Project
Barclay’s
Wearables
[ UX ] User Experience
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Project
Barclay’s
Wearables
[ UX ] User Experience
Barclays Technology
Project
Barclays Wearable Apps
Year
2014-2015
Role
UX/UI Hybrid Lead Designer
Supported
- Business
- Product Team
- Brand/Marketing Team
- IOS Team
- Android Team
If You’re Not First
You’re Last
OVERVIEW
Client
Barclays Technology
Project
Barclays Wearable Apps
Year
2014-2015
Role
UX/UI Hybrid Lead Designer
Supported
- Business
- Product Team
- Brand/Marketing Team
- IOS Team
- Android Team
If You’re Not First
You’re Last
OVERVIEW
RESEARCH, LEARN, & TEST
UX Patterns & Similarities
Apple & Android Watch Features
Below are some of the main objectives/features to account for in design and development.
- ATM Locator – quick and easy access to directions to the nearest Barclays branch or ATM
- Charity Step Tracker – Enable customers to generate charitable donations based on the number of steps that are tracked on their smartwatch
- Balance Notifications – Configurable push notifications that alert the customer via their watch when their balance meter reaches a certain point
- Fraud Alerts – Pushing notifications to the customer’s watch to confirm if payment is genuine and enabling them to respond back via the watch to confirm yes or no instantly
- Authentication – Further authentication on the watch application to enable more detailed information to be displayed to the customer and actionable transactions to be triggered from the application
- View last 5 transactions – Giving customers details of the last five transactions on their chosen account enhances the experience when viewing the account balance
User Experience Delivery
- Collaboration & Emersion of info
- Gathered & Created Personas
- Storyboarding / Journeys
- Develop Process / Revise Process
- UX Scope / Feature Books / Version Control Logs
- Evolving / Revising
- Experimental & Testing Designs
- Worked alongside development teams for each device
- Lo-Fidelity Mocks and Flows
RESEARCH, LEARN, & TEST
UX Patterns & Similarities
Apple & Android Watch Features
Below are some of the main objectives/features to account for in design and development.
- ATM Locator – quick and easy access to directions to the nearest Barclays branch or ATM
- Charity Step Tracker – Enable customers to generate charitable donations based on the number of steps that are tracked on their smartwatch
- Balance Notifications – Configurable push notifications that alert the customer via their watch when their balance meter reaches a certain point
- Fraud Alerts – Pushing notifications to the customer’s watch to confirm if payment is genuine and enabling them to respond back via the watch to confirm yes or no instantly
- Authentication – Further authentication on the watch application to enable more detailed information to be displayed to the customer and actionable transactions to be triggered from the application
- View last 5 transactions – Giving customers details of the last five transactions on their chosen account enhances the experience when viewing the account balance
User Experience Delivery
- Collaboration & Emersion of info
- Gathered & Created Personas
- Storyboarding / Journeys
- Develop Process / Revise Process
- UX Scope / Feature Books / Version Control Logs
- Evolving / Revising
- Experimental & Testing Designs
- Worked alongside development teams for each device
- Lo-Fidelity Mocks and Flows
Unifying Strategies
Immersion of Collaborative Teams
From kick-offs to workshops, and meetings, we were immersed in gathering information, asking the right questions, research while compiling our feedback and testing. We all had a role in what we brought to the table. Kyle helped define this project’s extent and streamlined workflows while filling in the gaps of vital information, breaking it down into bite-size pieces for all teams to work simultaneously.
Unifying Strategies
Immersion of Collaborative Teams
From kick-offs to workshops, and meetings, we were immersed in gathering information, asking the right questions, research while compiling our feedback and testing. We all had a role in what we brought to the table. Kyle helped define this project’s extent and streamlined workflows while filling in the gaps of vital information, breaking it down into bite-size pieces for all teams to work simultaneously.
Stunning Looks & Functionality
Stunning Looks & Functionality
iPhone
Barclays pre-existing app – User experience designs of; iPhone integrated settings, features, and necessary screens for the user to connect the iWatch wearable device.
iWatch
User experience and user interface designs to be created and aligned with current branding yet consistent across all platforms.
Android
Barclays pre-existing app – User experience designs of; Android integrated settings, features, and necessary screens for the user to connect the M.Moto/S.Gear wearable devices.
M.Moto + S.Gear
User experience and user interface designs of M.Moto & S.Gear to be created and aligned with current branding yet consistent across all platforms.
iPhone
Barclays pre-existing app – User experience designs of; iPhone integrated settings, features, and necessary screens for the user to connect the iWatch wearable device.
iWatch
User experience and user interface designs to be created and aligned with current branding yet consistent across all platforms.
Android
Barclays pre-existing app – User experience designs of; Android integrated settings, features, and necessary screens for the user to connect the M.Moto/S.Gear wearable devices.
