Royal CaribbeanSenior Product Designer

Royal Caribbean Cruises

Mobile booking and onboard experiences for cruise guests on Caribbean and Mediterranean routes.

In their words

We were fortunate to work with Doug on our latest product launch. His creativity, expertise, and passion for design shone through in every detail. He elevated the entire team's standard of craft.

Nicolas PolverinoTechnical Director · GlobantRoyal Caribbean Cruises Project
/ Role
Senior Product Designer
/ Duration
1 year
/ Team
Cross-functional US + LATAM
/ Year
Aug 2017 — Nov 2018

The impact

One mobile journey that follows guests from booking to disembarkation, built to hold up at sea.

Context

Cruise guests of every age and every comfort level with technology spend a week aboard with patchy connectivity. I designed booking and the onboard experience to work for all of them.

What I did

  1. 01

    Mobile booking — flows across destinations and stateroom types.

  2. 02

    Onboard experience — schedules, dining, excursions and balances that work on intermittent Wi-Fi.

  3. 03

    Remote collaboration — with US product and engineering at Royal Caribbean HQ.

/ Tools & methods
  • Sketch
  • iOS
  • Android
  • Prototyping
  • Cross-cultural collaboration

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