Ziggurat Technologies 📱
An intelligent trading assistant app
Ziggurat Technologies 📱
An intelligent trading assistant app
Ziggurat Technologies 📱
An intelligent trading assistant app
Redesign the stock recommendation experience
Redesign stock recommedation
Redesign the stock recommendation experience



Timetime
2020 (3 months)
2020 (3 months)
Role
UX designer
UX designer
User interview
User interview
User flow and wirframes
User flow and wirframes
Hi-fi prototype for 3D workspace checkout flow
Hi-fi prototype for 3D workspace checkout flow
Team
🧔🏽♂️ Sia (Founder)
🧔🏽♂️ Sia (Founder)
👩🏻🎨 Anna (UX Designer)
👩🏻🎨 Anna (UX Designer)
👩🏻💼 Ann (Marketing)
👩🏻💼 Ann (Marketing)
Overview
Problem
Problem
Zivolve has successfully attracted users with its promise of simplified trading opportunities, feedback reveals that its stock recommendation interface is not intuitive
Zivolve has successfully attracted users with its promise of simplified trading opportunities, feedback reveals that its stock recommendation interface is not intuitive
Solution
Solution
Refining Zivolve's user experience to make investment decisions more accessible and user-friendly for novice investors.
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Good intention, bad UX
Good intention, bad UX
The stock market is full of mystery, especially for people who have limited knowledge of stock analysis. Decision-making during investment could be a painful process for them. Zivolve aims at providing optimal trading and investing opportunities to help ease the decision-making process during stock trading. Although the beta version of Zivolve already attracted thousands of users by the concept, they found the experience of stock recommendation is not intuitive and difficult to use.
The stock market is full of mystery, especially for people who have limited knowledge of stock analysis. Decision-making during investment could be a painful process for them. Zivolve aims at providing optimal trading and investing opportunities to help ease the decision-making process during stock trading. Although the beta version of Zivolve already attracted thousands of users by the concept, they found the experience of stock recommendation is not intuitive and difficult to use.
How can we deliver a design that enables novice users to intuitively leverage Zivolve's optimal investment opportunities through an easy-to-use stock recommendation experience?
How can we deliver a design that enables novice users to intuitively leverage Zivolve's optimal investment opportunities through an easy-to-use stock recommendation experience?
Let's find out which part confused user
Let's find out which part confused user
I talked with 6 active users who found this app is useful and helpful. But there are definitely some pain points that they're experiencing.
I talked with 6 active users who found this app is useful and helpful. But there are definitely some pain points that they're experiencing.


User complains and feedback collected during user interview
User complains and feedback collected during user interview
Key takeaways
Key takeaways

01

01
Home screen
Home screen
Main feature are listed vertically on home screen. It is so hard to switch between different features.
Stock analysis
Stock analysis
Stock analysis is great and useful! But the way it shows make user feel hard to read.

02

02

03

03
Top picks
Top picks
Top picks is used a lot by uses. However, this excel-looked interface didn’t provide intuitive information for users.
Search engine (filter)
Search engine (filter)
Too much search switches and terminologies. Without any tutorials or guidance, user found it is hard to understand.
And “Search engine” doesn’t make sense to them

04

04
Let’s tackle the pain points one by one
Let’s tackle the pain points one by one
I explored possible solutions for the pain points mentioned above.
I explored possible solutions for the pain points mentioned above.
Home screen - easy fix
Home screen - easy fix
Use the common navigation tab for user to access feature more easier.
Use the common navigation tab for user to access feature more easier.




Stock analysis - focus on important things
Stock analysis - focus on important things
To enhance the intuitiveness of the stock recommendation experience, especially for novice users, I implemented the use of charts, figures, and other visual aids to illustrate stock analysis.
To enhance the intuitiveness of the stock recommendation experience, especially for novice users, I implemented the use of charts, figures, and other visual aids to illustrate stock analysis.




Top picks- make it easy to scan
Top picks- make it easy to scan
To enhance the stock recommendation experience, instead of presenting stocks in an Excel-like list that can be overwhelming, I redesigned the interface to display each stock as its own distinct section. This sectional layout allows users to easily scan and read information about individual stocks, providing a more intuitive and user-friendly approach to exploring investment opportunities.
To enhance the stock recommendation experience, instead of presenting stocks in an Excel-like list that can be overwhelming, I redesigned the interface to display each stock as its own distinct section. This sectional layout allows users to easily scan and read information about individual stocks, providing a more intuitive and user-friendly approach to exploring investment opportunities.




Search engine - better way searching
Search engine - better way searching
Istead of using all toggle buttons, checkbox and radio button are better choice for apply fiters.
Istead of using all toggle buttons, checkbox and radio button are better choice for apply fiters.




The wireframe
The wireframe
I was responsible for creating the wireframes of main screens for 5 features.
I was responsible for creating the wireframes of main screens for 5 features.


Testing and iteration
Testing and iteration
Due to the time limits and budget, looking for real users for testing is not possible at that time. Thus, I decided to do internal tests with employees from different departments.
Due to the time limits and budget, looking for real users for testing is not possible at that time. Thus, I decided to do internal tests with employees from different departments.
Image took space that make less information provided on screen
Image took space that make less information provided on screen
Before
Before
After
After






The image took too much place which leave less space for displaying crucial stock data and details.
Image is removed. Use the tab to provide a more intuitive way for user to switch between buying and short sell.
Hard to remember what I just selected
Hard to remember what I just selected
Before
Before
After
After






The filter list is very long. User sometimes fogrot what they just selected,
Add the summary of all selections user made to before they confirm.
Final design
Final design
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