5 UI/UX wireframe explorations for SGA Dental Partners' content capture, AI processing, approval, and multi-channel distribution platform
Horizontal stage visualization — content flows left-to-right through Capture → AI Processing → Review → Distribution. Optimized for the HQ Content Team's daily workflow of shepherding assets through the pipeline.
Best for: HQ Content Team daily operations. The horizontal pipeline maps directly to their mental model of content moving through stages. Weakness: doesn't surface studio requests prominently — they're a separate flow.
Dense, information-rich single screen — everything visible at once. Six panels show the full system state. Designed for the VP Marketing / Content Lead who needs a 10-second pulse check across all Content Engine activity.
Best for: VP Marketing / leadership pulse check. Everything is glanceable. Weakness: too dense for daily operator use — the HQ content team member who lives in the editorial queue would drown in info they don't need.
Trello/Linear-style card board — each content asset is a card that moves through columns. Drag-and-drop metaphor for the editorial team. Visual, tactile, and maps to the mental model of "moving content through approval."
Best for: Editorial team members who think in terms of moving cards. Highly visual and tactile. Weakness: 5 columns get cramped on smaller screens. The Processing column is mostly "wait" — less actionable than other columns.
Linear/Notion-inspired — left sidebar for navigation, center list for browsing, right detail pane for preview + actions. The workhorse layout for someone who lives in the Editorial Queue all day, reviewing asset after asset.
Best for: Daily editorial operator who reviews 20-50 assets per day. The three-pane layout allows rapid scanning (list) → previewing (detail) → acting (approve/reject) without page transitions. This is probably the primary workhorse view. Weakness: less visual excitement — purely functional.
Central activity feed surrounded by module quick-access cards. The feed is the heartbeat — every capture, approval, publication, and studio request appears as a real-time event. Module cards provide one-click deep-dive into each subsystem.
Best for: Content Lead who needs situational awareness across all Content Engine activity. The feed creates a "pulse" of the system. Module cards give one-click entry into any subsystem. Weakness: the feed can become noisy at 260 practices — needs smart filtering/grouping. Less efficient for batch editorial work than Variation 4.
These variations aren't mutually exclusive. The strongest approach likely combines elements: