Jered Snyder

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Jered Snyder

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The Yes

Transformed a mobile-only shopping app into a high-converting web platform, unlocking new user growth and contributing to acquisition.

How might we build user trust before sign-up, translate a mobile-native Ai shopping experience into a scalable and SEO-friendly web platform, and drive growth through discoverability, personalization, and performance?
Overview
The Yes, an AI-powered fashion startup that delivered real-time, personalized shopping by learning from each user’s preferences through explicit yes/no interactions and implicit behavioral signals.

As the lead product designer, I was responsible for reimagining the shopping experience across platforms to drive engagement and conversion.

The challenge was to reduce barriers to entry, unify disconnected journeys, and rebuild trust in personalization and AI.

Through cross-functional collaboration, I addressed five core issues—platform lock-in, fragmented flows, overwhelming discovery, checkout friction, and opaque recommendations. My work focused on simplifying access, guiding exploration, and making intelligent systems feel intuitive and credible.

The result was a more seamless, trustworthy, and high-converting shopping experience across the entire user journey.

ROLE

Lead Product Designer

LOCATION

SF

SF

📊 Business Impact

Drove 6x growth in users shopping and a 150% increase in purchase conversions by redesigning the web shopping experience to scale personalization and build user confidence.

The scalable, high-performing web experience was a key factor in Pinterest’s acquisition of The Yes.

❤️ User Impact

❤️ User Impact

❤️ User Impact

Delivered a seamless, personalized shopping journey that increased trust, engagement, and conversion for shoppers, from onboarding to checkout.

📌 Key Insights & Paint Points

iOS-only barrier
High drop-off due to app download requirement.

Fragmented cross-device flow
Users couldn’t pick up where they left off across devices.

Overwhelming discovery
Too many choices, not enough guidance.

Friction in checkout & returns
Unclear flows led to drop-offs at critical moments.

Low trust in AI & personalization
Recommendations felt random and lacked transparency.

📌 Key Insights & Paint Points

iOS-only barrier
High drop-off due to app download requirement.

Fragmented cross-device flow
Users couldn’t pick up where they left off across devices.

Overwhelming discovery
Too many choices, not enough guidance.

Friction in checkout & returns
Unclear flows led to drop-offs at critical moments.

Low trust in AI & personalization
Recommendations felt random and lacked transparency.

Key Challenges

iOS-only barrier
High drop-off due to app download requirement.

Fragmented cross-device flow
Users couldn’t pick up where they left off across devices.

Overwhelming discovery
Too many choices, not enough guidance.

Friction in checkout & returns
Unclear flows led to drop-offs at critical moments.

Low trust in AI & personalization
Recommendations felt random and lacked transparency.

Solutions
🧠 Strategic Design Thinking for Scalable Growth

Designing entry points and experiences that reduce friction, build trust, and drive user acquisition.

Designing entry points and experiences that reduce friction, build trust, and drive user acquisition.

Seamless SEO Entry from PLA Ads

Designed an open browsing flow for PLA and organic traffic, removing the sign-up wall to reduce drop-off and let users explore before joining.

Designed an open browsing flow for PLA and organic traffic, removing the sign-up wall to reduce drop-off and let users explore before joining.

Designed an open browsing flow for PLA and organic traffic, removing the sign-up wall to reduce drop-off and let users explore before joining.

Non-Linear Onboarding for First-Time Users

🌀 Non-Linear Onboarding for New Users

Created a flexible onboarding flow that let users shop and explore before signing up—reducing friction and building confidence in The Yes.

Created a flexible onboarding flow that let users shop and explore before signing up—reducing friction and building confidence in The Yes.

Created a flexible onboarding flow that let users shop and explore before signing up—reducing friction and building confidence in The Yes.

🧠 Adaptive Personalization That Grows With You

🧠 Personalization That Grows With You

Designed a multi-layered personalization system using style quizzes, gamification gestures, and behavior signals to tailor the experience and build user trust.

Designed a multi-layered personalization system using style quizzes, gamification gestures, and behavior signals to tailor the experience and build user trust.

Designed a multi-layered personalization system using style quizzes, gamification gestures, and behavior signals to tailor the experience and build user trust.

