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Year
2024
Tech & Technique
Figma, Product Requirements (PRDs), User Research
Description
Georim is a mobile-first attendance platform that uses geofencing to verify event check-ins automatically. Designed for universities and student organizations, the system eliminates manual sign-in lines and inconsistent attendance records, improving both event experience and data reliability.
Problem:
Event attendance on campus was managed through QR codes, sign-in sheets, and manual validation, resulting in:
The process created unnecessary friction for participants and made reporting difficult for organizations.
Goal:
Design a system that enables students to check in without performing an action, while ensuring organizers receive accurate, audit-ready attendance records.
Product Solution:
A geofence-triggered check-in system where users are automatically marked present when they enter the event radius.
Core Capabilities:
Key Design Decisions:
Problem:
Event attendance on campus was managed through QR codes, sign-in sheets, and manual validation, resulting in:
- Long queues at event entrances
- Inaccurate or unverifiable attendance data
- Frustration among students and organizers
The process created unnecessary friction for participants and made reporting difficult for organizations.
Goal:
Design a system that enables students to check in without performing an action, while ensuring organizers receive accurate, audit-ready attendance records.
Product Solution:
A geofence-triggered check-in system where users are automatically marked present when they enter the event radius.
Core Capabilities:
- 📍 Automatic Attendance Verification: No scanning required
- 🎫 Event Discovery & Registration: Browse and join campus events
- 📊 Attendance Reporting & Export: Audit-ready data for organizers
- ✅ Confirmation Notifications & Logging: Real-time feedback for users
Key Design Decisions:
- GPS Variation Challenge: Implemented dynamic radius adjustment & signal smoothing
- User Confirmation: Added haptic + visual "Check-in Confirmed" feedback pattern
- Audit Requirements: Included timestamped event records with export support
My Role
Product Manager • UI/UX Designer
Team: 3 Engineers, Business Analyst, Cybersecurity
Product Management:
Team: 3 Engineers, Business Analyst, Cybersecurity
Product Management:
- Defined product scope and MVP through value vs. complexity prioritization
- Wrote PRDs and acceptance criteria for engineering team
- Managed rollout strategy and stakeholder expectations across student organizations
- Designed user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity screens in Figma
- Developed a lightweight design system for consistency across mobile views
- Ran usability testing at live campus events and led revision cycles
- Conducted interviews with student government, club organizers, event directors, and frequent participants
- Key insight: Students wanted speed and invisibility, while organizers needed trustable data
- Shaped guiding principle: Check-ins should be passive, verifiable, and interruption-free
Case Study Impact
Problem: Manual attendance tracking created long queues, inaccurate data, and frustration for both students and event organizers.
Solution: A geofence-triggered check-in system that automatically verifies attendance when students enter the event radius — no action required.
Outcome:
Solution: A geofence-triggered check-in system that automatically verifies attendance when students enter the event radius — no action required.
Outcome:
- ✅ Reduced check-in time from 2–5 minutes → under 10 seconds
- ✅ Eliminated entrance bottlenecks for large campus events
- ✅ Attendance data became verifiable, consistent, and exportable
- ✅ Adopted across multiple student organizations
