RentRewards
A targeted product experience on Rocket.com designed to engage, nurture and convert the renter audience.
Year
2025
My role
Senior Product Designer
Re-thinking the home buying journey for renters
How can Rocket Mortgage educate this audience on the process, provide a relevant incentive and show renters that home ownership is not only possible, but could be their best financial decision yet?
Target audience
Current renters who are renting for the flexibility it affords them in life, but are interested in home ownership
User feelings
Renters often feel overlooked and burdened by the home buying journey. Renting gives freedom they want right now, home ownership could help them reach financial and personal goals sooner
Project goals
Validate offer
Test the effectiveness of the incentive, a first of it’s kind offer in the industry
Clarify & educate
Provide education and resources to users that make home ownership feel within reach, gain awareness
Inspire to convert
In support of long-term nurturing, inspire users to take action when the time is right and apply, turning awareness into activation
Offer details
Renters would receive 10% of their yearly rent back towards closing costs, capped at $5,000.
(Monthly rent) X (12) X (10%) = closing credit
Target metrics
Time on site
Scroll depth
Click through rate
Conversion
Did you know?
Closing costs can range anywhere from 2-6% of the loan amount, on average around $7,000-$10,000 depending on the price of the home.
My role
Lead designer for the experience, with support from another designer. I led design from concept to launch, and post launch research & ideation
Defined user journey to create alignment
Designed landing page, offer graphics, site-wide placements
Product/design point of contact to stakeholders, thread connector throughout the project
Designed a user test after launch to get insights
Collected findings and presented opportunities and future ideas to stakeholders

Design process
Discovery
Worked with performance marketing and analytics to understand key renter behaviors and motivations
Mapped user journeys based on renter page traffic and engagement patterns
Identified high-impact page placements across the site where renters naturally visit, such as the purchase focused pages, calculators and educational articles
Strategy and design
Designed a custom landing page focused on the offer, eligibility, and next steps
Applied brand-aligned, renter-focused visuals and messaging to build trust
Designed and tested promotional modules on pages with high renter traffic (e.g., affordability calculators, educational articles)
Ensured design consistency and relevance across different placements without interrupting core site flows
Launch and measurement
Worked with data analysts to track engagement and click-through rates
Launched a research study, in collaboration with design researchers, to understand how the offer was landing with users in the renter segment
Designed a series of questions to get the information we needed to make future iterations to the experience
Collected findings and recommendations to share with stakeholders and determine next steps
Outcomes
Launched a new campaign and landing experience specifically designed for renters
Drove increased awareness of Rocket offerings among rental audiences
Established a scalable framework for targeting emerging buyer segments on Rocket.com
Supported campaign performance and audience expansion for the digital storefront team
Increased engagement throughout the site, saw successful traffic on resources throughout the landing page
Highest performing CTAs - Application link, Article about First time home buying programs, Rent vs buy calculator tool
Laying the foundation for long-term engagement
Engagement
Site-wide placements received high click-through-rate to the landing page, based on data tags
Scroll depth
We know from user testing and data analytics, a majority of users made it at least 3/4 of the way down the page and interacted with resources like blog articles and calculators
Conversion
Longer term play, but we are seeing applications increase, all the way to clients who have closed on homes with the program