This was a deeply user-centred UX project shaped through close collaboration with the hedge managers who used the tool every day. To ground the work in real user needs, I spent a week at Cardano’s headquarters in Rotterdam carrying out in-depth discovery and research sessions with the team. This gave me a detailed understanding of the tool’s existing workflows, operational pain points and the practical demands of the environment it needed to support.
Using these insights, I worked on translating a complex financial workflow into a clearer and more efficient digital product experience. I focused on improving structure, usability and interaction patterns so that users could move through tasks more confidently and with less friction. Particular attention was given to testing and refining workflow designs in Figma, where I created detailed prototypes to explore different approaches and gather feedback from internal end users before development.
To support consistency and scalability, I also created a design system in Figma based on the UI library used for the product, tailored to incorporate Cardano’s brand. This helped establish a coherent visual and interaction framework for the tool, ensuring the experience was not only more intuitive for users but also more maintainable as the platform evolved.