By — Prerna Srivastava, Content Writer — This blog is more like a sneak peek into my last 6 months, or should I say, a collection of some mere words that describe my transformation. It is all about what happened when I joined Urban Company on 13th December 2021 as a Catalogue Content Writer in its Product Design team. My life before UC Before jumping on to the main part, let me set the context for you! Being a Computer Science Engineer, I would say that the quirky quote ‘Engineers can do anything!’ actually stood real for me when I decided to be a writer after completing my degree. …

By — Brajesh Sen, Lead Catalog Content Writer As I complete 7 months working at Urban Company, I’ve become more than just a catalog content writer. I think it’s not the amount of time you spend working in a role; it is what you become in the process of doing…

The health insurance plan will benefit 40,000+ service partners in India — We are pleased to introduce a comprehensive health insurance plan for our service partners in India. We have tied up with ACKO Insurance to craft this insurance cover. Under the newly launched health insurance policy, all UC Plus service partners will get an insurance cover of INR 2 lac. The…

By — Reet Dutta, Catalog Content Writer — Think of all the things you do before kicking off a new content development project. Let me make it simpler. How important is research to make any project successful? I say research is the backbone of any project body and I assume most of you would agree. The audience is…

By — Reet Dutta, Catalog Content Writer In my academic years, I perceived content writing around the lines of writing articles, interesting columns, insightful blogs, and engaging social media posts. …

By — Ganesh Deherkar, Product Designer This is the story of how a graphic designer found his way to the UI of his dreams 🚀 Today when you go around the design fraternity asking people about their goals and dreams, the one name that is sure to pop up in everyone’s (almost) bucket list, is to become a Product Designer. Well, look no further for a fellow compatriot. Yes…

By Ritika Chaudhary (AVP, Beauty & Wellness, UAE) I moved to Dubai two months ago to head Urban Company’s Beauty & Wellness business in the UAE. Being new to the city and the team, I don’t think there could have been a better way of getting inducted than the month-long celebrations of Ramadan! We used this period for…

Simpler. Faster. Full of delight. — A much easier booking journey, a new 1-click checkout flow to place an order, better support for our customers, tons of new service offerings, and much more 2021 has been huge for us. We invested in a new design system, principles for Urban Company, built our Align Design System (and open-sourced it), and revamped how our app functions and looks. Today, we’re introducing you to more than 50 upgrades we’ve made in our app to refine…

By — Shalini Mookerjee, Senior User Researcher — Recently, I joined the Design Team at Urban Company, an at-home beauty & home services platform as a Sr. UX Researcher from Crux.ai an AI-powered data informatics tool. I quickly realised the two were very different from a research perspective. I also realised that I was in a unique position to document these learnings as I adapted to a B2C company.