This effort required deep collaboration across business, engineering, and local teams to navigate the nuanced laws, consumer protection regulations, and product requirements that vary by country. From adapting the checkout experience to comply with region-specific disclosures, to modifying post-purchase prescription upload, every touchpoint had to be thoughtfully re-considered and at times re-designed completely. The result was a consistent, premium experience that respected local norms while staying true to Apple’s global design and operational standards.
Launched in 11 countries.
Spanning across 12 touchpoints.
Adapted for 2 internal tools.
Eye conditions were the single biggest friction point across all touchpoints. Depending on the eye condition, we would have to either hard fail them out of the experience as they would be incompatible or warn them that there would be steps after purchase to take. Further complicating eye conditions were local laws; for example, certain countries considered Optical Inserts to be a healthcare device and as such, would not let us sell them online. This required us to rethink how to handle triaging customers in an offline experience at specific stores in these countries, putting more of the burden on the ZEISS Professionals Network, and further delaying a customers ability to use the product they just purchased.
Astigmatism
Possibly compatible
Prescription Glasses
compatible
Readers
compatible
Hard Contacts
possibly compatible
Cosmetic Contacts
not compatible
Strabismus
Difficulty using
Monovision Surgery
compatible (requires prescription)
Nystagmus
difficulty using
Through weekly sprints and meeting with product, engineering, and major stakeholders, we were able to have frequent convos and gain alignment throughout the week. Most weeks felt like death by a thousand cuts. Meaning, there were 100's of (mostly) minor changes that needed documented and aligned on which made it easy to overlook the smallest of change requests. We learned quickly to mark off core parts of the experience that would not be changing to keep conversations focused and efficient.
Buy Flow
Optical Inserts
Light Seal
EPP: Friends & Family
Post Purchase
Business teams were great at sending us a requirements document to get us started but it didn't always have all the answers and sometimes not the right answers either. By being open to questions and collaborating throughout the sprint, we were able to field questions with teams to gain insight and align on the right path forward.