So last quarter in our interactive class I was assigned into a group of three to create a concept for a app. The app had to do with travel, but of course we had to put a unique spin on the idea rather than making a run of the mill “travel app” that does the usual thing (best rates on hotels and flights, etc).
Well the concept was mainly done in Figma and in Dreamweaver. I quickly realized that my piers were much more proficient than me in those platforms and any “help” I was giving in those departments, would end up being more of a nuisance than anything.
So not wanting to feel like I was dead weight I pivot to being more of a project manager, making sure we were hitting our deadlines for each week in what Erik (instructor) wanted us to have done. As well as prepare our scripts for our weekly in class presentations on our progress.
It also freed me up to make some extra appendages for our final presentation. I ended up making a 1.5 min intro video where we did some small branding for the app, and I put it into a visual backdrop. Almost like a intro video to give our presentation more of a “wow factor” rather then just standing up there and giving a more or less boring walk through of the app everyone in class has pretty much seen throughout the past weeks. And that with the planned scripts we had. I felt we were one of the leading groups in the projects due to the level of professionalism we displayed in presenting the app.
Its not a role I particularly like, but i was complimented by my peers on the work I did since it kept us on track and delivering all our work on time.