Naukri Connect publishes exam notifications, admit cards and results for government-job aspirants. It had no current-affairs section, which most competitors treat as essential reading. I designed a curated current-affairs dashboard and shipped it using the product’s existing colours, type and components.
Aspirants read current affairs every day, but Naukri Connect sent them elsewhere for it. The new section had to feel like it had always been part of the product.
A dashboard that curates daily news, static GK and one-liners into clear categories, shows what’s new at a glance, and lets readers move between categories without losing their place.
A live current-affairs dashboard that gives readers a daily reason to return, designed entirely within the existing design system.
Naukri Connect already had its maroon-and-pink palette, logo, header, cards and buttons. The job was to design a current-affairs dashboard that looked like it shipped with the product on day one, using only what was already there.
Daily Current Affairs, Static GK and One-Liner Current Affairs sit as tabs above the feed, each with a count of new items, so a returning reader sees what’s changed before opening anything. Static GK and One-Liners also get preview panels beside the main feed, so readers can glance at every category without leaving the one they’re in.
Below the fold, the feed becomes a simple grid: one featured story, then equal cards with dates. The app-download banner keeps its own space in the side column instead of interrupting the reading.
Static GK shows a few entries for free, with the rest previewed behind a blur. Unlocking opens a two-field sign-up (name, then email or phone, with OTP or Google) in the same window, so readers never lose their place.
The dashboard, sign-up and articles reflow to a single column with the same tabs and the same behaviour.
The dashboard is live, so aspirants get their daily current affairs in the same place they check exam notifications and results.
Categorised news feeds are a solved problem. The real work was making a new section disappear into somebody else’s shipped product.
A redesign I led for the company's own corporate website.
