Summary
Lead a team of nine participants (engineers, product managers and designers) in Shutterstock’s annual Hackathon with a new product idea that won accolades and a position in the Search & Discovery product team’s 2023 roadmap. 

Hypotheses
Create a marriage between Shutterstock’s known content types (images, video, music) and its lesser known design tools like templates and generative AI with a simple search bar.

Outcome 
Facilitated team trust and kick-started creativity with a Design Thinking workshop, “raised the bar with a professional presentation” (VP, User Experience), wrote a custom storyline script, assigned actor roles, and worked as lead designer. The result was an integrated search prototype that used AI and natural language search.
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