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Overview

Directed qualitative and quantitative research to uncover TheFA's customer challenges, optimize omni-channel experiences, and unearth new business opportunities.

The Football Association, a.k.a. TheFA, is English football's governing body and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the amateur and professional game.

Role Senior Research Designer
Timeline 2016 — 2017
Focus
Research Strategy Journey insights Business strategy Product roadmap
Problem Statement

Create a personalized and integrated customer experience management system for English football that caters for all aspects of the game and provide simple processes for all participants.

Assist internal business stakeholders & external representatives (e.g. clubs, leagues, counties, etc.) in articulating current problems and future objectives in order to ensure alignment with IT vision and direction.

The FA customer experience brief and problem statement documentation
The FA stakeholder alignment and IT vision workshop materials
Improved User Experience

Within two weeks, we interviewed 35 diverse user types, including parents, referees, and employees, to gather valuable feedback.

Their unanimous concern centered on Trust and Usability, making it the top priority for our efforts to enhance customer satisfaction (CSAT).

The FA user research findings — trust and usability themes
The FA user interview synthesis and priority insights
User-Centric Insights

Customer feedback exposed usability challenges. We dissected and merged this input with user feedback, providing stakeholders with crucial insights to drive changes aimed at boosting Monthly Active Users (MAU).

The first interaction with a customer needs special thought to ensure relationship with FA and/or products starts off positive.

The user should not feel that they are using disparate, disconnected, or truncated experience.

The FA user research findings — trust and usability themes
The FA user interview synthesis and priority insights
Journey Mapping

Identifying user types, we crafted specific journey pain points to inform wireframing efforts.

These maps facilitated alignment between development and design, ensuring the realization of a seamless user experience.

The FA customer journey map across participant types — parents, referees, employees
Brand-Centered Direction

I lead the design team to strategically incorporated brand-related modules, utilizing images, fonts, colors, and WCAG to achieve a successful platform redesign maintaining a consistent brand presence throughout the product's pages.

The FA redesigned platform — panoramic overview of brand-consistent pages
The FA redesigned platform — brand-centered design components
The FA redesigned platform — WCAG-compliant visual design screens
Mobile screen 1 of The FA experience
Mobile screen 2 of The FA experience
Mobile screen 3 of The FA experience
Mobile screen 4 of The FA experience
Mobile screen 5 of The FA experience
Mobile screen 6 of The FA experience
Mobile screen 7 of The FA experience
Mobile screen 8 of The FA experience
Results
  • Identified multiple new sources for customer & employee experience improvements
  • Reduced customer experience frustrations from 32% to 11%
  • Improved the referee experience in managing player and club interactions
  • Improved the NPS score from 19 to 32
Client Feedback

"Joey is one of those rare people you encounter in life that will make you believe anything is possible. Joey's "can-do", roll up your sleeves and get it done attitude are the kind of nimble, creative attitude that is a game changer for business - both as a partner to the Marketing team, and his clients."

"No task or challenge is insurmountable within the deadline needed. His passion for design, coupled with his deep technical skills, make him an invaluable creative leader, adviser, teacher, mentor, partner and team member."

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Karolina Kocalevski
Digital Transformation at Orion Innovation