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GLX Digital

Project Overview

Redesigning complex, compliance-driven interfaces for a B2B  enterprise cargo management solution platform operating in the regulated Oil & Gas and Resources sector.

Client: GLX Digital
Industry: Commodities Trading | B2B Lending
Role: UX/UI Designer
Duration: Jan 2021 – Apr 2023
Scope: Research, UX strategy, UI design, prototyping, design systems

The Challenge

GLX Digital needed a scalable user experience to support a new digital product in a high-stakes trading environment. The platform was complex, compliance-heavy, and required alignment across business, legal, and tech teams.

Key problems:
  • Inefficient communication between design and engineering.
  • Fragmented workflows and inconsistent UI patterns
  • Lack of design standardisation across products

Research & Discovery

I led stakeholder interviews, discovery workshops, and SME sessions to map out user needs and business constraints.

Activities:
  • Conducted 1:1 interviews with product owners and compliance teams
  • Mapped workflows for key user types: traders, managers, auditors
  • Synthesised insights into personas and journey maps

“Speed and accuracy were critical, but trust and traceability couldn’t be compromised.”

User interviews

One-on-one conversations with users helped us understand their needs, motivations, behaviors, and challenges.

Usability testing

Evaluating user interaction with a prototype helped us undesrstand how effective the interaction pattern was by observing them perform specific tasks.Competitive analysis

Competitive analysis

Comparing the strengths and weaknesses of your product with those of your competitors helped us identify opportunities for improvement and differentiation.

Design review

Evaluating design with the team helped us fine tune the quality and effectiveness of a design solution against established criteria or best practices.

Persona building

Creating fictional representations of target users helped us empathize with their needs, goals, and preferences to create more effective designs.

Journey mapping

Visualizing the steps and emotions that users go through when interacting with a product, helped us identify pain points and opportunities for improvement.

The Solution

1. Design Foundation System (FDS)

I created a scalable design system in Figma that reduced design debt and increased handoff clarity.

  • 50+ components and UI patterns built
  • Tokenized typography, spacing, and colour
2. Prototype-Driven Validation
3. End-to-End UI Design
  • Built interactive prototypes to test workflows early
  • Used stakeholder feedback to drive iterative design
  • Aligned final UI with regulatory standards and accessibility
  • Used cards, table hierarchies, and visual cues to enhance scanability
  • Designed responsive dashboards, modals, and multi-step flows
  • Prioritised data density while preserving clarity

Outcomes

By delivering a robust Figma Design System (FDS), I streamlined collaboration across teams—reducing design-to-development friction, improving UI consistency across three key product modules, and enabling faster stakeholder alignment. Through interactive prototyping and clear storytelling, I secured executive buy-in and established the FDS as a shared asset adopted company-wide.

What I Learned
  • The value of design systems in regulated environments
  • Prototypes are essential to gain early buy-in
  • Cross-functional communication is just as important as pixels

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