I’m Paul, a product designer and a musician at heart

Currently, I lead the team of 5 wonderful Product Designers, for the Business Banking tribe at Emirates National Bank Dubai - ENBD. Together we did the following…

7

Products

We designed 7 products for clients and staff.

92.5%

Product Maturity & Consistency

We scored 92.5% on Product Maturity & