Case study / Experience architecture — Indeed

Reshaping Indeed to serve hourly workers

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Project overview

Diagnosed the pattern behind Indeed’s top three product issues and led a company-wide redesign of information architecture, UX, and matching models to improve outcomes for the underserved majority: hourly workers.

Experience architecture lead, Indeed

  • → Experience architecture
  • → Information architecture
  • → UX content
  • → Product strategy

Key results

Connected the experience

  • Identified a shared architecture problem behind three high-priority product issues

Designed for hourly workers

  • Refocused information architecture and matching experiences on the underserved majority

Aligned the platform

  • Connected UX content, product strategy, and matching models in one system
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01 / Problem

Three product issues shared one underlying pattern.

The platform had evolved through separate product decisions, leaving job seekers to navigate disconnected information and matching experiences.

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02 / Strategy

A new experience architecture connected the system.

The work aligned information architecture, UX content, and product strategy with the models responsible for matching people to jobs.

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03 / Focus

Hourly workers became the measure of a better experience.

Design decisions were grounded in the needs of the majority of job seekers, creating a clearer and more useful path through Indeed.