Three mobile UI screens showcasing puzzle store layouts with daily deals, best sellers, and Disney packs.

Problem Space

The challenge with Jigsaw’s enterprise dashboard was addressing inefficiencies in LiveOps and content management workflows while enabling PMs to respond faster to revenue trends. The existing setup required multiple tools, creating a fragmented experience that slowed execution and onboarding. Key questions that guided the redesign:

This case study explores how a unified enterprise tool reduced complexity, empowered content teams, and improved responsiveness to market trends.

ROLE

Principal Product Designer


RESPONSIBILITIES

Tools

Figma, ProtoPie

Discovery

Empathy Mapping

Empathy map for product roles, categorizing user 'Says,' 'Thinks,' 'Does,' and 'Feels' insights.

To gain a better understanding of the users, it was best to use empathy maps to map different emotions felt by the users and synthesize this information by grouping them into similar themes.

By synthesizing these insights, the solution focused on reducing tool dependency, automating content management, and streamlining access to business insights.

Pains and Gains

A pain points vs. gains analysis with solutions like modular processes and engineering collaboration.

The pain points were very clear 

By focusing on these user problems, it became easier to identify design opportunities that would have a significant impact. This led to the establishment of clear, actionable goals.

UX Flow

A structured system flowchart mapping user sign-in, revenue tracking, store layout, and puzzle pack editing.

A UX flow was created for the Jigsaw Dashboard app to handle various services and integrate with different systems. After multiple iterations of card sorting, and evaluating the existing information architecture, the UX flow was refined to address most edge cases, ready for the next phase.

Design and Delivery

Enterprise Dashboard

A financial dashboard tracking revenue trends, projected earnings, conversion rates, and app store sales.

This was the mock design for the final product with anonymized content and fictitious data.

Depending on the user who logged in - whether it was PMs or LiveOps/content manager - the Dashboard displays the most important modules to them at a glance.

Users could always tunnel into specific sections to get more information.

Pack Editor for LiveOps

A content management tool for editing puzzle packs, setting release dates, and uploading new content.

LiveOps and content managers used the Pack Editor to efficiently create, edit, and schedule content packs, receiving real-time status notifications and seamlessly rearranging packs to optimize content visibility and engagement. This improved scheduling accuracy, minimized manual errors, and enhanced the overall efficiency of LiveOps operations.

A UI tool for managing and modifying puzzle event layouts with saved templates and customization options.

With the updated feature store, the team could plan and schedule live service events well in advance while maintaining flexibility to create new events on the fly. They had a comprehensive overview of all scheduled events, dates, and the ability to rearrange or adjust them as needed. This improved speed in managing live events significantly enhanced the team's responsiveness, allowing PMs to react more effectively to revenue trends and content pack performance.

Design System and Component Library

Various UI components including forms, buttons, toggles, and data visualizations on a gray background.
A design system reference sheet displaying typography styles and a color palette with hex codes.
A dark-themed UI highlighting game personalization, recommendation engines, and content prioritization.

At the conclusion of this design process, to fulfill the business-oriented objectives of enhancing user engagement, we developed and implemented fifteen distinct module types for the purpose of showcasing novel content. These modules were overseen by product managers and live operations/content managers. They now possess the capability to construct diverse story layouts for both the home screen and the store screens, with the added flexibility to prioritize a content module for the entirety of the user base or a specific segment of users predicated on predetermined variables.

Module designed also leveraged the system’s recommendation engine and served personalized content to specific user types.

Puzzle store UI on mobile and tablet, displaying daily deals, Monopoly puzzles, and personalized sections.

Here is an example of the white label version of the app where the content and theme is customized using the dashboard app.

Five mobile screens showcasing puzzle store UI themes, best sellers, Disney packs, and account settings.
Five mobile screens showcasing puzzle store UI themes, best sellers, Disney packs, and account settings.
Four mobile screens showcasing a puzzle game’s objectives, search interface, settings, and puzzle packs.

Takeaways

The Jigsaw enterprise dashboard was a transformative shift in how LiveOps and PMs managed content and revenue. By centralizing tools, automating workflows, and streamlining LiveOps capabilities, the team significantly improved efficiency while enhancing player engagement. Leveraging a modular design approach enabled personalized content delivery to different user segments, contributing to better re-engagement and retention.

Empathy mapping sessions were instrumental in understanding frustrations with existing workflows and defining key system needs. Through iterative design and testing, we addressed various complex use cases and uncovered new edge cases, such as legacy account logins, remote access, and tech limitations. This approach not only refined the UX flow and reduced friction but also ensured the system could scale effectively to support evolving business needs.

As a product designer—this project was about optimizing business operations, aligning design with revenue goals, and building scalable systems that drive long-term success. The true impact of this system lies not just in its usability but in its ability to accelerate decision-making, reduce costs, and enhance LiveOps efficiency, ultimately contributing to sustainable business growth.


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