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Airmoya

Streamlining Freelance Services Marketplace

Project Timeline

May 2024 - Ongoing

Role

UX Design Team

Introduction

Airmoya is an innovative online marketplace that connects freelancers with clients worldwide. Offering a wide range of services from digital marketing to music lessons, Airmoya aims to streamline how freelancers and clients interact, enhancing both discoverability and transaction efficiency.

Objective

The primary objective of this UX project is to improve the usability and overall user experience of Airmoya's desktop application, with a focus on optimizing the service discovery and booking processes to boost engagement and transaction completion rates.

Scope

This case study explores a comprehensive redesign of the Airmoya platform, focusing on the user interface (UI) design, interaction design, and overall user journey from landing page to transaction completion.

User Research

Conducted extensive user research involving online surveys, in-depth interviews, and user observation sessions targeting both service providers (sellers) and consumers (buyers). This approach provided a rich dataset to inform the design process.

Key Findings

Buyers: Expressed frustration with the platform’s complex navigation and difficulty in filtering services.
Sellers: Reported that the platform’s limited profile customization options hindered their ability to effectively showcase their unique offerings.

Competitive Analysis

Airmoya operates in a competitive space with giants like Fiverr and Upwork. Our analysis identified Airmoya’s niche in supporting micro-gigs and lower barrier entries, contrasting with competitors that focus more on professional and long-term projects. The study highlighted the need for enhanced project management tools and more robust service vetting processes to improve perceived professionalism and reliability.

Problem Definition

User Pain Points: Complex search functionality for buyers and restrictive service showcasing tools for sellers.
Business Challenges: High transaction abandonment rates and communication inefficiencies that affect repeat business and user satisfaction.

Design Process

Ideation: Brainstormed several innovative features, including a machine-learning-driven matchmaking system to enhance service recommendations.
Prototyping:
- Low-Fidelity Prototypes: Rapid prototyping to refine navigation and filtration, utilizing both paper sketches and digital wireframes.
- High-Fidelity Prototypes: Developed in Figma, these prototypes provided an interactive simulation of the proposed design, facilitating real-world feedback during user testing sessions.

User Testing and Feedback

Screen to begin

This screen was created to display the Airmoya landing page, listing services and relevant information to give users an overview of what's offered.

Explore services

Users would view a list of available services to choose from.

Explore services details

This screen is created to enable users to access detailed service information, including pricing packages and ratings.

Service Select

This screen displays the selected service.

Checkout Screen

This screen is designed to show users how might the checkout dashboard would look.

Success

This screen is designed to show users confirmation of successful checkout.

Final Design Solutions

Revamped Search Algorithm: Enhanced to offer more intuitive search results, making it easier for buyers to find relevant services.
Dynamic Seller Profiles: Redesigned to allow sellers more flexibility in how they present their services, including video introductions and client testimonials.
Improved Communication System: A restructured messaging system to facilitate clearer and more effective communication between buyers and sellers.

Prototype

- A preview of the interactive prototype developed in Figma, demonstrating the new user journey from service discovery to booking.

Conclusion

Summary of Impact: The redesign has significantly improved user satisfaction and booking completion rates, as evidenced by preliminary user feedback and enhanced usability testing scores.
Lessons Learned: The project underscored the importance of integrating continuous user feedback into the design cycle and the necessity for close collaboration across functional teams to align UX enhancements with business goals.
Future Work: Plans are underway to extend improvements to the mobile application and explore AI-driven features to personalize user experiences further.