HiveSpark AI 2.0

Redesign marketing process management solutions with enhanced task tracking and AI execution visibility to improve marketing managers’ efficiency.

Duration
4-Month Internship

My Role
Product Designer

Year
2024

Client
Hirebeat

Our Team

We have 6 main members, and my role is focused on UX/UI design, product strategy, usability testing.

Chris Ning, Product Manager

Renzhi Li, Software Engineer

Jaye Mao, Marketing Manager

Max Jin, Data Engineer

Sharon Shen, Product Designer

Jingyu, Marketer

  • AI Copilot for high-tech startups

  • 100+ automation content creation templates

  • Over 500+ active users

HiveSpark AI 1.0

Client Testimonial

“The tool has fundamentally changed how we approach content tasks.  However, a feature to manage the campaign process could be the icing on the cake!“

Alexander Huber, Marketing Manager

“The AI technology in conjunction with task prompts is a game-changer for startups like us. Although, adding multi-channel integrations could widen its appeal even more!”

Asher Bell, Marketing Manager

“It takes the lots of efforts to streamlines the whole process. Tools like N8N and Zapier provide workflow automation, but they’re too complex to use.”

Laura Sato, Growth Marketing Specialist

Targeted Audience

Marketing Managers in High Techs

  • Plan & launch multi-channel campaigns

  • Manage processes and track performance

  • Align teams, assign tasks and optimize workflows

Current workflows & Challenges

Step 1: Process Setup

Build automation workflows using N8N, integrating Airtable and HiveSpark AI.

Manually setting up workflows for each platform is repetitive, and current tools like N8N are also complex and inefficient to use.

Step 2: Content Creation & Publishing

Build automation workflows using N8N, integrating Airtable and HiveSpark AI.

Switching between multiple tools is time-consuming, and auto-published AI content lacks a proper review step, making quality control challenging.

Step 3: Process Tracking  & Optimization

Users monitors AI execution, tracks process, post-performance, and refines strategies using Airtable, and N8N.

Tracking multiple processes and AI activities in real time is difficult, making workflow optimization challenging.

Marketing managers struggle with fragmented workflows and inefficient

manual processes when managing recurring activities.

Three Design Principles

Efficiency

Automate repetitive tasks for faster, seamless workflows.

Transparency

Ensure user control and easy tracking of AI-driven workflows.

Simplicity

Provide an intuitive, user-friendly platform.

How Might We streamline marketing process creation with automation

templates, enabling users to launch campaigns by managing multiple

processes simultaneously?

Ideation & Iteration

Key Improvements

  • More intuitive entry point for process creation

  • Categorized process templates by workflow

    type and marketing channel

How Might We optimize process tracking and task management,

improve AI execution visibility, and prioritize urgent tasks for better

efficiency and human-AI collaboration?

Ideation & Iteration

Usability Testing

It would be helpful to balance high-level overviews with task-level details.”

It’s better to distinguish task management from process management.”

I need insights on what needs improvement and how to optimize workflows.”

Key Improvements

Impacts

$10B Market Opportunity

Marketing process automation software market is expected to grow from  $8B in 2025 to $18B by 2030

Efficiency for Marketing Teams

40-50% reduction in process setup; 10+ hours saved per week for a 4-member team

Transformative and Scalable Design

HiveSpark 2.0 sets the foundation for future platform modules, ensuring long-term scalability.

Reflection

  • I learned that transforming fragmented, manual processes into an intuitive system requires deep user research and continuous iteration.

  • This project taught me that transparency and control are crucial in AI automation. To build trust, users must be able to review and refine AI-driven tasks instead of relying on a "black box" system.

  • I realized that the future lies in seamless AI-human collaboration, where automation doesn’t just complete tasks but enhances strategic decision-making.

Final Design

"Adri is so patient and thoughtful. She helped me highlight my work in a way that makes me so proud of my unique approach to design."

— Collette Noll