Role
Lead Product Designer
Product
Houzz Pro Core Experience
Houzz Pro: Unified Share Action
Establishing a cross-functional access model for Houzz Pro to transform sharing from feature-level UI into a scalable platform capability.
Opportunity
Sharing in Houzz Pro was fragmented and inconsistent, with different features relying on mismatched patterns and naming conventions. Permissions were all-or-nothing (“All Subcontractors”), and there was no clear visibility into who had access. Inconsistent placement of the share action across the product increased cognitive load and eroded platform cohesion. Together, these gaps limited collaboration and made Houzz Pro impractical for larger firms, whose client, team member, and subcontractor networks required more structured access control.
Design Strategy
Transform sharing from a feature-level interaction into a scalable, consistent, and permission-driven platform capability that allows for:
Individual-level permissions
Clear access visibility
Cross-feature consistency
This unlocked the foundation for enterprise-scale collaboration.
My Role
Defined permission model for individual-level sharing across Houzz Pro software suite (P0). I introduced:
Granular subcontractor and team member access controls
Surfaced "Invite Subcontractor" and "Invite Team Member" at point of action.
Clear Access/No Access permissions state management.
These changes shifted the share action from broadcast-based (all subcontractor, all team members) to role-based access control and laid the foundation for scaling permissions architecture to enterprise-level expectations.
Impact
Reduced cognitive load through "Share" pattern alignment across Houzz Pro software.
Created a re-usable permission framework across Houzz's software ecosystem.
Positioned Houzz Pro to support larger companies with complex subcontractor, team member, and client networks.