Vivid Seats App 3.0

In the summer of 2020, my team was challenged to reimagine our app experience to increase customer engagement.  While our native apps were our best-performing products, they still lacked the draw for users to interact more frequently. We knew that to achieve this, we needed to design an experience that was more than just buying tickets.

Role
Product Strategy, User Research, UX, UI

Year
2020

Design Process

1 – Cross-Functional Workshops

I facilitated multiple workshop sessions with stakeholders from product, engineering, marketing and senior leadership.

2 – Competitive Analysis

We began by collecting examples of personalized experiences in and out of the industry. We focused on features that drew users in that weren't necessarily the primary product goal.

3 – User Research

We surveyed users to better understand what makes them use one product more frequently than another. We then conducted unmoderated sessions to determine interest in specific concepts.

4 – Low-Fidelity Wireframes

My team and I took the outcomes from the workshops and began iterating and defining milestones.

5 – Prototype & Usability Test

Created prototypes for each feature area, and tested them with internal users to narrow down our direction.

6 – UI Design

Created UI components and built them into our new Roadie Design System.

The Outcome

A personalized ticket marketplace experience based around three key features.

Key Feature

For You Today

Rather than just a long list of events, we wanted to offer users more reasons to come to our app. So we reimagined the home screen with a feed of events, nudge units, and content to keep users engaged and coming back day after day. 

 

Key Feature

Curated or Custom Lists

Bookmarking events had been in the industry for years, but we wanted to expand that to give users a way to create long-term plans. Users could join curated lists to earn rewards or create their own personal lists that could be embedded or shared. 

Key Feature

Bring Rewards to the Profile

Vivid Seats Rewards program had lived in its own area since it began, never having a true home. With the new experience, we wanted to tie the user and their rewards tightly together to give them a stronger sense of ownership.

We also expanded on our loyalty program. Adding an achievements concept to reward users in more ways than just when they buy tickets.