Focus

Discovery • UX • Hi-fi UI

Eliminating workflow friction in campaign optimization

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Simplifying campaign performance workflows by bringing insights closer to actions

Advertisers relied on external reports to optimize bids, creating a fragmented and inefficient workflow. I identified this usability issue then redesigned the experience to display performance data directly in the bid management experience—reducing friction, improving decision-making speed, and aligning the product with industry standards.

TLDR

  • Problem: Bid optimization required jumping between reports and workflows

  • Solution: Surface performance data directly in bid management

  • Impact: Faster decisions, fewer steps, improved usability

  • Validation: 3/3 SMEs ranked it as a top priority

  • Outcome: Change was implemented, user behavior tracking showed increased engagement

My Role

  • Lead UX designer (end-to-end concept)

  • Partnered with Account Managers, Engineering, and Product

  • Led discovery, experience strategy, solution design, and user behavior tracking

Problem

Users couldn't optimize campaigns efficiently

  • Too many steps

  • Constant context switching

  • Heavy manual effort

“Jumping around all over the place is very inefficient”

Opportunity

Bring insights to the moment of action

Instead of:

  • Find data → remember → apply

Enable:

  • See → decide → act (in one place)

Current Workflow (Before)

  1. Pull report

  2. Navigate to campaign

  3. Navigate to ad group

  4. Open bid management

  5. Cross-reference + optimize

Insight: Data and action lived in separate places

Concept

Embed performance metrics directly into bid management

Turned a static table into a dynamic decision-making experience

Communicated experience changes with Figma high fidelity mockups (below)

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Updated Flow (After)

  1. Pull report

  2. Navigate to campaign

  3. Navigate to ad group

  4. Open bid management

  5. Cross-reference + optimize

Result: Fewer steps, no context switching

Impact

User Impact:

  • Faster optimization

  • Reduced clicks

Business Impact:

  • Increased feature engagement

  • Better campaign performance

  • Competitive parity with tools like Amazon Ads

Validation

3/3 SME users ranked as a top priority

Strong Account Manager feedback

“This would be a GREAT value add”

Considerations

Page performance - minimal impact

Increased cognitive load - more data on the page

Outcome

Engagement

  • ~30% increase in page visits by unique user

Retention

  • ~300 unique weekly users

Positive User Feedback

"This is super huge and really dictating which ones do we want to increase the bids on or which ones we want to maybe not focus as much on"

Key Takeaways

The biggest UX win wasn’t adding features—it was removing the need to leave the workflow.