Improving complex construction workflows and streamlining user adoption
UX DESIGN INTERN
MAY - AUG 2025
ENTERPRISE B2B SAAS
Over 12 weeks at Trimble, I joined the Platform + Project Management UX Design Studio — the team responsible for the company’s core B2B software ecosystem, from project management tools to e-commerce platforms.
Instead of working on a dedicated intern project, I acted as a floating designer, picking up in-progress initiatives from different product teams and delivering production-ready designs. My work spanned construction project management workflows, global e-commerce pages, and component creation for marketing applications — all shipped or in development to launch within the next two quarters.
BACKGROUND & RESEARCH
GLOBAL INNOVATION COMES WITH NUANCE
Upon joining Trimble, I quickly saw the scale of its product portfolio and diverse user bases. With numerous teams, stakeholders, processes, and workflows in motion, I was energized by the challenge of navigating this complexity in my role as a floating designer.
I - PROJECTSIGHT
TRANSLATING WORDS INTO FUNCTION
I began with the ProjectSight team, Trimble’s core project management platform for construction workflows. Taking ownership of a backlogged feature idea on a tight timeline, I translated product requirements into sketches before refining them into high-fidelity designs based on this key problem.
Project managers lack the ability to filter daily report data by job site locations, limiting the specificity of reports and reducing the clarity of job-specific daily tasks.
DEFINING REQUIREMENTS AND STORIES
Working closely with product and engineering, I refined the design through several feedback rounds, then documented UX requirements and Jira stories to align the team and support accurate implementation.
PUSHING THROUGH TO DEVELOPMENT
After presenting my final design to the ProjectSight team, I developed thorough handoff documentation to ensure that all project details would remain clear and actionable for developers long after my internship concluded.
II - E-COMMERCE
DIFFERENT PRODUCT, DIFFERENT SKILLSET
When I transitioned to the e-commerce team, I quickly adapted my approach to suit a different product and set of priorities. E-commerce design meant balancing stakeholder needs with marketing and sales goals. Starting from a skeleton component, I iterated within Trimble’s design system to explore variations that met the product requirements.
Pricing cards on the product detail pages need to be visually and functionally consistent to marketing pricing cards and allow for customization for different product families.
WEB + MOBILE COMPONENTS
On the e-commerce team, mobile responsiveness was a constant consideration. It was both a challenge and a valuable learning experience to work within the design system to create web components that seamlessly adapted to mobile layouts.
LOCALIZATION AND GLOBAL COMPLIANCE
What made this project especially interesting was the opportunity to work with an extensive Figma variable system for content localization. As a global company, Trimble needed to accommodate multiple languages and legal requirements, which directly influenced the design of these components.
III - MARKETING EXPERIENCE
TAKING STEPS TO ANALYZE THE PROBLEM
On the marketing experience team, my first task was to adapt an existing table component for new content guidelines, shifting its use from comparing subscription features to comparing product details. During an audit of potential first adopters, I uncovered numerous content issues that the current table component could not support.
Comparison table component needs to be updated to accommodate content for comparing product details and specifications and tested with potential first adopters.
New components for comparing product details and specifications are needed that resemble the comparison table component and allow for grouping of comparison metrics.
PRODUCT + DESIGN COLLABORATION
This project highlighted the value of close collaboration between product managers and designers. By working closely with the marketing experience product manager, I gained a deeper understanding of business and marketing goals as well as the core users. This allowed me to design solutions that balanced user experience with stakeholder needs.
PUSHING THE REQUIREMENTS FURTHER
Through my analysis of potential first adopters and close collaboration with the product manager, I was able to expand the initial product requirements and design components that were not originally defined but had clear, validated use cases. Identifying issues that others had not recognized allowed me to advocate for my design decisions and influence meaningful changes to the project’s scope.
TAKEAWAYS
ADAPTING ON THE FLY
Switching between products, user groups, and priorities taught me to quickly understand new problem spaces. Working within a large-scale design system meant keeping solutions consistent while tailoring them to each context.
SPEAKING THEIR LANGUAGE
Presenting to product, engineering, and marketing teams required framing ideas so every stakeholder could give useful, actionable feedback.
PUSHING FOR BETTER
By uncovering overlooked issues and validating new use cases, I learned to advocate for scope changes that improved both user experience and business value.