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Recent product and UI explorations - lighter on process, heavier on interaction

Across six months and several releases, I worked on experiments to improve what candidates saw and could do after applying

Recent product and UI explorations - lighter on process, heavier on interaction

tastytrade · Product design · 2024-2026

Role

Product Designer

Scope

Interaction concepts, product improvements, UI explorations

Formats

Prototypes, shipped features, speculative concepts

Surfaces

iOS, web, system UI

Period

2024–2026

LIVE ACTIVITY CONCEPT

A live trading widget for iOS

I explored which trading moments genuinely deserved a place on the Lock Screen. The goal was not to compress the platform into a widget, but to answer one immediate question: what is happening to my order right now?

The information hierarchy changed with the order state — distance to the target while waiting, execution progress during a fill, and a clear outcome once completed or rejected. The main trade-off was keeping complex stock and multi-leg options orders understandable without hiding the detail needed to trust them

I tested the system across long and short stocks, Stop Limit and Stop Market orders, and multi-leg strategies including a Jade Lizard. This helped define what could be shared across scenarios and what needed to remain specific to each order type

Explore the scenarios and run the simulation

Fintech · iOS · Live Activity prototype · Interaction design

RIOT

Working

Order #4212212731

BTO

0/1000 Shares

Market

Open

Limit $9.20

Current ask $10.77

Live order lab

Choose a scenario

Market Open

ORDER MONITOR

READY

RIOT

NASDAQ · STOCK

BTO · 1,000

CURRENT ASK

$10.77

LIMIT PRICE

$9.20

THE SHARED BET

A recurring idea: the application tracker

It already had strong momentum across the company, and I believed it could address the uncertainty we were seeing too

It promised what the old flow lacked: a clear view of what happened after Apply, whether the application arrived, was reviewed or moved forward

Application tracker concept showing submission, delivery to the employer, review and decision stages

Strongest signal across five concepts

During 10 semi-structured interviews about job search, we showed participants five concepts already being explored on the roadmap. We used usefulness ratings to structure the discussion and understand their initial reaction

During 10 semi-structured interviews about job search, we showed participants five concepts already being explored on the roadmap

The application tracker received the strongest and most consistent positive response. This was directional, not validation, but it gave us a reason to investigate whether Stepstone could deliver the visibility candidates expected

The application tracker received the strongest and most consistent positive response. This was directional, not validation, but it gave us a reason to investigate

Why not start with the tracker?

The tracker remained valuable, but it depended on our largest product and technical unknowns. I did not want to begin by concentrating the investment in one complex solution before we had established the basics

Instead, I reframed the work as several hypotheses we could test independently, while keeping tracking possible as Stepstone’s application flows and data coverage improved

What changed beyond the screen?

I helped turn the experience after applying from a neglected funnel endpoint into an area the team could continue developing and testing

The complete system did not ship, but the work turned an overlooked endpoint into a foundation the team could continue building on