Opening Act
Talent competition app for musicians
Overview
The app and my role
Opening Act gives up-and-coming musicians a shot at the stage: they apply to open for a touring artist, upload a performance video and pay a small entry fee per round, while fans vote the best acts through to the Top 20. As lead external collaborator for Coreware Labs, I oversaw the project and helped the team deliver it, from the first flows to the payment.
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My Responsibilities
Lead external collaborator
Coreware Labs designed and built the app; I led the project from outside the team.
Set the course with the Coreware Labs team, from the first flows to the final round.
Reviewed every flow, from onboarding to payment, for clarity and consistency.
Helped shape the path from finding a tour to recording, paying and voting.
Kept the scope on what artists and fans needed first: apply, vote and perform.
Kept the OA mark, the gradient and the stage-dark interface consistent across the app.
Worked with designers and developers to carry the screens from design into the build.
Brand identity
Logo, color and type
An O with a star cut into its ring and an A drawn as a stage spotlight, in white on a cyan to violet gradient. The app runs on near-black, so photos of artists carry the color, with violet for every action and the gradient kept for the icon and the splash screen.
On the gradient
On Night
On Stage Violet
Color palette
Typography
UI components
Buttons
Sign in
Fields: default, focus, filled
Payment
Vote, comment, share, record
Navigation and settings
Onboarding and sign in
From the splash screen to the first tour
Three welcome screens set the promise in one word each, Apply, Vote and Perform, over concert photos. Signing in takes one tap with Google, Apple or Facebook, or an e-mail and password, and a new account asks only for a name and a phone number.
Welcome
Splash
Apply
Vote
Perform
Sign in
Sign in
Log in with e-mail
Forgot password
Create account
Sign up
Typing
Password
Name and phone
Finished
Apply
Find a tour, read the rounds
Home lists upcoming tours as large cards by genre. A tour page shows the artist, the current round with its entry fee and a live countdown, the later rounds and their dates, and the cities on a map. Closed tours and the Top 20 stay readable after the deadline.
Discover
Home
All tours
Search
Typing
Results
Tour
Tour page
Tour info
Closed
Top 20
Vote
Watch, vote, comment, share
Every entry plays full screen. Fans get a limited number of votes per round, shown in the corner, and can comment or share to Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. The vote button fills in place, so the count updates without leaving the video.
Vote
Vote list
Vote now
Video
Video
Voted
Comments
Write a comment
Share
Submit and pay
Record, upload, pay the round
An artist records or picks a video, adds a song title and artist name, and pays the round fee. Apple Pay is one double click; a card can be added once and saved for later rounds.
Submit
Record
Upload
Details
Payment method
Pay
Apple Pay
Add a card
Card selected
Profile, activity and settings
Everything after the stage
The profile collects an artist’s uploaded videos. Activity lists votes, comments and round results. Settings keep the account, notifications and saved payment methods in one place, with a default card.
Profile
Signed out
Sign up prompt
Profile
Added video
Activity
Signed out
Activity
Today and older
Settings
Settings
Notifications on
Edit profile
Change password
Payment methods
Payment method
Apple Pay
Add card
Saved cards
Edit card
What the design delivered
Outcomes of the work
One flow from audition to stage.
Find a tour, read the rounds and fees, record and pay, all in one flow.
Full-screen videos with the vote, comments and sharing one tap away.
Apple Pay in one double click and a saved card for every next round.
The OA mark, the cyan to violet gradient and a dark interface that lets the performers shine.
Lead external collaborator for Coreware Labs, Belgrade
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