Fi › Mike Leotta - Lead Product Designer

Fi Smart Dog Collar

Head of Product Design · 2023 – 2024

Background

Fi is an activity tracking and GPS-enabled smart collar for dogs with a companion mobile app experience. I've been leading the product design function since 2023, acting in a "player/coach" role. Since joining my responsibilities have included:

Implementing a comprehensive design system, including colors, typography, design tokens, and components.
Working with engineering to unify the mobile app experience utilizing the new design system.
Simplifying and improving the overall mobile app information architecture and UX.
Launching several new high-impact features to drive growth and retention.
Leading junior designers, running design crits, acting as liaison between cross-functional partners.
Optimizing the ecommerce checkout flow.

My Role

Head of Product Design

Platforms & Screen Sizes

iPhone
Android mobile
Web

Project Samples

Home Tab – Pet Summary Framework

A flexible, modular dashboard framework that provides live updates on your dog's location, activity, and health. Designed to scale in the future as Fi adds additional activity and health tracking capabilities.

Map View – Live Pet Tracking

A dynamic map view that displays your dog's location in real-time and communicates collar connection status. Includes a "Lost Dog Mode" which enables tracking with more frequent location updates.

Activity Data Views

In-depth data about your dog's activity over daily, weekly, monthly, and annual time frames. Includes steps, walk distance, and strain score – which represents the measure of exertion of your dog.

Fi Community with Videos

Fi Community is a social network within the Fi app just for dogs. Fi users can share photos, videos, and have discussions.

Pet Records

Pet Records allows for Fi customers to store and access all of their important documents in one convienient place. Records are automatically titled, labeled, summarized, and organized with AI.

Timeline

A timeline view of your dog's complete location history – which includes walks, car rides, dog park visits, and time spent at home.

Battery Usage & Health

Detailed insights into your dog's collar's connection status and battery usage. Displays the impact that different connection modes have on battery life and provides insights into potential technical issues.

Future Branded Vision

A future dark mode vision for the Fi app which better utilizes Fi's brand colors: Yellow and Black. Once the mobile apps complete the transition to our new design system it will be easier to implement this change.