Interviews
Interview with Mailbutler’s UX/UI designers Magda and Yadira
We spoke with Mailbutler UX/UI designers Magda and Yadira to find out more about the process of implementing the Tags feature.
In this interview Sean Donnelly tells us about his daily work, the way his app works, and what the future plans of Roundups look like.
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Sean Donnelly is the co-founder of Roundups, an app that makes it possible to donate to charities, schools, and other good causes by rounding up all of your card payments to a whole number. Today he's with us and tells us about his daily work, the way the app works, and what the future plans of Roundups, which was just launched in November 2020, look like.
...open my ‘To Do’ list before opening anything that sends notifications!
...Alex Turner.
...honest.
...my piano.
...the sense of possibility.
Roundups is an app that links with your card to round up your payments and donate pennies to causes that you care about as you spend. It also reports back on your social impact in a really personalised way so you can better understand and feel good about your donations. We have been working on Roundups for over a year but launched in November 2020.
When you sign up (www.roundups.org) you choose a charity and safely link your bank or credit card. After that Roundups just works in the background. You can set a weekly limit on your donations and pause donations at any time, so you’re always in control.
Currently, yes - UK only. However, we do have the capability to “turn on” other countries and will be exploring this further in Q3 of 2021. If anyone reading would like to see it in their country, please let us know!
You can choose from almost 50 charities on Roundups and more are joining us every week. See the current list at www.roundups.org/charities. We also support schools with their fundraising.
As you can imagine, it’s incredibly varied and that’s why founders love it! My time is split between meetings with charities, meetings with our investors and advisors, planning strategy and product with my co-founder, Matt, building marketing materials with designers and fundraisers, getting user feedback from our members and a whole host of admin! We have two founders and an advisory board of 6 currently but will be growing our team over the next few months, which we’re really excited about.
As an early-stage startup, we do a lot of prospecting and there’s always a pipeline of clients, potential investors, and partners. Mailbutler helps us prioritise who we should be following up with and when which saves time. Seeing as time is our most precious resource, it’s incredibly useful!
We’ll let you know in Q3…!
Thank you!
Don’t forget to read our interview with Erika Yocom. In our interview "Behind the Scenes of a Virtual Personal Assistant", she tells us about her daily work and the challenges she faces as a VPA.