Three iPhone screens showing aglow event invitations: Trivia Night with event details, NYE Bash at a bar with an RSVP button, and a Birthday event with an invite list

0-1 Event Discovery

TikTok meets Eventbrite. Aglow invites people to turn neighborhoods into communities.

Role: Product Designer
Scope: Brand design, UX flow, wireframes, UI design
Timeline: 2 months

Project:
Now branching into the events space, aglow needed a full design flow for event discovery, ticket purchasing, and group creation.

Typical Event Discovery
Spans 3–4 platforms and makes coordinating with friends a hassle.
Flow map of typical event discovery before aglow, spread across several platforms
NEW Aglow Event Discovery
Discover, RSVP, and invite friends all in one place. Plus ticketing and recurring features for venues.
Flow map of the new aglow event discovery flow, all in one app

Early Explorations

Grey scale design of the New Year’s Eve Bash event screen, showing iterations on layout and an audio sample featureColor design of the New Year’s Eve Bash event screen, showing reduced content, a buy tickets button, and location mapNew Year’s Eve Bash ticket screen with input fields and payment options

Decisions

Keep

  • guest list front and center
  • video of live event is key highlight
  • essential info and share button front and center

Change

  • remove audio sample
  • focus on dark mode only
  • brand changes - reduced colors and removed accent font

It was essential the page felt fun and inviting, not overwhelming. It needed to showcase the true vibe of each event and make viewer feel like they will fit in, giving them essential information to confidently know they belong and encourage them to actually show up.

Final Designs and Prototypes

Final design screen of NYE Bash event with tan RSVP button, a Birthday event with a who’s going invite list, and Kellan and Josh’s Jam Session with friend avatarsFinal design screen of a Birthday event with a who’s going invite list
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Founder Feedback

“Krystina is one of the most responsive people I’ve worked with. Any time we had a request or needed an update, she’d turn it around quickly for review.

Example: we had a rough idea to build event ticketing as a revenue stream, but were unsure what it would look like on the app. Krystina built out the V1 of our events page herself and it’s live today!

On top of that, she’s affordable, diligent, and communicates clearly at every step. She consistently exceeded expectations, and I plan to work with her again in the future.”