SHIPPED 2025
Shiftly
Shiftly is a mobile platform designed to connect students with local restaurants for 2-6 hour gig jobs. By bridging the gap between students seeking extra income between busy schedules and businesses needing reliable, on-demand staff, Shiftly simplifies hiring and makes gig work hassle-free while fostering a connection between students and their local communities.
Context
Boston, MA / Remote
February 2025- September 2025
Contribution
Product Designer
Collaborators
Ryo Nambara - Co-founder/ CEO
Sarah Annis - Co-founder/ CFO
Skills
Visual Design
Design System
Prototyping
+150
Sign-up lists on mailing list
+25
Active Members gained
5
Businesses as clients
PROBLEM
Missed Part-time opportunity
Before defining the product direction, I mapped where managers and hourly teams lost context: schedule changes lived in one place, availability in another, and confirmations were handled manually after the fact.
Fragmented scheduling
Managers relied on disconnected tools to build rosters, swap shifts, and track availability.
Low team visibility
Workers often discovered late shift postings, which made shift schedyule unclear.
Manual follow-up
Every change created another message thread, confirmation loop, or last-minute clarification.
OPPORTUNITIES
I broke down the porblem to solve with three main feature areas for the MVP
Based on the potential opportunites from the market research, I maped this to several features focused on personalization:
Track your shifts and get rewards
Database to track shifts automatically, tracking your payments as well as perks to redeem with local businesses.
Filtered shifts
Filter allows the users to find the part time shift that fits their schedule
EARLY EARLY CONCEPT
I created the first MVP and received some feedbacks
First MVP with the potential flow of job input for the users before browsing through maps
Most of the users provided feedback that the user flow of setting up the account was too tedious
EARLY CONCEPT
I brainstormed the two main features that would solve the problem of better fitness plans
Tracking your shifts and perks
Track your upcoming shifts and gain perks from attending the shifts
Filtered shifts
Quick filter allows users to filter out and find the jobs that are near them efficiently.
SOLUTION
Create an efficient job profile to find your best shift
Customized Profile
Designed sign up page to manually customize your resume, skills and experiences efficiently
Claim a shift by a pin
Students filter by "can I get there after class." The students can filter out shifts based on the distance and schedule preferred.
Efficient shift search
Discovery page allows user to see the role and requirements in detail
Track shifts and earn Perks
Students can track their shift schedules and revenue. The perks and reviews earned from the shift can give bonuses and gifts to the users.
Community chat to talk to former employees or employer
Designed a chat page for users to contact former workers or managers from nearby businesses
[6] Reflection
What I learned
Shiftly helped me understand that a marketplace platform has to create clarity for both sides at once: students to find the most comfortable shift and restaurants to find trust that the right person will show up to work.
01
Simple flows made the concept buildable
Most students have a hard time to find the right shift whether it's due to schedule, distance or work culture. Designing Shiftly helped to learn a simple flow could solve and understand students' problems.
02
Trust comes from useful detail
Having interface designs of live reviews and strict requirements for employment from each restaurant gave e students and managers enough context to make faster, lower-risk decisions.