BoomPop

BoomPop

Bridging planners & customers with

Bridging planners & customers with

Bridging planners & customers with

messaging

messaging

messaging

Web app

Web app

August, 2024

August, 2024

Live Product

Enhancing customer communication and retention through in-app messaging

Enhancing customer communication and retention through in-app messaging

Enhancing customer communication and retention through in-app messaging

BoomPop users often go back and forth with their dedicated event planners on questions regarding specific vendors, in the sourcing process. This could sometimes amount to over 100's of messages that get lost. I led the Product Design and Product Management efforts for this new initiative, aiming to bridge the gap and consolidate all communication on BoomPop.

BoomPop users often go back and forth with their dedicated event planners on questions regarding specific vendors, in the sourcing process. This could sometimes amount to over 100's of messages that get lost. I led the Product Design and Product Management efforts for this new initiative, aiming to bridge the gap and consolidate all communication on BoomPop.

BoomPop users often go back and forth with their dedicated event planners on questions regarding specific vendors, in the sourcing process. This could sometimes amount to over 100's of messages that get lost. I led the Product Design and Product Management efforts for this new initiative, aiming to bridge the gap and consolidate all communication on BoomPop.

My role

My role

Product Design Lead — Interaction Design, Product Management, Visual Design, User Flows, Prototyping

Product Design Lead — Interaction Design, Product Management, Visual Design, User Flows, Prototyping

Product Design Lead — Interaction Design, Product Management, Visual Design, User Flows, Prototyping

Team

Team

Project highlights

Project highlights

Reach out regarding specific vendors

Keep the conversation going

Tag specific people

React and express emotions

Project impact

96%

96%

96%

NPS score when measures internally and externally

1000's

1000's

1000's

of messages sent on the platform since launch

30%

30%

30%

reduced turnaround time for communication

20%

20%

20%

Increased in-platform user engagement (MAU)

The opportunity

The opportunity

Enhance the experience of event planning, by enabling teams to communicate without needing to leave their collaborative workspace.

Enhance the experience of event planning, by enabling teams to communicate without needing to leave their collaborative workspace.

Enhance the experience of event planning, by enabling teams to communicate without needing to leave their collaborative workspace.

From

From

Emails and Slack

Emails and Slack

Emails and Slack

To

To

In-app communications

In-app communications

In-app communications

The challenge

The challenge

Understand the context of stakeholder communication and leverage those touch-points to enable in-app messaging/commenting.

Understand the context of stakeholder communication and leverage those touch-points to enable in-app messaging/commenting.

Understand the context of stakeholder communication and leverage those touch-points to enable in-app messaging/commenting.

Project timeline

Understanding

Understanding

comunication

To create meaningful impact, we first needed to understand what stakeholders were talking about and where.

To create meaningful impact, we first needed to understand what stakeholders were talking about and where.

To create meaningful impact, we first needed to understand what stakeholders were talking about and where.

We learnt that most communication revolves around specific vendors, these convesations ask for further details, clarifications and to express interest in vendors. We also discovered the various tools they use to have a conversation.

We learnt that most communication revolves around specific vendors, these convesations ask for further details, clarifications and to express interest in vendors. We also discovered the various tools they use to have a conversation.

A common signifier used across all touch-points

A common signifier used across all touch-points

A common signifier used across all touch-points

Since our vendors exists in multiple screens under the same context (either shortlisted or having pricing requested) — it was important to maintain consistency. This allowed the same thread across touch-points.

Since our vendors exists in multiple screens under the same context (either shortlisted or having pricing requested) — it was important to maintain consistency. This allowed the same thread across touch-points.

Since our vendors exists in multiple screens under the same context (either shortlisted or having pricing requested) — it was important to maintain consistency. This allowed the same thread across touch-points.

A dedicated space to chat about the vendor

A dedicated space to chat about the vendor

A dedicated space to chat about the vendor

Clicking on the chat icon opens up a Z+1 right drawer which provides all the collaborators in the event a common canvas to chat amongst themselves. Any messages here will be shown across the platform, when relevant.

Clicking on the chat icon opens up a Z+1 right drawer which provides all the collaborators in the event a common canvas to chat amongst themselves. Any messages here will be shown across the platform, when relevant.

Clicking on the chat icon opens up a Z+1 right drawer which provides all the collaborators in the event a common canvas to chat amongst themselves. Any messages here will be shown across the platform, when relevant.

Tag specific people and get their attention

Tag specific people and get their attention

Tag specific people and get their attention

Through initial discovery it was evident that conversations had the tendency to be more directed in some use cases. This insight helped build a way to "@" specific people who you want to talk to.

Through initial discovery it was evident that conversations had the tendency to be more directed in some use cases. This insight helped build a way to "@" specific people who you want to talk to.

Through initial discovery it was evident that conversations had the tendency to be more directed in some use cases. This insight helped build a way to "@" specific people who you want to talk to.

Be notified of responses from others in-platform

Be notified of responses from others in-platform

Be notified of responses from others in-platform

A part of the efforts was setting up a notifications tray that allows users to keep up-to-date with any replies they get from other collaborators. This needed us to solve for grouping and batching notiications and other edge cases.

A part of the efforts was setting up a notifications tray that allows users to keep up-to-date with any replies they get from other collaborators. This needed us to solve for grouping and batching notiications and other edge cases.

A part of the efforts was setting up a notifications tray that allows users to keep up-to-date with any replies they get from other collaborators. This needed us to solve for grouping and batching notiications and other edge cases.

React with emotions and feel free to make mistakes

React with emotions and feel free to make mistakes

React with emotions and feel free to make mistakes

Words can only go so far, so I used existing paradigms of interaction to enhance it beyond text based formats. I also understood from testing that people tend to make mistakes when typing, so the editing edge case had to be built.

Words can only go so far, so I used existing paradigms of interaction to enhance it beyond text based formats. I also understood from testing that people tend to make mistakes when typing, so the editing edge case had to be built.

Words can only go so far, so I used existing paradigms of interaction to enhance it beyond text based formats. I also understood from testing that people tend to make mistakes when typing, so the editing edge case had to be built.

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The impact

In-app messaging improved communication, driving business changes like our sourcing-only offering.

In-app messaging improved communication, driving business changes like our sourcing-only offering.

In-app messaging improved communication, driving business changes like our sourcing-only offering.

96%

96%

96%

NPS score when measures internally and externally

1000's

1000's

1000's

of messages sent on the platform since launch

30%

30%

30%

reduced turnaround time for communication

20%

20%

20%

Increased in-platform user engagement (MAU)