Söderberg & Partners

Söderberg & Partners

Söderberg & Partners

Söderberg & Partners

Söderberg & Partners

Söderberg & Partners

One of the leading financial advisory and insurance firms in the Nordics.

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Salary exchange calculator on a mobile screen.
Salary exchange calculator on a mobile screen.

Key insights

Planned and conducted user tests to uncover how potential customers perceive and navigate the site. Facilitated workshops and delivered a final report with actionable improvements, including redesigned contact forms, booking flows, and a new holistic web approach.

Client

Söderberg & Partners

Role

UX/UI Designer, Workshop Facilitator

Skills

UX, strategy, research, user testing (in-person), wireframing, prototyping, maintaining design system, visual design, accessibility (WCAG AA+)

Let's dive into case study details

Challenge

The project was initially focused on evaluating the website’s accessibility through user testing, but soon expanded to address a more immediate need:

  • There were limited insights into how potential customers perceive and navigate the site

  • Difficulty tailoring the digital experience for distinct audience groups

  • A need to validate internal assumptions before future design investments

Goals

  • Understand the motivations and behavior of potential customers

  • Uncover pain points and usability issues across key journeys

  • Deliver a strategic foundation for upcoming design decisions

My role & contributions

I worked across the full design process in a cross-functional team:

  • Facilitated workshops with the website team to analyze the current state and generate ideas based on user insights

  • Planned and conducted in-person user tests with users that could be potential customers

  • Mapped user needs and patterns from test results in Miro to create a clear visual summary

  • Created wireframes and prototypes in Figma

  • Delivered and presented a final report with concrete recommendations and suggested next steps

Results

  • Deepened client understanding of how potential customers engage with their website and the brand in general

  • Highlighted key friction points in navigation and content flow

  • Resulted in redesigned contact forms and booking flows, directly addressing user pain points

  • One key discovery was that the contact forms were a major source of user frustration, which had not been fully recognized before

  • Delivered a prioritized backlog with numerous improvements

Key learnings

  • Talking directly to potential users is invaluable for strategic clarity

  • Early research gives confidence and direction before starting costly redesign work

  • Real behavior often contradicts assumptions – and that’s where the real value lies

Joakim Sommar in a meeting

Joakim Sommar

Sr. UX/UI Designer + Accessibility Specialist

Curious to talk design, accessibility, or future opportunities?

Joakim Sommar in a meeting

Joakim Sommar

UX/UI Designer
+ Accessibility Specialist

Curious to talk design, accessibility, or future opportunities?

Joakim Sommar in a meeting

Joakim Sommar

Sr. UX/UI Designer + Accessibility Specialist

Curious to talk design, accessibility, or future opportunities?