Sifted

Junior Product Designer

London, UK (Remote)

2023-2024

Figma

Figjam

User Research

Product

Cross-sector

Adobe Suite

At a glance:

Though i started off at Sifted as a graphic designer mainly focusing on editorial designs and branding & marketing assets, i quickly developed skills in UI & UX design, and soon took up the position of junior product designer.

  1. Website Home:

Our team transformed a content-heavy old homepage into an intuitive, engaging experience that serves both business goals and user needs.

balancing business requirements with user needs, creating intuitive experiences from complex information structures.

Challenge:

The original homepage suffered from information overload and unclear hierarchy, leading to high bounce rates and limited engagement beyond headline articles.

Methods:

User interviews/researches, data mapping.

Solution:

  • Streamlined information architecture with clear categorisation;

  • Modular card-based system for visual consistency;

  • Improved typographic hierarchy;

  • Strategic whitespace to reduce cognitive load;

  • Personalised content recommendations;



  1. Product pages UI:

redesign of Sifted's product (view) pages - for example, the Talk page, focused on improving the event discovery and registration experience.

Challenge:

The original pages lacked a clear value proposition and had a friction-filled conversion path between discovering events and completing registration.

Methods:

I mapped user journeys to identify pain points and conducted competitor analysis to discover opportunities for improvement.

Solution:

> Event cards with clear visual hierarchy highlighting key information;
> Consistent content structure for easy comparison;
> Strategically placed CTAs guiding users through the decision process;
> Refined filtering system for interest-based event discovery;
> Responsive design for cross-device consistency;