ZOLEO Customer Portal Redesign Context

Project Overview

Project: Customer Portal Redesign & UX Tracker
Platform: Web
Tools: Figma, Atlassian suite, Prismic, Airtable, Zendesk, Almanac

Career Progression

  • 2022: UX Design Intern

  • Early 2023: Promoted to Senior Designer, sole designer for major project

Context

ZOLEO, a global messaging solutions provider, experienced 200%+ user growth (2020-2022), reaching 80,000+ users worldwide. This rapid expansion necessitated a comprehensive redesign of their MyZOLEO customer portal.

Challenge

Redesign the customer portal to:

  1. Accommodate explosive growth

  2. Simplify complex processes

  3. Lay groundwork for future feature integration

Key Responsibilities & Achievements

  1. End-to-end redesign leadership: Managed entire process from concept to implementation as sole designer

  2. Data-driven, user-centric approach: Analyzed 10,000+ support tickets to inform design decisions

  3. UX optimization: Streamlined complex user flows, enhancing experience and reducing support ticket volume

  4. Design system development: Created and maintained a tokenized system for platform-wide consistency

  5. Feature innovation: Conceptualized and designed new features to meet evolving user needs

  6. Cross-functional collaboration: Worked closely with stakeholders, developers, and support teams

  7. Strategic content planning: Developed Content Map for smooth product rollout and user adoption

Impact

  • Demonstrated value of user-centered design, leading to rapid career advancement

  • Significantly improved user satisfaction and reduced support tickets (metrics available)

  • Established flexible foundation for future feature integration and product scaling

Key Projects

1. Streamlining Device Management (Q3-Q4 2023)

Simplified user experience and enhanced communication in response to UAT-identified issues.

2. UX Tracker Development (Q4 2022)

Refined 12,000+ user feedback points from Zendesk into a powerful, filterable UX Tracker for data-driven decision-making.

3. Content Mapping for Developer Efficiency (Q4 2023-On hold)

Created comprehensive breakdown of design screens with content, code IDs, and logic to bridge design-development gap.

4. MYZ Dashboard Revitalization (Q4 2023)

Designed dedicated dashboard to provide clear account overview, enhancing user experience and satisfaction.

Key Learnings

  • Led complex redesign projects

  • Balanced user needs with business objectives

  • Effectively communicated design decisions to diverse stakeholders

  • Applied user-centered design principles for real-world impact