UX/UIGrowth

KCRW Website and App Engagement and Growth

Delivered mobile app and web updates, boosting engagement across app sign-ups, app store clicks, member perks, and donations.

Role:
Lead UX/UI Designer
Duration:
2022 – 2023
Support:
Luke Cúre and Josie Lorenzo
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Overview
+24% app store clicks
+11% new app users
+44% users using benefits
+65% users linked to Spotify
+99% app donations

To grow digital membership and engagement, I partnered with their digital team to turn user insights into design solutions. Small usability tweaks and clearer value moments turned casual listeners into active, engaged members.

Data based on annual metrics from 2022 to 2023.

KCRW Engagement Case Study Overview
Mobile App–Facing Experience

Improving usability to deepen everyday engagement.

Inside the KCRW app, I focused on refining the key interaction points that shape a listener's relationship with the platform. We simplified pathways, clarified actions, and surfaced the value of membership at just the right moments. These subtle yet meaningful improvements helped the app feel more personal and rewarding to use.

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Web–Facing Experience

Telling a stronger story around membership value.

To support app growth, I redesigned KCRW's marketing landing pages, the first touchpoint for many new listeners. By partnering with marketing, we reframed these pages to highlight the "why" behind membership: listener stories, community perks, and membership features often overlooked.

The refreshed design helped align web messaging with in-app experiences, creating a more cohesive and compelling journey from discovery to download.

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Impact

The improvements led to measurable gains across key engagement points, including increased app discovery, new user growth, stronger feature adoption, deeper listening behavior, and higher annual donations.

Credits

Embedded team via Vincit USA
Justin Beaulieu
Lead UX/UI Designer.
User research and analytics insights.
Mobile app UX/UI design and updates.
Web marketing landing page design.
Member benefits feature design.
Donation flow optimization.
Luke Cúre and Josie Lorenzo
Supporting UX/UI Designers.
Design and app update support.

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