Inject by Schoolab

The digital platform for your projects and collaborative innovation programs.

Inject is a B2B SaaS white‑label platform that helps organizations centralize and run their innovation programs. From corporate incubators to student challenges, it empowers teams to activate communities, manage projects and measure their impact.

Developed by Schoolab, Inject acts as a central hub. It enables program managers to unite their ecosystems, leverage expert coaching and track success through a fully customizable interface.

Today, it provides a secure and data-driven approach to innovation for global institutions like L'Oréal, Renault Group and UC Berkeley.

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A complete UX overhaul & visual alignment

When Inject first joined Schoolab, I took over the product's design. The initial challenge was huge: the platform needed a complete UX rework to handle complex workflows like corporate incubators and open innovation.

To fix the user experience, my early focus was:

Creating role‑specific spaces: The platform serves very different audiences (managers, participants and experts). We decided to clarify the architecture so each user type had a dedicated environment with only the tools they actually need.
Simplifying user journeys: I redesigned complex flows, like custom application forms and multi-step evaluations, to make them simple and intuitive.

Bridging the visual gap: We aligned Inject's interface with Schoolab's existing platform, "Inside", to create a unified suite of tools.

During this phase, I mapped out the core user journeys, redefined the information architecture and set the new visual foundations.

All the features were in the sidebar. 😱

Managers had no idea who could see what

Building a unified Design System

As the product grew, the goal expanded into making Inject a fully white‑label SaaS for large corporations, which required extreme flexibility.

Aligning Inject with our other tool "Inside" was just the beginning. Since both platforms were to be offered as white‑label solutions, it led me to build a unified design system for all of Schoolab's tools: the SL Product Language.

To answer these needs, I focused on a highly modular architecture:

Design Tokens & Branding: I structured color variables (primitives, themes, brands), spacing, typography, so any client's branding could be applied effortlessly.
Component Library: I designed the core elements needed for a heavy management tool, from dashboards to newsfeeds.
Responsive Layouts: I made sure every feature felt natural on both desktop and mobile.
Iconography: I built a comprehensive library of over 250 symbols based on Google's Material Design, and custom-designed around 20 specific icons to cover our unique business needs.

At first, we tried to align Inject's UX with Inside

But since it was way more feature‑packed, we decided to give it its own custom experience

We built a classic sidebar layout instead, making it much easier to scale

As Inject continued to grow and Inside was sunsetted after the COVID‑19 pandemic, the workload scaled significantly.

It was at this point that our team expanded from a core group of three (the CTO, a designer, and a developer) into a larger team—bringing onboard a second designer, more developers, a Customer Success Manager and a Data Engineer to support the product's next phase.

Ecosystem & Impact tracking

A big part of Inject's value is proving the ROI of innovation programs. Working with our Data Engineer was a turning point. We worked extensively on turning complex tracking data into clear, actionable dashboards, while she connected Inject to an external CRM and a robust data stack.

Users could now easily monitor learning paths, track deliverables, and measure long-term impact through surveys and NPS scores.

We also designed an "Organization Hub" and project pages to create meaningful networking within the community.

Bridging design and code together

Before tackling our next big features, we needed to find a better way for design and development to work together.

After our team set up a fresh Storybook environment, I started to cleanly integrate our UI components using our design tokens. By doing this, we finally linked design and development in a meaningful way.

Storybook became our single source of truth: a reliable way to deliver pixel‑perfect designs to the developers while ensuring our white‑label requirements were strictly respected.

Integrating AI

Building on the solid foundation we had laid, we tackled one of our latest and most ambitious features: integrating "InjectAI".

Managing innovation programs involves handling a massive amount of data and content. Our goal as designers was to make these new AI features feel like natural extensions of the user's workflow, deploying them systematically across the platform's 4 core features: Activation, Ecosystem, Expertises and Impact.

AskAI: An interface helping managers to write impactful content for landing pages and emails.
ChatAI: A conversation UI for admins to instantly access platform insights, expert profiles and project data.

A rebrand and new marketing storefront

A great SaaS product also needs the right website to drive acquisition. To match our evolving vision, we initiated a complete rebranding to give Inject a more joyful and playful identity.

This new vibe is anchored by a palette of warm, earthy colors and a brand new logo where each shape represents a core user role on the platform:

The Lightning Bolt for Admins: Represents speed, action and power to set things up.
The Verified Badge for Managers: Represents trust, validation and community coordination.
The Square for Experts: Represents a solid foundation of knowledge and structure.
The Triangle for Jury members: Acts as an "upvote" to evaluate and elevate the best projects.

As for the participants, they are represented by a circle, directly mirroring the user avatars found throughout the platform's interface.

Alongside my work on the core app, I integrated this fresh brand into the new marketing website using Webflow. I also designed all the custom illustrations to support the messaging and clearly showcase the product's features.

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Hero animation

Outcomes & impact

Working on Inject for over four years has been a journey full of trials, some errors, but ultimately great successes.

From leading a complete UX redesign on my own, to building a robust Design System and eventually scaling the product's data and AI features with a full team, Inject has grown into a top‑tier innovation management platform.

Today, the impact is real: hundreds of clients and tens of thousands of participants have used the platform globally.

A few stats

91/100

NPS on 2023 for Schoolab's formations

20,000+

people trained & supported through programs

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Client

Schoolab

Dates

2020 – 2025

We worked together

I had the pleasure of working with Alexandra for several years on my team in her role as a Product Designer. She quickly established herself as a versatile professional—creative, rigorous, and highly solution-oriented.

She worked with agility across a wide variety of digital projects, including client missions, but most notably on our internal tools such as Inside (a coworking space management app) and Inject (our innovation program management platform).

Alexandra designed and maintained a comprehensive design system that provided structure and aligned with SaaS application standards. She possesses a deep understanding of web design and has the ability to deliver interfaces that are modern, consistent, and efficient.

Her knowledge of front-end development greatly facilitated collaboration with our tech teams. She is just as capable of prototyping and testing solutions as she is contributing to strategic discussions.

She is a well-rounded, reliable designer who is always proactive. Working with her was a real asset to the team.

Pierre directly managed me at Schoolab

Pierre Leméteil

CTO, Schoolab

I had the pleasure of working with Alexandra for several years at Schoolab. We collaborated closely on Inside, our internal platform for managing spaces, meeting rooms, and events.

Throughout our collaboration, Alex consistently demonstrated professionalism, strong organizational skills, and an outstanding ability to bring people together around shared goals. She navigates complex, fast-paced environments with ease and always approaches challenges with a thoughtful, solution-oriented mindset.

Beyond her technical and organizational strengths, Alex is a reliable, collaborative, and genuinely supportive teammate.

She creates a positive working environment while maintaining high standards of quality and execution. I would gladly recommend Alex to any team looking for someone who combines expertise, leadership, and a pleasure to work with.

Juliette worked with me at Schoolab

Juliette Engel

Fullstack Developer (JS/TS, React, Go)

Alexandra is a top-quality Product Designer. She possesses an exceptional digital design culture, complemented by strong front-end skills. She is both exacting and rigorous. I warmly recommend her.