UX Research · Design Systems · Jio

Jio Design
System
Research

Research-driven design across 33+ studies — shaping the Jio Design System through usability, motion, documentation, and adoption research across 32+ product teams.

33+

UX Studies

End-to-end research across apps, web & DS

350+

Participants

Designers, developers & customers

200+

Components

Validated across research cycles

32+

Teams Enabled

Standardised via DS-guided improvements

Research Impact

Numbers that moved.

Key Outcomes

DS Adoption across product teams+35–50%
Component accuracy in usage+60%
Task completion rate improvement+25–40%
Reduction in motion inconsistencies−40%
Designer onboarding time (2.5hrs → 1hr)−60%

Research Studies

21+ studies that shaped the system.

Usability

DSP Alpha Usability Research

Evaluated how internal designers use the Design System Platform — uncovering usability gaps and improvement opportunities.

Perception

Colours Perception Study

Evaluated user preferences for coloured vs non-coloured headers across Jio apps — informing brand-aligned design decisions.

Foundation

Foundation Research

Measured how well users adapt to new design elements — colour scale, type scale, surface logic, buttons, input fields, navigation.

Patterns

Design Patterns Research

Evaluated whether predefined patterns are more efficient, consistent, and user-friendly than atom-level component assembly.

Engineering

Design–Engineering Handover

Understood and closed the gap between design in Figma and accurate implementation in development.

Surface

Surface Logic Research

Identified which surface logic users prefer for differentiating UI elements — hierarchy, contrast, and accessibility across variations.

Brand

Unified Jio Logo Research

Evaluated user perception of unified Jio product logos — brand association, recognition, and usability across variations.

Motion

Motion Design Research

Audited animations and transitions across 7 major Jio apps — classified 120+ micro-interactions for usability impact.

Retail

Market Field Research

50+ field observations across Jio & JioMart stores — logged 300+ customer behaviour patterns across navigation and assistance triggers.

Digital Platforms

Products touched by this research.

Research insights were applied and validated across the following Jio digital platforms — ensuring consistent, high-quality experiences system-wide.

Reliance Industries JioTV MyJio Jio.com JioFit JioHome JioMessages JioTranslate JioCinema JioMart

Research Approach

How the research was done.

Qualitative

Usability Testing & Interviews

Moderated and unmoderated sessions with designers, developers, and customers across 50+ usability sessions — identifying 90+ issues prioritised by severity.

Quantitative

Surveys & Behaviour Metrics

Funnel analytics, task success rates, and behavioural metrics across Jio apps — identifying hesitation points, drop-off triggers, and completion patterns.

Benchmarking

Competitive & Global Standards

Comparative studies against global design standards and competitor experiences to ensure Jio products meet or exceed industry benchmarks.

Field

In-Store Observation

50+ field observations across Jio & JioMart retail stores — logged 300+ customer behaviour patterns, identified 25+ major CX gaps in offline-to-online journeys.

AI Tools Used

Research accelerated by AI.

Claude

Structured large observation volumes into behavioural themes, pain-point clusters, and recurring usability patterns — accelerating synthesis.

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Notion AI

Meeting summarisation, research documentation, action item extraction, and insight organisation across stakeholder workshops.

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Dovetail

Streamlined qualitative research workflows — tagging, clustering, and surfacing patterns from interview recordings and transcripts.

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ChatGPT

Accelerated synthesis and exploratory analysis during early-stage research — especially for rapid hypothesis generation.

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Figma + AI Plugins

AI-assisted visualisation support to create faster journey maps, research artifacts, and usability flow representations for stakeholders.

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Cursor

Rapid experimentation tool during early-stage concept validation — exploring technical feasibility of research-informed design hypotheses.

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