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UX & Product Designer
Duration
2 months
Tools
Figma, Hotjar, Google Analytics, Trello, Miro

Design Principles
Engineering a high-trust digital storefront by balancing playful brand personality with a rigorous, conversion-focused utility system
Mobile-First Checkout Overhaul
The primary driver for the increased user completion was the strategic overhaul of the late-stage funnel:
1. User Flow: Mapped seamless journeys from homepage to checkout, specifically cutting friction for mobile shoppers, which is key in UAE’s 70% mobile commerce market.
2. Streamlined Process: Developed a secure checkout process by removing unnecessary steps and reducing cognitive load, directly addressing late-stage abandonment.
3. Trust and Security: Ensured immediate integration with a reliable payment gateway and highlighted trust badges to boost user confidence in the payment flow.
Identifying Core Friction
Our UX audit (Heuristic Evaluation, Hotjar heatmaps, and 150-user surveys) pinpointed three metrics-driven pain points stifling growth:
Discovery Failure: Ineffective IA and search led to a 45% exit rate on product pages (industry avg: 30%), wasting 2.5 minutes per session and inflating bounce rates to 62%.
Mobile E-Commerce Barrier: Despite 56% mobile traffic (below US's 79% e-com benchmark), the site scored 52/100 on mobile usability (Google PageSpeed), causing 75% of mobile sessions to drop before cart addition.
Low LTV: No service integration meant 40% of users missed upsell opportunities, resulting in a 1.8 purchase frequency (vs. pet sector avg of 2.5) and $85 average order value (AOV)—15% under benchmarks.

Total Market: US $151 billion in 2024
E-com Segment: $38 billion (38% share)
Growth Drivers: Rising pet ownership (66% of households, 87 million homes)
Economics: Average annual spend per pet household ~$1,800 (High mobile usage fueling online subscriptions)
Growth Drivers

Engineered scalability through a modular visual language and documented design tokens.
Solution: Funnel Re-Engineering
I focused on end-to-end UX strategy, design, and research, I re-engineered the platform to create a seamless product-service ecosystem, directly targeting key metrics like conversion rate and retention
Strategic IA & Product Discovery Overhaul
Restructured IA to boost "Search-to-Purchase" ratio from 12% to 28%

Closing the LTV Loop
Embedded services to drive repeat visits and AOV, projecting a 27% LTV increase via higher frequency (from 1.8 to 2.3 purchases/year).
Service UX Integration: Created dedicated booking flows for high-margin services, linking 60% of product views to service CTAs, boosting cross-sell revenue by 22%.
Mobile-First CRO Prioritized responsive design to capture 56% mobile traffic, targeting a 3.2% conversion rate (up from 2.1%).
Mobile Delivery: Achieved 85/100 PageSpeed scores, reducing mobile bounce by 40% and aligning with California’s 79% mobile e-com dominance.
Results
Transformed a fragmented legacy site into a unified Pet Care Ecosystem — aligning digital performance with 30 years of retail reputation. By breaking service silos and adding hyper-local transparency, we eliminated friction and outperformed industry benchmarks.






