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Fulfillment experience redesign

Transforming fulfillment efficiency through experience redesign

DarwinCX Fulfillment Redesign Hero
Role Product Designer
(sole designer)
Team Designer, PO, team lead,
3 engineers, Fulfillment team
Timeline 6 weeks

Overview

DarwinCX is a B2B publishing platform where fulfillment plays a mission-critical role. I led the redesign of the Segment Builder—the most heavily used component of the system. The existing experience was manual, error-prone, and frequently required support intervention. By grounding the redesign in user research and simplifying both workflows and system interactions, we significantly increased productivity and reduced human error across fulfillment operations.

The problem

A core workflow that was slowing the business down.

The fulfillment Segment Builder was:

Overly manual

Time-consuming workflows with excessive repetitive tasks.

Prone to error

High cognitive load leading to frequent data entry mistakes.

Poorly structured

Lack of hierarchy made finding information difficult.

Inefficient

Unclear system feedback slowed down fulfillment cycles.

Business context

Why this mattered

  • Reduce manual fulfillment troubleshooting
  • Decrease time-to-delivery for end customers
  • Minimize support costs from configuration errors

Stakeholder goals

  • Increase operational efficiency
  • Improve data integrity across systems
  • Enable faster training for new fulfillment staff

Project scope

E2E redesign of the Segment Builder, from auditing the current tool to delivering dev-ready specs.

Research and discovery

Methods

Research revealed deep usability issues and systemic breakdowns across teams.

Users and jobs to be done

Fulfillment team (Primary)

JTBD: When fulfilling orders, I need a reliable tool so I can process work quickly and without errors.

Pain points:

  • High-volume, manual workflows
  • Overly complex steps
  • Cross-team coordination for approvals

Marketing and account managers

JTBD: When creating campaigns, I need an intuitive system to accurately target user groups.

Pain points:

  • Limited technical knowledge
  • High campaign volume

Key insights

What was broken

"This wasn’t just a UI problem—it was a system design problem."

— Design Takeaway

Benchmarking the As-Is experience

Measured before redesigning.

KPIs

This baseline allowed us to objectively measure post-launch impact.

DarwinCX As-Is Taskflow

Design exploration

Simplified the system by redesigning the workflow.

Key ideas used during the design exploration

Validation

Conducted iterative reviews and collaborative workshops with the Fulfillment Team to refine sketches and wireframes.

DarwinCX Design Sketches
DarwinCX Wireframes

Workflow redesign

Reduced steps. Increased clarity.

DarwinCX Mock Flows Redesign

Segment builder v2

Designed for speed, clarity, and error reduction.

Key improvements

Validated with real users

The solution was tested and validated with the Fulfillment team prior to development, ensuring it reflects the needs of the people who use it most.

DarwinCX Segment Builder Final UI

Before VS after

From confusing and manual → structured and efficient

Before

  • Poor content organization
  • Excessive clicks
  • Unclear language
  • No system feedback

After

  • Streamlined workflows
  • Clear guidance and terminology
  • Reduced errors
  • Improved user confidence and speed
DarwinCX Before and After Comparison
DarwinCX Add Segment UI
DarwinCX Edit Segment UI

Results and learnings

Results

Challenges

What I learned