OVERVIEW

MY ROLE

This was a unique and challenging project that required comprehensive UX work across the entire website, rather than focusing on a single interface. RH was expanding its online and in-store presence in the UK, which called for a specialized user experience tailored to both business growth and evolving user needs. This included designing for both the estore website and the in-store Concierge Associate experience.

As a Product Designer at RH, I independently led and executed the end-to-end design and research for this initiative. I collaborated closely with the VP of Design and stakeholders across the company to align the experience with strategic goals and ensure a cohesive, high-impact outcome.

One of the core challenges was the absence of an established framework for designing an international experience. While RH had a presence in Canada, its digital experience was not distinct from that of the US. In contrast, the UK expansion posed new complexities that impacted nearly every aspect of both the online customer journey and the associate Concierge experience. With no existing framework to rely on, I brought a fresh perspective to the design, conducting extensive research and mapping requirements from the ground up. I facilitated regular alignment meetings with leadership, product owners, and engineers to ensure the work was holistic, scalable, and future-ready.

Owned the design, research, auditing, prototyping, wireframing, UX design, Product Design, and collaboration.

TIMELINE

4 months + Iterations

GOAL

A new online experience for RH UK customers ensuring a frictionless checkout.

QUESTIONS

RESEARCH

New website or extension within our existing website?
Can we select the country in checkout form?
Does the catalog change/narrow/expand?
We already have Canada can we expand the same experience?
Are we able to track IP address to determine user location? Or does it default to US Catalog
Cross orders from different country?
How will the items be shipped from US?
How long will be the delivery times?
Shipping and return policy?
Warehouse in UK?
Store opening?
Cookies?
Other legal requirements?
How this will affect the different areas of experience on our website?
Customer service?
Switching between US/UK?
Measurement units, Language, currency changes?
How will taxes be displayed?
Payment Methods
Date and time and address formats
Memebership discount still valid?
Concierge also needs UK extension?
What areas of concierge will be affected?
How to present and share work with the Dev team?

Conducted audit and competitive analysis on other brands to identify the initial scope of the design. The audit involved thorough study of identifying the areas that would need a design update based on the country selected customer jounery across the estore experience as well as the in-store Concierge experience. Based on the audit and analysis, I posed some questions for myself and the stakeholders that would help map the scope and predict the design updates. Because this was a new launch in the business, the new estore design updates should be very obvious and intuitive so the users can easily discover them.

ESTORE

EStore user flow, scenarios

CONCIERGE

user flow, scenarios