One of the leading financial advisory and insurance firms in the Nordics.
Client: Söderberg & Partners
Role: UX/UI Designer, Workshop Facilitator
Scope: Strategic UX research, user tests (in-person), design concepts, user-centered user flows and design, and accessibility improvements
Platform: Optimizely CMS
Timeline: ~ 6 months
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