MoneyUp

With the introduction of MoneyUp and its 4 financial health habits, Mogo aimed to help its 1 million members gain financial stability by creating an engaging and easy-to-use experience that takes the stress out of managing their finances — keeping users up-to-date, educated, and motivated to make smart financial choices.

Company

Mogo Finance Technology Inc.

Role

Product Designer

Years

2018 – 2020

MoneyUp app overview

My role

Working closely with my fellow designers, Product Design Lead, and the VP of Product, I was responsible for solving complex challenges across 3 core areas of the experience:

Increase user engagement and confidence, reducing financial stress, by keeping members up-to-date on critical information related to their various products.

Promote product adoption by better communicating the benefits of Mogo products and how they fit within the 4 habits holistic approach.

Redesign the main dashboard to align with MoneyUp's 4 financial habits with a focus on reducing clutter and increasing clarity around specific product goals.

MoneyUp dashboard screens

Main dashboard redesign

I was responsible for improving the core experience of the Mogo main dashboard to better align with Mogo's 4 financial habits while clearly communicating the benefits of each product. I streamlined the product cells for Mogo's core products and created flexible components and standards that handled a large number of scenarios — enabling members to get a quick overview of their Mogo account.

I also led the UI and interaction design for the redesign across all platforms, creating high-fidelity prototypes and animations for testing and delivery.

Dashboard component standards — part 1
Dashboard component standards — part 2

Notifications and in-app messaging

In collaboration with product and engineering, I helped define a communication strategy for how Mogo could engage and inform users with timely and relevant notifications and in-app messages — leveraging the dashboard to scale engagement and keep members informed about their financial health.

Methods

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Defined notification best practices across platforms

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Researched user needs and pain points

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Extensively documented existing communication and refined the communication strategy removing any notifications that weren’t critical to user goals.

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Conducted multiple rounds of user testing to refine the design direction

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Created components and detailed standards for development

MoneyUp notification types
MoneyUp communications strategy
Dashboard component standards — part 3

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