Roomie&Me
Matching personalities with available rooms in London
- Service design
- Design challenge
- UX design
Date
July 2018
Working with
- Company
Tools and methods
- Rapid prototyping
- Sketch App
- Invision
Prototype of the proposed mobile app
Design a mobile product experience that appeals to millennials and makes it safe to find the ideal roommate in London, identifying needs and pain points in the 'finding/keeping a good roommate' journey.
Tasked with a design challenge to spend 1-2 days designing a mobile product experience that appeals to millennials and makes it safe to find the ideal roommate in London. Identify needs and pain points in the “finding/keeping a good roommate” journey Find ways to leverage those needs and solve those pain points Once the ideal roommate is found, what else can this product do to make the roommate experience better?
Choosing to share a room with good personality matches
Creating a profile with personality tags
Pain points
- High demand (competitive)
- Dead listings
- Ignored messages
- Attracting the wrong people
- Disputes between roommates
- Pressure to sign contracts
- Reclaiming deposits
Opportunities
- Speed of notification and instant messaging
- Prompt advertisers to sign in to keep advert going
- Referral system
- Personal validation options
- Select candidates by personality type
- Digital contract templates (legal partnership)
- Deposit handling service (financial partnership)
Quick sketches