Product Strategy
Local Discovery, i.e,. exploring and discovering new places to eat, drink, and find entertainment, became a major focus for design and product development at Google in Local Search and Maps.
What resulted was an entirely new way to explore and discover great local places. We first launched in the Google Maps mobile app with dramatically improved engagement.
I helped drive design innovation and product strategy throughout my 2+ years on the team - leading week-long design sprints to kick off new projects, guiding redesigns after learning from user testing, and bridging collaboration between designers, engineers and PMs.
On Android's Google Search App, we created a specialized "Mini-App" just for Food and Drink that allowed users to browse dining options through tapping and scrolling without ever typing a query.
Ultimately we redefined the Local Search experience on Google.com with a new design system specialized for dining, encouraging deep interactions with large, swipeable images, inspiring confidence with user tips and sparking interest with fun categories to explore.