#New Feature
#New Feature
#HeyTaco
#HeyTaco
#Figma
#Figma
#Webpage
#Webpage
#Node.js + HTML/CSS
#Node.js + HTML/CSS
HeyTaco Tacograms
HeyTaco Tacograms
HeyTaco Tacograms
HeyTaco Tacograms
HeyTaco Tacograms
Send Delicious Messages of Appreciation to Anybody!
Send Delicious Messages of Appreciation to Anybody!
Send Delicious Messages of Appreciation to Anybody!
Send Delicious Messages of Appreciation to Anybody!
Send Delicious Messages of Appreciation to Anybody!
#New Feature
#New Feature
#HeyTaco
#HeyTaco
#Figma
#Figma
#Webpage
#Webpage
#Node.js + HTML/CSS
#Node.js + HTML/CSS
Timeline
July 2025 - September 2025
July 2025 - September 2025
Role
UX and Full-Stack Developer
UX and Full-Stack Developer
Team
Una Japundza, Doug Dosberg, James McCollough
Una Japundza, Doug Dosberg,
James McCollough
Una Japundza, Doug Dosberg,
James McCollough
Una Japundza, Doug Dosberg,
James McCollough
Software
Software and Code Stack
Software and Code Stack
Code Stack
Timeline
July 2025 - September 2025
Role
UX and Full-Stack Developer
Team
Una Japundza, Doug Dosberg, James McCollough
Software
Code Stack
Background
Background
Background
HeyTaco is an app for Slack and Microsoft Teams that promotes employee recognition by allowing teammates to send each other “tacos” as kudos, strengthening peer-to-peer connection. I’ve worked freelance with HeyTaco since May, previously conducting a UX audit for their site.
They reached out to me for a new project: Tacograms, a free and fun way to send a personal shoutout to someone, big or small! As a UX and Full-Stack dev, I led the end-to-end process, including ideating, designing, researching, coding, testing, and delivery under guidance of Una, Doug, and James
HeyTaco is an app for Slack and Microsoft Teams that promotes employee recognition by allowing teammates to send each other “tacos” as kudos, strengthening peer-to-peer connection. I’ve worked freelance with HeyTaco since May, previously conducting a UX audit for their site.
They reached out to me for a new project: Tacograms, a free and fun way to send a personal shoutout to someone, big or small! As a UX and Full-Stack dev, I led the end-to-end process, including ideating, designing, researching, coding, testing, and delivery under guidance of Una, Doug, and James
Goals
Goals
1
Seamless Delivery
Ensure senders and recipients both receive confirmation of a delivered Tacogram
1
Seamless Delivery
Ensure senders and recipients both receive confirmation of a delivered Tacogram
1
Seamless Delivery
Ensure senders and recipients both receive confirmation of a delivered Tacogram
1
Seamless Delivery
Ensure senders and recipients both receive confirmation of a delivered Tacogram
2
Functional and User Friendly
Design a user flow that is both functional and error tolerant so people of all technical backgrounds can confidently send a Tacogram. Additionally, impress users with sleek UI that responds to user input quickly
2
Functional and User Friendly
Design a user flow that is both functional and error tolerant so people of all technical backgrounds can confidently send a Tacogram. Additionally, impress users with sleek UI that responds to user input quickly
2
Functional and User Friendly
Design a user flow that is both functional and error tolerant so people of all technical backgrounds can confidently send a Tacogram. Additionally, impress users with sleek UI that responds to user input quickly
2
Functional and User Friendly
Design a user flow that is both functional and error tolerant so people of all technical backgrounds can confidently send a Tacogram. Additionally, impress users with sleek UI that responds to user input quickly
3
Responsiveness
Responsive design for all device types for sending on the go or in office
3
Responsiveness
Responsive design for all device types for sending on the go or in office
3
Responsiveness
Responsive design for all device types for sending on the go or in office
3
Responsiveness
Responsive design for all device types for sending on the go or in office
Homepage
Homepage
Choose Your Shell
Choose Your Shell
Toppings of Appreciation
Toppings of Appreciation
Delivery
Delivery
Confirmation Page
Confirmation Page
Conclusion
Conclusion
Conclusion
I am incredibly glad with how Tacograms panned out and I genuinely learned a lot both creatively and technically. Nurturing a product from idea to launch while balancing user needs, technical feasibility, and business goals proved to be very rewarding challenge for me. I am happy to contribute to HeyTaco's brand and am grateful for the help I received along the way from the people there.
With a lot of autonomy, this project strengthened my ability to take initiative like a product owner and showed me how thoughtful design paired with smooth and intentional development can turn a single idea into a meaningful, user-driven experience.
More projects
Conclusion
In addition to the many other side projects I participated in, from User Acceptance Testing on other apps to mocking up one-off designs that have been published live, I received invaluable experience on how to present and communicate closely with stakeholders in order to devise compromises. I was fortunate to be given a larger role in a long-term project's infancy phase, and I am glad to have contributed during my internship.