Case Study — FOODIE App UX/UI | Kamela Reyna
Case Study 2023 to 2024 · UX/UI Design · CareerFoundry

Designing a social food app
from first principles.

End-to-end UX/UI design for FOODIE, a social food discovery app. From user research through high-fidelity prototype with full visual identity — showing that content strategy thinking and product design thinking are not that different.

E2E Full UX process from research to prototype
3 Product design projects completed
UI Specialization certification, CareerFoundry
Hi-Fi High-fidelity prototype with full brand system

Why a content strategist learned UX/UI.

I pursued UX/UI training at CareerFoundry because I kept hitting the same wall: I could see exactly what a product or content experience needed to do differently, but I lacked the formal design vocabulary and toolset to fully execute the vision. That changed after this program.

FOODIE was my lead project — a social food discovery app designed to help users find, save, and share restaurant experiences with people they actually trust. The project ran the full UX process from research through a high-fidelity interactive prototype with a complete visual identity.

Why it matters for content strategy

The best content strategists think in systems and user journeys. UX/UI training made that instinct formal and executable.

Research first. Design second.

01
User Research and Interviews Conducted user interviews to understand how people currently discover and share food experiences. Identified key pain points around trust, discovery, and social sharing friction.
02
Personas and Journey Mapping Built user personas from research findings and mapped end-to-end journey flows to identify where the app needed to earn trust and reduce friction.
03
Information Architecture and Wireframes Developed IA and progressively detailed wireframes from low to high fidelity, testing navigation logic and feature hierarchy at each stage.
04
Visual Identity and Brand System Designed the full FOODIE visual identity including color system, typography, iconography, and component library to be applied consistently across the prototype.
05
High-Fidelity Prototype and Usability Testing Assembled the final interactive prototype and ran usability testing to validate design decisions and refine the experience based on real user feedback.

Three projects. Three different design challenges.

Travel and Lifestyle Wayfarer Travel App and Website UX/UI design for a travel planning platform combining itinerary building, destination discovery, and social sharing. Full visual identity and responsive design across mobile and web.
Fashion and Retail Brand Modura Fashion Label Brand identity and UI design system for a contemporary fashion label. Focused on visual hierarchy, typography, and creating a premium brand feel through considered design choices.

The toolkit.

UX Research User Interviews Persona Development Journey Mapping Information Architecture Wireframing Prototyping Usability Testing Visual Identity Design Brand Systems UI Design Figma Canva

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