The Simple Start Challenge
Myfitnesspal
Senior Visual Designer
2022

( Description )
The Simple Start Challenge was a two-week January initiative designed to turn New Year motivation into long-term habit building. As Lead VX Designer, I worked closely with our Senior Graphic Designer to create a cohesive visual system spanning paid and organic social, in-app graphics, and a multi-email retention journey.
Together, we built a campaign playbook consisting of templates, typography, graphic rules, a social calendar, and an image library, to make the campaign easy for creative teams to scale. The campaign centered on four nutrition “building blocks,” each represented as a color-coded corner of a square frame system that anchored the look and feel. This structure simplified a complex concept, helped the challenge stand out in a UGC-heavy feed, and created instant brand recognition.
This project ultimately became one of the strongest conversion moments of the year, driving higher new-user sign-ups and more Premium trial starts YoY.
New year, new users, new design flex.
( Credits )
Lead VX Designer / Michael Bachmann
Lead Graphic Designer / Ross Loftin
Lead Copywriter / Jenn Koster
ACD / Matthew Dawsey







