THE CLIENT

Zipcar owns and operates a car sharing network in the United States and several countries in Europe. It offers self-service vehicles that are located in reserved parking spaces in neighborhoods, cities, and airports across the globe.

THE BRIEF

Zipcar's Member Experience team asked us to create a solution that lowered their call center rates while increasing their NPS (Net Promoter Score - a score measuring how likely it is that a user will recommend a company, service or product).

SOLUTION

• We mapped out a detailed Journey Map for the typical Zipcar user.

• Focused on areas we found from our research were the greatest points of pain and/or confusion.

• From this, we designed a series of push notifications accompanied by contextually relevant guides to alleviate confusion and overall increase feelings of delight.

• We tied the results of the improved user experience to the likely impact it would have on the call center rates and Zipcar's NPS.

UX DESIGN TECHNIQUES

Research | Survey | User Interviews | Stakeholder Interviews | Contextual Inquiries | Persona | Journey Map | Competitive Analysis | User Flows | Sketching | Participatory Design | User Testing | Clickable Prototype

TOOLS

Pen & Paper | Post-it-notes | Axure | Sketch3 | Illustrator | Keynote | POP

TEAM

3 UX designers. I lead the UX team.

DURATION

3 weeks.

OUR DESIGN PROCESS

Our design process shows the path we took over the 2.5 week sprint. The double diamond figure shows how we diverged and converged at different points of the design process. 

Discover

STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS | USER INTERVIEWS

USER INTERVIEWS

We first conducted research on Zipcar and it's competitors. We then interviewed Zipcar's stakeholders (marketing VP, head of customer experience, and the UX team). We then also interviewed real users and conducted a few contextual inquiries where we followed a handful of different types of Zipcar users (new users, infrequent users & frequent users). From here we were able to begin developing our primary persona: David. David helped guide our next stage where we defined the current and proposed journey for a Zipcar user.

DEFINE

CUSTOMER JOURNEY MAPPING | Sketching

CUSTOMER JOURNEY MAPPING

After interviewing Zipcar's users, we mapped out the typical Zipcar user's journey with the current app design as well as a journey map with the proposed app design. 

We identified 4 main areas of pain and confusion most Zipcar users encountered on their journey and tied those pain points to the call center data Zipcar provided us with. 

4 Main User Pain Points

1. Starting the reservation

2. Fueling up during a reservation

3. Extending a reservation

4. Ending a reservation

We mapped out the users' current journey map and followed it up with a proposed journey map implementing ongoing member education.

DEVELOP

SKETCHING | IDEATION | WIREFRAMES

SKETCHING & WIREFRAME

With approval from the client, we began designing out the proposed member education feature to be implemented into the existing Zipcar app.

We tested our design with the varying levels of Zipcar users (new users, infrequent users, and frequent users), ensuring even the newest of members would have an improved experience with the push notifications and guides). After testing, we then moved on to designs.

Designs + User Flows

After designing out our screen, we tested our designs and mapped out the typical flow one would see from within the app for the various stages of a user's zipcar journey. 

Click on any of the user flows to enlarge the image.

DELIVER 

ANNOTATED DESIGNS

Finally, we annotated our work and delivered it to Zipcar.

SUMMARY