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Vanguard Retirement Nudges Design & Research

Vanguard research teams proposed exploring annual automatic increases for retirement plan participants drive contribution rates.

The highly-influential book Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness popularized this research and impacted other aspects of public policy.

Along with members of my cross-functional team, I began designing and iterating on design solutions that persuaded employees of Vanguard client firms to enroll in retirement plans and increase retirement plan contribution rates.

My contributions included building interactive prototypes, mentoring members of our development team about modern web standards to improve implementation methods, and conducted design research to evaluate usability and effectiveness of designs. 

The projects were highly effective, gained media coverage in the Wall Street Journal, and the project team won an IABC Gold Quill Award.

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Vanguard B-to-B UX: Plan Sponsor Bridge

Modernized and optimized the Plan Sponsor web UX to help clients manage their retirement plan program and gain insight into employee retirement plan enrollment and savings contribution rates

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Redesign Process

Applied current UX design system and revise workflows and UI to optimize for B-to-B client needs

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