Strategic design for complex account integration: A prototyped and tested solution encompassing UX best practices and brand strategy

How can a consumer product integrate user accounts across all brands while providing a coherent and desirable user experience?

Client & Project Information

Client: International manufacturing company

Industry: Manufacturing

Area of focus: Design of the migration of users into a multi brand platform

Engagement Duration: 8 months

Status: Live

Role & Responsibilities

Lead:

  • Led junior UI designer and visual designer

  • Solution design communications

Design:

  • Persona, user journey and flow

  • User interaction design

  • High-fidelity prototyping

Methods used

Persona design

Journey mapping

High-fidelity prototyping

Usability testing

Structured interviews

Tools used

High-fidelity prototyping

Project management

persona design

Journey mapping


The Task at Hand

Strategic Solution for a Multi-brand Account

Complex account integration requiring strategic design recommendations.

UX best practices, user testing, copy-writing and brand strategy in a ready-to-implement prototyped and tested package solution.

The Approach

Why this approach

  • The client decided to integrate user accounts to improve the customer experience by reducing friction.

  • The change proved challenging and too complex for users due to its intricacies, involving multiple scenarios and technical constraints.

  • The client enlisted PwC Experience Consulting's help to create a user-friendly, transparent, and trustworthy solution for users.

The Outcome

  • By applying strategic design and UX best practices, we provided comprehensive recommendations for interaction patterns, user flows, interface design, and copy, ultimately enhancing the overall user experience.

  • Through intensive testing with in-target users, we iteratively adapted the solutions to align with user needs, ensuring a user-focused solution.

  • To meet various user scenarios, we developed a versatile solution, delivering a ready-to-implement prototype for a multi-brand account to the client.

Defining, designing and validating

Translating the business requirements

First, analysed and mapped the high-level flow based on the business requirements. We also defined user groups, created personas, and their future user journeys within the new multi-brand ecosystem.  

Prototyping the new flows

Then, designed the new user flows and created new copywriting aimed at ensuring the users’ dedication to the brands and combined all into high-fidelity prototypes.

Testing and tweaking

Finally, tested the new flows with 5+1 people from each of the four user groups and after analysing the results, made the minor modifications to the flow and the copywriting.