Case Study
Guided Search: Proof of Concept
Above: UI design for the three critical touchpoints of guided search
Snagajob's mission is to help job seekers find hourly work that they'll love — and fast.
Context: Roughly a third of those who come to Snagajob’s site looking for hourly work don’t have a specific role in mind. What they do have is an internal checklist of things like pay, schedule, and commute.
Jobseekers' goal: They want to find a good job quickly but also need ways to narrow their options to match their preferences.
Project goal: Jumpstart the job search. We wanted to provide workers with a quick and easy way to find relevant jobs aligned with their priorities and needs.
My Role:
Staff Product Designer
Responsibilities:
UX discovery, concept exploration, interaction design, Figma prototyping, UX writing, User validation, UI design
Project Team:
2 Product Managers, 1 UX Researcher, 2 Engineers
The strategy
Quickly develop a proof of concept to validate with job seekers, then launch an MVP that would allow the team to collect data, test with users, refine job match scores, and improve search results.
Business Objectives: Drive engagement, nurture trust, and eventually increase LTV and revenue/per worker.
Desired outcomes: Workers discover jobs they’re genuinely interested in, which they might not have found on their own. They can then leverage this, along with their work history and dynamic filters, to find better job matches with less effort.
Above: a high-level flow outline showing how Guided Search would function
