Pet Sitting CMS
An administrative content management system designed to empower platform administrators with comprehensive tools for managing pet sitters, pet owners, bookings, and platform operations.
The project encompassed both the complete UI/UX design in Figma and the foundational frontend architecture setup, establishing a scalable and maintainable codebase for the CMS.
Overview
The CMS serves as the operational backbone of the pet sitting platform, providing administrators with centralized control over user management, booking oversight, content moderation, and business analytics.
The interface was designed with efficiency in mind, allowing admins to quickly navigate between different management areas, process user verifications, monitor platform activity, and resolve issues. The system handles complex data relationships between pet owners, sitters, pets, bookings, and payments through an intuitive and well-organized dashboard.
Responsibilities
- Complete CMS UI/UX design in Figma
- Admin workflow mapping and optimization
- Frontend project structure setup
- Component architecture planning
- Material-UI theme customization in Figma
- Data table and list view design
- Form design for CRUD operations
- User role and permission interface
- Dashboard and analytics visualization
- Search and filtering system design
- Modal and drawer component design
- Responsive admin interface design
Technical Details
The design was built using Figma with a custom Material-UI theme, ensuring visual consistency between design mockups and the final implementation while leveraging MUI's robust component ecosystem.
The Figma MUI Theme provided pre-configured components matching Material-UI specifications, accelerating both design and development workflows through shared design tokens (colors, typography, spacing, elevations).
The frontend architecture was established using Next.js 14, implementing best practices for admin dashboard applications including role-based access control, optimistic UI updates, and efficient data fetching patterns. The project structure was organized with clear separation of concerns—components, services, utilities, and pages structured for scalability.
Reusable admin components were designed with variants for different data types and actions, ensuring consistent UX across different management sections (user management, booking management, content management). Data-heavy interfaces utilize virtual scrolling, pagination, and smart caching to handle large datasets without performance degradation.
Features
- User management dashboard (pet owners and sitters)
- Booking management and oversight
- Pet sitter verification workflow
- Payment and transaction monitoring
- Content moderation tools
- Real-time platform analytics
- Advanced search and filtering
- Bulk action operations
- Audit log tracking
- Role-based access control
- Export and reporting tools
- Notification management
- Settings and configuration panel
Technologies
- Figma
- Figma MUI Theme
- Material-UI Design System
- Next.js 14
- React
- Component-Driven Architecture
- Responsive Design Patterns
Outcome
The CMS successfully provides administrators with a powerful yet intuitive tool for managing platform operations, significantly reducing the time required for common administrative tasks.
The well-structured project setup and design system enabled smooth handoffs between design and development teams, minimizing implementation discrepancies. The Material-UI integration ensured consistent theming and reduced custom component development time, allowing the team to focus on business logic rather than basic UI building blocks.
Early feedback from administrators highlighted the efficiency of the workflow-optimized layouts and the clarity of information presentation, leading to faster onboarding and improved operational efficiency.