Guided Search to Reduce Cognitive Load

🧭 Guided Search

Introduced a structured, intent-based guided search flow to help users navigate large product catalogs with ease—reducing overwhelm and enabling faster, more confident decisions.

Introduced a structured, intent-based guided search flow to help users navigate large product catalogs with ease—reducing overwhelm and enabling faster, more confident decisions.

Introduced a structured, intent-based guided search flow to help users navigate large product catalogs with ease—reducing overwhelm and enabling faster, more confident decisions.

🛍️ Crafted eCommerce UX for Confidence & Conversion

Designing entry points and experiences that reduce friction, build trust, and drive user acquisition.

Designing entry points and experiences that reduce friction, build trust, and drive user acquisition.

Optimizing the end-to-end shopping experience for clarity, delight, and performance.

Intuitive Navigation & Smart Search

We rebuilt the navigation and search system to feel intuitive and intelligent—blending predictive search, user-friendly filters, and flexible flows beyond rigid categories.

We rebuilt the navigation and search system to feel intuitive and intelligent—blending predictive search, user-friendly filters, and flexible flows beyond rigid categories.

Curated Discovery Channels

Launched a network of personalized feeds, editorial-style guides, and brand discovery modules that surfaced relevant, shoppable content based on each user’s evolving preferences.

Launched a network of personalized feeds, editorial-style guides, and brand discovery modules that surfaced relevant, shoppable content based on each user’s evolving preferences.

Simplified, Smarter Product Pages

We created clean, informative product pages that empowered users to quickly understand fit, save style preferences, find similar products, and move confidently toward checkout.

We created clean, informative product pages that empowered users to quickly understand fit, save style preferences, find similar products, and move confidently toward checkout.

Frictionless Checkout Experience

Redesigned the checkout flow with one-click purchasing, simplified returns, and real-time tracking to remove friction and maximize completed purchases.

Redesigned the checkout flow with one-click purchasing, simplified returns, and real-time tracking to remove friction and maximize completed purchases.

Scalable Growth Design

Designing entry points and experiences that reduce friction, build trust, and drive user acquisition.

🧩 System level design thinking

🧩 System level designs thinking

Built a scalable UI system that unified brand and product, enabling faster implementation and cross-team consistency from Figma to production.

🧩 System level design thinking

Built a scalable UI system that unified brand and product, enabling faster implementation and cross-team consistency from Figma to production.

🧠 What I Learned

🧠 What I Learned

Designing for Scale

Learned to build adaptable systems that could grow with the product—moving beyond short-term UX fixes to long-term infrastructure that supported iteration and expansion.

Learned to build adaptable systems that could grow with the product—moving beyond short-term UX fixes to long-term infrastructure that supported iteration and expansion.

Cross-Functional Product Thinking

Cross-functional work

Sharpened my ability to lead design through influence by collaborating closely with product, eng, brand, and growth to stay aligned on user needs and business goals.

Sharpened my ability to lead design through influence by collaborating closely with product, eng, brand, and growth to stay aligned on user needs and business goals.

Acquisition-Driven UX

Web vs Mobile UX

Learned how thoughtful UX can drive growth—by removing friction, optimizing for SEO, and designing onboarding that builds early trust with new users.

Translating a mobile-first product to web requires deep understanding of UX behavior shifts

Learned how thoughtful UX can drive growth—by removing friction, optimizing for SEO, and designing onboarding that builds early trust with new users.

Platform-Specific UX Patterns

Recognized key behaviors between mobile and web audiences, allowing me to design patterns that respected each context and use case.

Recognized key behaviors between mobile and web audiences, allowing me to design patterns that respected each context and use case.

Designing with AI/ML in Mind

Cross-functional work

Learned to think beyond UI by designing for systems that adapt over time—balancing personalization, user control, and data signals to build trust in AI-driven experiences.

Learned to think beyond UI by designing for systems that adapt over time—balancing personalization, user control, and data signals to build trust in AI-driven experiences.

Balancing Utility and Brand Expression

Web vs Mobile UX

Learned how to infuse brand personality into the UX without compromising usability—crafting playful, on-brand interactions that supported a seamless shopping flow.

Translating a mobile-first product to web requires deep understanding of UX behavior shifts

Learned how to infuse brand personality into the UX without compromising usability—crafting playful, on-brand interactions that supported a seamless shopping flow.