AMAZON ADS · BRAND INNOVATION LAB

AMAZON ADS · BRAND INNOVATION LAB

Product Selector

Product Selector

Bridging the gap between managed service and self-service by designing a customizable product quiz widget for top brands on Amazon.

Bridging the gap between managed service and self-service by designing a customizable product quiz widget for top brands on Amazon.

Role

Role

Interactive Designer

Interactive Designer

Timeline

Timeline

18 months (Closed Beta | Launch | Feature Update)

18 months (Closed Beta | Launch | Feature Update)

Platform

Platform

Amazon Brand Stores (Desktop/Mobile)

Amazon Brand Stores (Desktop/Mobile)

Overview

Overview

The Challenge

The Challenge

Amazon's Brand Innovation Lab offered premium, white-glove Product Selector experiences for top brands—but the capability gap between managed service and self-service was limiting scale and accessibility.

Amazon's Brand Innovation Lab offered premium, white-glove Product Selector experiences for top brands—but the capability gap between managed service and self-service was limiting scale and accessibility.

The Goal

Design a self-service UI that empowers advertisers to create customizable, on-brand product quizzes while maintaining the quality standards of BIL's premium offerings.

Design a self-service UI that empowers advertisers to create customizable, on-brand product quizzes while maintaining the quality standards of BIL's premium offerings.

MY ROLE

MY ROLE

Managed Service Design

Managed Service Design

User Facing Design Self-Service

User Facing Design Self-Service

I owned the Managed Service Semi-Custom experience, building templated yet customizable product selectors for clients. These learnings directly informed the self-service UI design.

I owned the Managed Service Semi-Custom experience, building templated yet customizable product selectors for clients. These learnings directly informed the self-service UI design.

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UI Design

Designed the front-facing customer experience and advertiser authoring interface.

Designed the front-facing customer experience and advertiser authoring interface.

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Research Translation

Translated UX research findings into actionable design decisions.

Translated UX research findings into actionable design decisions.

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Cross-Learning

Applied managed service insights to inform self-service feature prioritization.

Applied managed service insights to inform self-service feature prioritization.

Managed Service Example: Quiz designed for our client L'Oreal Lancome.

research

research

User Testing Insights

User Testing Insights

Conducted quantitative research with 120 Amazon customers to understand behavior when recommended products are out of stock.

Conducted quantitative research with 120 Amazon customers to understand behavior when recommended products are out of stock.

58.7%

58.7%

found high value in personalized recommendations

found high value in personalized recommendations

44%

seek alternatives

seek alternatives

37.5%

want popular items

want popular items

18%

would wait for restock

would wait for restock

Key Insight

Customers value personalized recommendations even when products are unavailable; recommending against hiding the widget entirely.

Key Insight

Customers value personalized recommendations even when products are unavailable; recommending against hiding the widget entirely.

Recommendation #1

Recommendation #1

Display OOS products as "currently unavailable" with a "See details" button +

optional secondary store page link.

Display OOS products as "currently unavailable" with a "See details" button +

optional secondary store page link.

Recommendation #2

Recommendation #2

Show available ASINs from the Product Selector as alternative results when recommendations are out of stock.

Show available ASINs from the Product Selector as alternative results when recommendations are out of stock.

SOLUTION

SOLUTION

Design Enhancements

Design Enhancements

Shipped 20+ P1/P2 features to close the capability gap

between managed service and self-service.

Shipped 20+ P1/P2 features to close the capability gap between managed service and self-service.

P1

Image-based answers

Image-based answers

Allow adding images to answer choices for richer brand expression.

Allow adding images to answer choices for richer brand expression.

P2

Horizontal CX layout

Horizontal CX layout

Reduced vertical space consumption based on store placement data.

Reduced vertical space consumption based on store placement data.

P2

Cover/intro slide

Cover/intro slide

Added branded introduction before quiz questions begin.

Added branded introduction before quiz questions begin.

P2

Expanded question structure

Expanded question structure

Up to 4 questions with 6 answers each (from 3 questions, 4 answers).

Up to 4 questions with 6 answers each (from 3 questions, 4 answers).

impact

impact

Results

Results

Results are under NDA and available upon request.

Results are under NDA and available upon request.

REFLECTION

REFLECTION

Key Learnings

Key Learnings

01

Managed service as a design lab

Managed service as a design lab

Owning the semi-custom experience provided invaluable insights into brand needs that directly shaped self-service features.

Owning the semi-custom experience provided invaluable insights into brand needs that directly shaped self-service features.

02

Data-driven prioritization

Data-driven prioritization

User research with 120 participants validated design decisions and prevented assumptions about OOS handling.

User research with 120 participants validated design decisions and prevented assumptions about OOS handling.

03

Balancing flexibility with quality

Balancing flexibility with quality

Expanding customization options while maintaining guardrails to prevent lowquality implementations.

Expanding customization options while maintaining guardrails to prevent lowquality implementations.

REFLECTION

REFLECTION

Future
Opportunities

Future
Opportunities

01

01

AI powered automatic product population, imagery generation and copy suggestions

AI powered automatic product population, imagery generation and copy suggestions

02

02

AI Image Studio allowing brands to edit and customize imagery for quiz

AI Image Studio allowing brands to edit and customize imagery for quiz

03

03

Additional customization (HEX selector with integrated contrast checking and custom fonts)

Additional customization (HEX selector with integrated contrast checking and custom fonts)

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