TREAT YO FUTURE SELF: DESIGNING A RETIREMENT APP FOR MILLENNIALS

Overview

During my work towards a graduate certificate in User-Centered Design, I was part of a 3-person team that explored whether a retirement app using gamification could be a viable approach to help working Millennials improve low 401(k) participation rates. We applied the user-centered design process and leaned on the findings of our research to design a mobile app called Treat Yo Future Self.

Treat Yo Future Self introduces the user to his or her “future self” using a chat UI and AI in order to help make saving for retirement a bit more personal, attainable, and emotionally-immediate. 

Methods

User Research (Interviews, Draw Your Experience, Survey, Secondary Research, Competitive Analysis), Personas, Ideation, Sketching, Process Flow, Wireframing, Paper Prototyping, High Fidelity Prototyping, Usability Testing, Reporting, Final Design Specs