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Why are so many customers churning to other platforms and how can we convince them to stay?
Problem: active traders were graduating to more advanced platforms
Stakeholders: lead product manager, designers, content strategists, engineers and data scientists.

Why are so many customers churning to other platforms and how can we convince them to stay?
How can we innovate on our existing advanced product to keep them from graduating?
What design elements are missing from a simple approach to advanced trading?
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
Jobs-to-be-done Survey
At-home in-depth interviews
Live and device recording
Assessed motivations, emotions, and product needs at each journey step
Mixed-methods approach to determining the highest opportunity user needs.
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
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.
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
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