UPLIFT App

In March 2021, I had the pleasure of working with a small group of fellow RAPPers (In March 2021, I had the pleasure of working with a small group of fellow RAPPers (Jack Schuleman, Tori Millender and Jenna Yee) on an Omnicom-wide Creative Jam hosted by Adobe.

Over the course of a week, we collaborated using Adobe XD software to develop a desktop app that would help guide diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts across the Omnicom network.

Our Team, VectorGo, made it to the top 5 out of 20 teams from the worldwide Omnicom network. We presented our app, UPLIFT, live during the Creative Jam finale on March 9 to a virtual audience of 250 people, and to a panel of three Omnicom leaders who selected the winning apps.

Happy to announce UPLIFT won Second Place!

CONCEPT

How do you stay upwardly mobile when you don’t know which way is up? Attrition of underrepresented groups remains a problem, with minority employees facing a powerful 1-2 punch of systemic inequities and implicit biases that can make their achievements invisible and promotions impossible.

Uplift is an all-encompassing platform that centers concrete growth and achievement to retain talent and advance our best employees. Provide some background information and where you want your career to go, then immediately dive into what you need to grow. Follow goals, find mentors, get relevant events, and more with its layers and layers of functionality. Plus, see your growth potential and salary band so when the time comes for a promotion, you know exactly what to ask for—and can prove why.

Uplift fosters, grows, and retains talent through understanding, acceptance, and transparency, leading to a more equitable future.