Skit! was a creative app for kids: pick characters, set the scene, add music and animation, and end up with a skit you made yourself. I led design on Skit 2.0 across iOS, Android, and web at Storytime Studios.
Skit! gave kids the pieces to make their own animated skits. They picked characters, dropped props into scenes, layered in music and animation, and ended up with something they'd made themselves. The 2.0 release was a full rebuild: refreshed visual system, tighter creation flow, new features designed to keep kids coming back to make more.
As Design Director at Storytime, I led design across mobile, tablet, and web for the 2.0 release. The work covered both the surface and the systems underneath:
Skit! lived on iPads in classrooms and bedrooms, on phones in backseats, and on the web for parents and teachers checking in. A handful of moments from real-world use.
Three commitments shaped how the team thought about everything we shipped:
We never collected a child's personal information without parental consent. Privacy was the floor, not the feature.
Skit! Kids was rated 4.5 out of 5 in the major app stores. Parents and teachers rated it as highly as the kids did.
Team Skit! worked together to make sure every skitter was having fun. Real humans behind the app, not a help desk script.
