Case study

Accessibility

Client
Citizens Financial Group
Designing for accessibility - Citizens Financial Group

Citizens Financial Group delivers a broad range of financial services to millions of individuals, companies, non-profits, and institutions.

Business Outcomes

50%+
Increase in snackbar visibility during user testing.

The problem

People were having a hard time distinguishing snackbars from the rest of the content.

Opportunity

Fix this known color contrast / accessibility issue before code freeze.

  • Resources: UX research team was fully booked for the next few weeks.
  • Time: 2 weeks before code freeze.

My role

Leading design from concept to execution.

As the lead product designer, I was responsible for:

The work

From first concepts to shipped screens.

Conducting user research to address a color contrast / accessibility issue.
Conducting user research to address a color contrast / accessibility issue.
Before and after snackbar designs.
Before and after snackbar designs.
Final snackbar designs.
Final snackbar designs.
Final banner designs.
Final banner designs.
Collaborating with engineering to ensure our products and features are of the highest level of craft and execution.
Collaborating with engineering to ensure our products and features are of the highest level of craft and execution.

Outcome

Insights from user testing provided us with a clear direction. The dark green snackbar was selected as the final design.

Deliverables

Visual designsPrototypesFindings from user research

Testimonial

“
Thank you, Hugo, for being an excellent teammate on the National Banking initiative. You have continued to connect and collaborate with your peers and have been an active contributor. You share your work and include others in your process, and share your insights.”

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