CMCHRIS MUNN, PHD
RESEARCH / STRATEGY / AI
← Selected workCASE STUDY 05 / ROBINHOOD

Active Trader Journey

Problem: active traders were graduating to more advanced platforms

Field research12 interviews · 852 surveys
Project collaborators

Stakeholders: lead product manager, designers, content strategists, engineers and data scientists.

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01 / QUESTIONS

Questions

company

Why are so many customers churning to other platforms and how can we convince them to stay?

product

How can we innovate on our existing advanced product to keep them from graduating?

design

What design elements are missing from a simple approach to advanced trading?

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02 / APPROACH

Sample & Methods

SAMPLE

12 in-depth interviews + 852 surveys

Mix of RH and non-RH (22-80)

Diversity across trading knowledge

Population in New York & SF Bay Area

Methods

Jobs-to-be-done Survey

At-home in-depth interviews

Live and device recording

Assessed motivations, emotions, and product needs at each journey step

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03 / JOBS-TO-BE-DONE

Jobs-to-be-done

Jobs-to-be-done

Mixed-methods approach to determining the highest opportunity user needs.

Analysis

Find average importance score across a variety of advanced trader types

Importance-Satisfaction=Opportunity

Segment users based on trading or regress on volume for deeper analysis

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04 / TOOLS

Tools

Projective tools allows users to communicate through creating their journey or mapping their needs.

It is a change from a user-centered design process to that of participatory experiences. It is a shift in attitude from designing for users to one of designing with users.
– Liz Sanders, Maketools/OSU Design
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05 / IMPACT

Impact & Deliverables

Impact

Drove roadmap reprioritization towards end of user journey

Revealed gaps in unmet needs and solutions using Figma

Shifted company strategy from user acquisition to empowerment

THE WORK, MADE TANGIBLE

Deliverables

  • Report deck with full journey map
  • Share out with recommendations to cross-functional collaborators
  • Journey map in Figma prototype with short video clips of customers
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06 / REFLECTION

Study Retro

Conduct more in-depth screening to prevent low-quality interviews

Launch jobs-to-be-done after interviews to assess opportunity for all needs

Engage upper level leadership in planning

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