StickerYou, is a leader in e-commerce and SaaS for customizable products in North America. As a Senior UX Designer, I led this transformation, focusing on optimizing the customer journey and aligning with both customer needs and business objectives.
Project Management & Business Strategy Alignment:
Leading UX projects from inception to launch, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
User Research:
Identifying and understanding customer needs through user and market research methods (interviews, usability testing, surveys, secondary research, etc.).
Data Analytics:
Analyzing user behaviour and conversion data to inform UX decisions.
Market Analysis:
Conducting competitor analysis to guide the company’s UX positioning, comparing points of parity, and points of difference, and identifying opportunities.
Design Process:
Implementing findings into design, centred around user needs and feedback, by creating prototypes, testing, and presenting to the team.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
Partnering with teams across the company to ensure seamless integration of UX principles.
Mentorship:
Providing guidance and support to junior designers.
StickerYou faced issues with unoptimized touchpoints in the customer funnel, leading to drop-offs and missed opportunities.
Implemented a user-centred design approach, integrating data analytics and user feedback to revamp key website components - particularly the cart, checkout experience, product details, category pages, and the Editor tools.
Created detailed user personas to better understand customers and guide UX and marketing efforts.
Increased customer engagement by creating post-purchase feedback (NPS) and streamlining support ticket analysis to find key areas for UX improvements and product enhancements.
Established a scalable, documented design system to simplify the design and development process.
The Shopping Cart and Checkout are crucial steps in the StickerYou customer journey. Initial funnel analysis using FullStory revealed a significant drop-off compared to industry benchmarks, particularly on mobile devices. Optimizing this step was considered "low-hanging fruit" for securing purchases and boosting overall conversion rates.
Unoptimized mobile and desktop interfaces, a lack of credit card and address validation, and extra steps in the customer journey contributed to higher drop-off rates compared to industry benchmarks.
By gathering best practices from competitors and leveraging Baymard's secondary research data, we aimed to simplify user actions and improve the clarity of the checkout process.
The redesigned checkout process resulted in a 21% increase in cart-to-checkout conversions and a 17% increase in checkout-to-confirmation rates, significantly boosting overall sales performance.
Shopping Cart
Checkout - Shipping & Delivery Stage
Customer feedback and marketing insights indicated that the homepage wasn't effectively communicating StickerYou’s brand value and product offerings, leading to early drop-offs. A well-designed homepage is crucial for capturing user interest and guiding them into the sales funnel.
The initial homepage design failed to engage users or convey the brand’s value proposition effectively.
Finding a balance between brand storytelling and clear, user-friendly navigation.
Worked closely with marketing and product teams to develop a comprehensive design, informed by user feedback.
The redesigned homepage significantly increased user engagement and conversion rates, with noticeable improvements in the funnel starting from the homepage.
The Product Detail Page (PDP) at StickerYou plays a crucial role in helping customers finalize their purchase decisions before customizing the product in Sticker Maker. FullStory data and moderated usability testing revealed that users were often confused by the layout and felt the page lacked essential product information. Enhancing PDPs was key to giving users the confidence to proceed with their purchases.
Overly a complicated layout, customers struggled to find critical product information, negatively affecting their decision-making process.
Presenting comprehensive product details in a clear and user-friendly format.
Improved content presentation based on feedback from usability testing.
Improved clarity of product information, leading to a 9% increase in conversion rates down the funnel, particularly in Sticker Maker/Page Maker.
The Product Category Page (PCP) at StickerYou is where customers choose the right product for their needs. User behaviour analysis revealed difficulties in navigating categories and locating specific products. Enhancing PCP navigation was essential for improving product discovery and overall user satisfaction.
Users struggled with navigating product categories and finding specific items.
Simplifying navigation without overwhelming users with too many options.
Redesigned the PCP to enhance usability and product discovery.
Improved product discovery and a 7% increase in conversions from the category page to the product detail page.
The Product First section at StickerYou is designed to guide customers in selecting the right material, finish, and adhesiveness for their products. Initial analyses, customer support feedback, and FullStory journey mapping revealed that customers often second-guessed their choices after reaching the editor. Streamlining this process created a more educational and decisive experience, ensuring customers felt confident in their selections before moving forward.
The previous process was too complex, had an extra 2 steps and lacked sufficient information, making it difficult for users to select the right product.
Reduced 2 steps, and introduced better imagery, progress bar and description for better product discovery based on users' specific needs.
The product-first approach led to a significant increase in tool engagement and a > 20% uplift in conversion rates to the next step (Sticker / Page Makers) for users who interacted with the new process.
The Sticker Maker is a key part of the StickerYou customer journey, allowing users to upload artwork, edit and preview it before adding items to the cart. Analysis showed high drop-off rates during the custom product creation process due to usability issues. Improving this tool was essential for driving user engagement and guiding them toward conversion in the shopping cart.
The Sticker Maker tool had high drop-off rates, having significant usability issues.
Prioritizing and implementing usability improvements to increase conversion rates.
Utilized Lean UX methodology for iterative, data-driven enhancements and a comprehensive redesign.
Incremental improvements enhanced usability and increased conversion rates, culminating in a significant uplift after the major redesign.
One of the main challenges in the StickerYou project was optimizing the user experience across various tools, such as the Sticker Maker and Page Maker while managing complex data from FullStory and customer feedback. It required balancing usability improvements with the need to streamline processes. Constantly doing product discovery and optimizing customization flows, resulting in a more intuitive user journey and an increase in conversion rates.
The key takeaway was the value of adopting a Lean UX approach to ensure the product evolves with user needs while aligning with business goals. Working at StickerYou helped me deepen the importance of leveraging data-driven insights, particularly from user behaviour analysis and segmented analytics. It highlighted the need for continuous iteration, focusing on how small changes in usability could lead to significant improvements in user engagement and conversion rates.