Lead UX Designer for Petco + Cie Digital Labs

Pet-First Product Experience

The personalized pet app that repositioned how pet-parents shop and care. Built on data, mixed method user research, and designed for delight.

Too many choices, not enough clarity

Petco needed to step up their game in helping pet-parents navigate the overwhelming world of pet products and services. Petco had endless products and data, but pet-parents struggled to find what mattered.

Overwhelmed meant incomplete profiles and weak engagement.

Petco had a wealth of data and a strong infrastructure, but from the pet-parent’s perspective, shopping for their pet still felt like a maze. Too many products, too little guidance. I started with a simple question, what if Petco could feel less like a store, and more like an assistant?

Turning data into guidance for humans

As lead on design and strategy, I reframed the challenge: make Petco’s vast infrastructure personal.

Through research and testing, I defined a UX framework that put each pet’s lifestyle at the center.

I introduced roadmaps and feature prioritization to focus on what mattered most; repeat orders, personalized recommendations, and subtle prompts for profile completion.

From overwhelmed to a trusted companion

We launched Petco’s first personalized app experience, supported by a scalable design system and refined through iterative testing. Pet-parents finally had clear, tailored guidance.

Petco drove deeper engagement through richer profiles and repeat purchases.

With this new product, customers could subscribe to the products they need and love. But from a business side, it increased cart totals and fully realized an omnichannel experience.