Lead Product Designer · Financial Finesse · 2024

Designing a financial wellness experience that drives behavior — not just engagement

Redesigning the Financial Finesse Hub to deliver personalized, actionable experiences at scale — increasing engagement 200% and winning enterprise clients including Meta, the Federal Reserve, and the NFLPA.

+200%
Engagement
$12M
Revenue growth
Fortune 500
Clients won
At a glance

The Financial Finesse Hub was a static content library that made users do the work. As the lead product designer, I led a ground-up redesign into a personalized, guided system — turning passive browsing into real behavior change, and driving 200%+ engagement, $12M in revenue, and Fortune 500 clients.

Role
Lead Product Designer
Timeline
2024
Team
Led the design team, cross-functional
Scope
Strategy · Design system · UX/UI · Web + mobile
My Role

Leading the redesign, end to end

Strategy

Reframed a static content library as an adaptive, guided system — and set the product vision and roadmap that got us there.

Team Leadership

Led the design team through the entire redesign — direction, critique, and craft standards across every surface.

Design System

Built the cross-surface design system for web and mobile that kept the redesign consistent and fast to ship.

Behavior Design

Designed for real behavior change, not vanity metrics — onboarding, personalized action plans, and momentum loops.

Client Launch

Partnered with product, engineering, and enterprise stakeholders to launch to Fortune 500 clients — Meta, the Federal Reserve, the NFLPA.

The Problem

A content library that put the burden on the user

The Financial Finesse Hub was a static resource library — content-heavy, generic, and difficult to navigate. Users had no clear starting point, no personalization, and no guidance on what to do next. The product was built around content, not around people.

In a domain where engagement means real behavior change, a passive experience wasn't enough. The opportunity was to rethink the product from the ground up — making it adaptive, intelligent, and deeply personal.

The Solution

From static resource library to guided financial system

We shifted from static content to a dynamic, guided system — built around personalization, action, and momentum. Instead of making users navigate complexity, the product adapts to them:

01

AI-guided onboarding that surfaces each user's priorities in under two minutes

02

A personalized action plan — not a generic dashboard — as the default starting point

03

Contextual content recommendations that adapt with each visit

04

A persistent AI coach (Aimee) available at every step of the financial journey

Experience · 01

Personalizing from the very first moment

A smart onboarding flow identifies each user's financial situation in under two minutes — replacing a generic welcome screen with a personalized starting point that feels immediately relevant.

Financial Finesse onboarding experience
Experience · 02

From zero context to fully personalized guidance

The onboarding flow feeds directly into a personalized dashboard — surfacing prioritized actions, curated content, and relevant tools based on what each user told us about themselves.

Personalized onboarding results and dashboard
Experience · 03

Guidance that moves users forward

Aimee doesn't just answer questions — she connects users to concrete next steps. Every interaction is designed to end in action, not just conversation.

Prioritized action plans based on user context
Smart prompts that anticipate the next question
Direct links to tools, resources, and coaching
AI-powered action recommendations
Experience · 04

A Netflix-style content experience

A recommendation engine surfaces content based on behavior, financial profile, and engagement signals — so every return visit feels more relevant than the last.

Personalized content discovery and recommendation system
Process

Leading a redesign that moved the business

This wasn't a visual refresh — it was a rethink of what the product was for. I led the design team through the whole arc: research and strategy, a new cross-surface design system, and high-fidelity design across web and mobile — partnering with product and engineering the entire way, and staying close to enterprise clients through launch.

Redesign as a visual refresh Redesign as a business driver
Content-first information architecture Behavior-first product strategy
Design hands off static specs Design leads from research to launch
Siloed design, product, engineering One cross-functional team, one direction

The redesign didn't just look better — it moved the business. That's the bar I lead design to.

Impact

A redesign that moved the business

+200%

Increase in platform engagement after launch

$12M

Revenue contribution from enterprise clients

Fortune 500

Trusted by Meta, NFL, JPMorgan, Federal Reserve

Meta NFL JPMorgan Chase CVS Health Federal Reserve Patagonia McKinsey Nestlé Comcast General Mills
Final Takeaway

The Hub went from a static content library to a personalized, action-oriented system that moved users from intention to progress. A redesign led from strategy to launch — proof that design, done right, moves the business.