M.Moto + S.Gear
User experience and user interface designs of M.Moto & S.Gear to be created and aligned with current branding yet consistent across all platforms.
Storyboards
Storyboards
Android Moto
Samsung Gear
Android Moto
Samsung Gear
Project Outcome
A GREAT SUCCESS
As a team we hit all of our milestones, staff pilots, testing pilots while accomplishing our Apple / Android launch on time and on iTunes / Google Play. As a result, it turned out as a great success with awesome publications and reviews throughout the UK upon launch.
Awards & Mentions
- Best Apple Watch Apps Available At Launch
- Job offer from Apple prior to launch
- Numerous Publications: UK HuffPost, TechWatch, & Etc
- Barclays gave me a slice of pizza, a cupcake, and a team hand clap as managers were all promoted
Project Outcome
A GREAT SUCCESS
As a team we hit all of our milestones, staff pilots, testing pilots while accomplishing our Apple / Android launch on time and on iTunes / Google Play. As a result, it turned out as a great success with awesome publications and reviews throughout the UK upon launch.
Awards & Mentions
- Best Apple Watch Apps Available At Launch
- Job offer from Apple prior to launch
- Numerous Publications: UK HuffPost, TechWatch, & Etc
- Barclays gave me a slice of pizza, a cupcake, and a team hand clap as managers were all promoted
DON’T TAKE IT FROM ME,
HERE'S WHAT OTHERS HAD TO SAY...
”Kyle is a very bright and versatile designer capable of working on a wide variety of projects. His work on our data visualization dashboards and our watch app has stood out and received great acclaim within the the bank and received positive feedback from Apple.
Kyle is a self-starter who always does his best work and does not need supervision. Kyle has been the glue using design and ideation to connect teams of developers, brand, and the business across the globe.
He is able to generate new business for the team simply by becoming the go-to guy for his clients!
Don RelyeaDirector - Head of Design Technology and Prototyping/O&T Intellectual Property Chair @ Barclays
”Kyle is a superb professional and great executor. He has excellent UXI/UI skills and has delivered projects at senior management level.
Kyle worked with me on several high profile, high value business analytic projects at Barclays. His UX/UI work spanned across multiple organizations that included an Executive Data Analytics dashboard, global Real Estate management and visualization application and a comprehensive Retail Banking analytics application. The functionality, navigation, drill down, branding were all very compelling.
Kyle is a great team player, pleasing personality and focused on delivering exceptional customer experience. Given opportunity I would love to work with him again.
Suresh RaoTechnical Director & Lead of Engineering @ Barclays
”Kyle is a brilliant UI/UX designer, over the course of 10 months he continually delivered high quality designs that completely transformed the look and feel of our dashboards across multiple portfolios, helping to gain buy in from senior executives and business leaders on our analytical projects.
In addition to design, Kyle also has a great understanding of how to translate the needs of an end user into a visually compelling interface that delivers the best user experience possible. I highly recommend Kyle and hope that we get to work with him again in future.
Kesenia AbbohVP, Advanced Analytics & Magnetization @ Barclays
DON’T TAKE IT FROM ME,
HERE'S WHAT OTHERS HAD TO SAY...
”Kyle is a very bright and versatile designer capable of working on a wide variety of projects. His work on our data visualization dashboards and our watch app has stood out and received great acclaim within the the bank and received positive feedback from Apple.
Kyle is a self-starter who always does his best work and does not need supervision. Kyle has been the glue using design and ideation to connect teams of developers, brand, and the business across the globe.
He is able to generate new business for the team simply by becoming the go-to guy for his clients!
Don RelyeaDirector - Head of Design Technology and Prototyping/O&T Intellectual Property Chair @ Barclays
”Kyle is a superb professional and great executor. He has excellent UXI/UI skills and has delivered projects at senior management level.
Kyle worked with me on several high profile, high value business analytic projects at Barclays. His UX/UI work spanned across multiple organizations that included an Executive Data Analytics dashboard, global Real Estate management and visualization application and a comprehensive Retail Banking analytics application. The functionality, navigation, drill down, branding were all very compelling.
Kyle is a great team player, pleasing personality and focused on delivering exceptional customer experience. Given opportunity I would love to work with him again.
Suresh RaoTechnical Director & Lead of Engineering @ Barclays
”Kyle is a brilliant UI/UX designer, over the course of 10 months he continually delivered high quality designs that completely transformed the look and feel of our dashboards across multiple portfolios, helping to gain buy in from senior executives and business leaders on our analytical projects.
In addition to design, Kyle also has a great understanding of how to translate the needs of an end user into a visually compelling interface that delivers the best user experience possible. I highly recommend Kyle and hope that we get to work with him again in future.
Kesenia AbbohVP, Advanced Analytics & Magnetization @ Barclays
