Kaitlyn Zou


Design technologist passionate about digital experiences that enhance simplicty and human connectivity.

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HackNYU~a website for NYU’s annual student hackathon

Building the main hackathon organization website and HackNYU 2023 and HackNYU Mini event webpages




Type
Student Organization

Timeline
Aug - Dec 2023

Skills

Figma, Frontend

Technologies
React.js, HTML, CSS, Git



Overview 
NYU’s annual student hackathon invites students driven by a shared passion for technology and creativity for a weekend of collaboration and innovation.

The HackNYU webpage serves as a centralized hub for all information related to the hackathon for participants, sponsors, and organizers.

This includes event details such as date, location, schedule, registration, tracks/challenges, prizes, sponsors, schedules, contact information, and more. After the hackathon weekend concludes, the webpage serves as a repository for post-event information including winners + prizes, feedback surveys, pictures, and future event announcements. 

Task
Translate design prototypes provided by the design team into a functional, dynamic, and responsive webpages capturing the essence of HackNYU’s innovation and spirit. 

Contribution
Development tasks were distributed among our team of 5 developers, with each developer focusing on specific components and features.

For the HackNYU 2023 webpage, I worked on the Location component.

For the HackNYU Mini webpage, I worked on the Navigation bar, Schedule and Location components, and page responsivity.

For the HackNYU main event webpage, I worked on the About and Past Iterations components.

Development
Design prototypes were created in Figma. Developed using React.js, HTML, and CSS. 

HackNYU Mini HackNYU 2023 HackNYU









Takeaways 

Collaborative development: Working alongside a team of five developers, I gained hands-on experience in collaborative coding, task delegation, and version control for a seamless integration of individual components into a cohesive and functional webpage. Collaborating with the design team helped deepen my understanding of the development workflow and the handof process, translating prototypes into functional and responsive web components.