JPMC GetUp!

Project Overview

Client: J.P. Morgan Hackathon (Internal Innovation Challenge)
Industry: Corporate Wellness, Future of Work
Timeline: 5 days (2022)
My Role: Lead Product Designer & Team Lead — led end-to-end research, design, architecture, prototyping, and testing

A wellness companion that fits into the flow of work.

Built during J.P. Morgan’s hackathon, GetUp! helps employees fight sedentary fatigue by embedding movement cues directly into their digital workspace — making wellness effortless, social, and measurable.

🏆 Runner-up of the J.P. Morgan Hackathon (2022)

Workplace Wellness Tools Missed the Moment of Use

Employees were spending 8+ hours seated, switching between meetings and screens with little natural pause.

Existing wellness programs — emails, posters, third-party apps, wellness programs —are disconnected from real work rhythms and lost traction.

We saw an opportunity:
bring wellbeing into the tools employees already use daily.

Mapping the Corporate Ecosystem to Find “Windows of Energy”

To identify the right insertion points, I led quick mixed-method research: desk interviews, motion tracking, and ecosystem mapping across Outlook, Teams, and HR programs.

We discovered:

• Movement reminders failed because they competed with work, rather than complemented it.

• Employees wanted wellness activities that feel light, timely, and collective.

• Managers needed visibility without micromanaging — data that encourages, not surveils.

These findings shaped our design principle:
“Support human rhythms within system rhythms.”

Created a Context-Aware Wellness Companion that Lives Where People Work

From these insights, I architected GetUp! — a desktop wellness companion seamlessly integrated with corporate systems.

Core experience:

• Smart Break Nudges – detects inactivity and suggests 1-minute movement breaks between calendar blocks.

• Team Challenges – small, opt-in competitions (e.g. “Most Stand-Ups This Week”) to spark team energy.

• Focus Dashboard – micro-visualizations of personal and team wellness data, encouraging reflection.

• Plug-in Integration – connected via Microsoft Graph API and Teams bot to minimize adoption friction.

Brought the Concept to Life Through Rapid Mockups and Prototype

With only a few hours left in the hackathon, I produced high-fidelity mockups and a working prototype to communicate both visual polish and interaction behavior.

Following the Digital Assistant style guide ensured brand consistency and minimized design overhead.

Visual + Interaction Highlights:

• Exercise Reminder Screen – featured an engaging animated break prompt demonstrating quick, desk-friendly stretches suitable for office attire.

  

  
  

• Settings Panel – allowed users to customize reminder intervals and exercise preferences (e.g., body area, home/office mode).

  

  
  

• These components were designed for future scalability, enabling personalization once richer usage data became available.

(Due to compliance, the actual UI cannot be shown; the mockups presented were modified concept visuals.)

Led the Team from Research to Testable Prototype in 48 Hours

I facilitated collaboration across disciplines — aligning designers, developers, and wellness advocates under a shared system view.

My contributions

• Defined user flows and experience logic in Figma

• Designed the architecture for API-based activity tracking

• Guided rapid front-end build in Electron + React

• Conducted hallway testing to calibrate timing and tone of prompts

Judges praised the prototype for its real-world feasibility and ecosystem fit, remarking that “it feels like something we could roll out on Monday.”

The project ultimately won the hackathon for its deployable vision and holistic integration.

Made Wellness a Natural Part of the Workday

We turned a scattered, stressful process into a smooth and repeatable practice. Our pilot authors told us they saved 40% time on first drafts and, more importantly, felt confident their work would actually help people.

The concept reframed “corporate health” from a side activity to a micro-behavior embedded in daily workflow.

Reflection: Orchestrating Human and System Ecosystems

This project exemplified how I design at the intersection of behavior, systems, and technology.
It showed my ability to:

• Translating human insights into system-fit experiences

• Leading research-to-development collaboration under extreme time pressure

• Bridging design intent with technical feasibility and integration thinking

It reinforced my belief that great UX isn’t just about usability — it’s about designing ecosystems that align human wellbeing with organizational flow.