Standard Bank

Group digital platforms & communication

Standard Bank’s internal ecosystem was fragmented, with knowledge scattered across siloed systems and teams. This created misalignment, inefficiencies, and difficulty scaling digital capabilities. The Channels Hub was envisioned as a central platform unifying internal tools and channels.

Client

STANDARD BANK

Timeline

6 MONTHS

Services

UX

Website

INTERNAL

Challenge

  • Dispersed institutional knowledge across documents and individuals
  • Lack of a centralized source of truth for internal platforms
  • Redundancy and inefficiency in decision-making
  • Need for alignment across diverse business units

Goal

How might we consolidate fragmented knowledge into a unified, user-centered framework that supports collaboration, governance, and scalability?

  • Stakeholder Interviews & Contextual Inquiries: Captured pain points and expectations
  • Ecosystem & Journey Mapping: Visualized relationships and workflows
  • Workshops & Heuristic Analysis: Validated insights and refined priorities
  • Framework Development: Synthesized findings into a structured, navigable model

Result

Delivered a UX-led framework that:

  • Consolidated scattered knowledge into a single source of truth
  • Defined user needs, system relationships, and operational flows
  • Informed product direction and platform architecture
  • Enabled cross-functional teams to make decisions with clarity and confidence

Key Capabilities Demonstrated

  • Strategic UX research in complex ecosystems
  • Knowledge consolidation and ecosystem mapping
  • Facilitating alignment across diverse stakeholders
  • Driving user-centered frameworks for scalability

Prototyping

User testing

Interaction design

Design systems

Responsive design

Iconography and illustrations

Product lifecycle management

Agile methodology

Business acumen

Problem solving

Communication & presentations

Sketch

Indesign