PM Accelerator | Mobile Application | 2026
LocalGenie.ai
Your pocket guide to every corner
Local Genie is an AI-powered, multimodal assistant designed to simplify one of life’s most complex decisions: choosing where to live, work, or visit.
Role
UX Designer
Tools & Skills
UI Design, Figma, Excalidraw, Prototyping, Cross functional collaboration
Duration
8 weeks
Overview
Choosing where to live shouldn’t take hours of tab-switching
Choosing where to live or visit is harder than ever. Information is fragmented across maps, property listings, review platforms, and data dashboards, while generic assistants provide shallow, one-time answers without meaningful context. This leaves people spending hours piecing things together, overlooking important details, and ultimately falling back on word-of-mouth to make major life decisions.
Over the course of eight weeks, our team was tasked with collaborating, designing, and developing a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that could be pitched to potential stakeholders.
Discover
How might we help people make confident decisions about where to live, with information they can actually trust?
User interviews were conducted of people who have had experience relocating, and here is what we found.
We analyzed the interviews and pain points, then matched them against the features our Product Managers envisioned which help to shape our priorities
Ideation
Lo-fi and Mid-Fi Wireframes
Designed early screens around the PMs’ priorities, then worked with backend engineers to pressure-test what was realistic which then helped narrow what screens to prioritize for our MVP.
Color Palette & Logo
Font Used
Logo
Solution
Meet Local Genie — Your Pocket Guide to Every Corner
An AI companion that turns scattered, overwhelming research into clear, personalized decision making.
Key Features
Multi-Modal Interaction
Users can engage by voice or text, with follow-up prompts that feel like a natural conversation rather than a search query.
Deep Personalization
LocalGenie tailors results to unique household needs such as budget, commute times, school districts, or lifestyle preferences, ensuring recommendations feel relevant and trustworthy.
Smart Comparison Tools
Side-by-side neighborhood comparisons highlight pros, cons, and trade-offs, making it easier to weigh options without juggling multiple tabs or spreadsheets.
Snapshot Cards
One-screen overviews present the most important neighborhood details at a glance (safety, schools, amenities, housing costs) with the option to explore further.
Onboarding
Comparison
Explore Page
Conversation
Location Card
Click through to see each screen in action!
Takeaways
What building this taught me
Throughout this experience, I’ve had the pleasure of working in a cross-functional environment, collaborating closely with engineers and product managers to bring this vision to life. Working alongside experienced designers allowed me to sharpen my research methodology and technical execution.
Moving forward, I’m eager to explore how AI-driven personalization could further refine these recommendations to make them feel even more tailored to a user’s immediate context and intent. This project reinforced my commitment to minimalist information architecture to provide users with the best and efficient experience possible.