Beagle

A faster way for agencies to write proposals

Digital agencies rewrite many of the same proposal sections for every pitch. Beagle let teams assemble proposals from reusable content blocks, edit them together, and control the final presentation in one browser-based tool built on Podio.

2014-2015

Industry

SaaS / Productivity

What I did

Product design / Lo-fi & Hi-fi prototype / User interview / Visual design / UI design

Beagle

Role & Strategy

I was part of the core team that created Beagle. I interviewed agencies in Copenhagen and London to learn which proposal sections they reused and where collaboration slowed down. I turned those patterns into reusable content blocks and prototyped the four main screens: Overview, Detail, Section Library, and Design Studio. I also worked on the product name and brand.

Modular design concept

Agencies send several proposals a day, often using the same structure and sections. Beagle turned those recurring parts into reusable content blocks. Team members could assemble a proposal, edit it together, follow its status, and refine the final presentation in Design Studio without leaving the browser.

How Beagle works

Beagle’s overview
Beagle’s overview

There are four main screens in Beagle: an overview where writers collaborate and see proposal statuses; a detail view for focusing on the proposal body; a section library for picking or replacing blocks; and a design studio for refining the look and feel of the finished proposal.

Detail view
Detail view
Detail view with comment
Detail view with comment
Detail view with suggestion
Detail view with suggestion
Section library
Section library
Design studio screen
Design studio screen