Halcyon Pay
A marketing website and onboarding flow for a fictional cross-border payments platform aimed at freelancers and small studios.
Design · UI/UX Design
We turn business goals and user needs into clear journeys, intuitive interfaces and scalable design systems for websites, platforms and SaaS products.
Overview
Good UX rarely gets noticed; bad UX gets noticed straight away. We start with the structure underneath (information architecture, user flows and interaction patterns) and only then refine the visual layer.
The result feels considered: consistent components, purposeful motion, accessible contrast and layouts that hold up at every screen size. We deliver every design in Figma with a documented component library, ready for development.
Problems we solve
Confusing navigation and unclear hierarchy drive people away. We map the journeys and simplify the structure.
Screens designed in isolation drift apart. A shared design system keeps every screen consistent.
Friction in forms and onboarding costs conversions. We find unnecessary steps and remove them.
Unclear handoffs lead to rework. We deliver specs, states and tokens developers can build from.
Key deliverables
The exact scope is agreed for every project. These are the deliverables this service typically includes.
Benefits
Users find what they need with less effort, which means fewer support requests and less frustration.
A component-based system keeps every new screen in line with your brand.
Clear specifications and reusable patterns cut the back-and-forth during the build.
We build accessibility in from the start instead of retrofitting it at the end.
Project process
01
We review your product, analytics and audience, and talk to stakeholders to frame the problem.
02
We map the information architecture and user flows before anything is styled.
03
We test layouts and hierarchy quickly at low fidelity.
04
We apply the brand, build the components and wire up an interactive prototype.
05
We deliver specs and tokens, and stay on hand while the build happens.
Concept work
Self-initiated concepts with fictional brands that show how we approach this kind of work. They are not client engagements.
A marketing website and onboarding flow for a fictional cross-border payments platform aimed at freelancers and small studios.
An operations dashboard concept for a fictional freight company tracking shipments across regions.
FAQ
If you're weighing up this service, these are the questions that usually come up first.
Ask us anythingUX design is about how a product works: structure, flows and usability. UI design is how it looks and feels: layout, typography, colour and components. We handle both, because one rarely works well without the other.
Where the scope allows, yes. That can include stakeholder interviews, analytics reviews and usability testing with prototypes. On smaller projects we rely on established UX principles and a structured audit.
We design in Figma, which makes collaboration, commenting and developer handoff straightforward. You get full access to the files.
Yes. Design and development sit under one roof, so our development team can take a design straight into production.
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