lose track of who was doing what.

One system that tells people what to do next

I designed and built a single system that knows what time it is for each person, shows them what to work on next, and turns assignments into a review and approval flow. The first working version was built over a weekend.

Assignments move through review and approval in one place.

In daily use since launch

The team has used it every day since it went live, and it replaced three separate tools. Screens are not shown because the tool is internal.

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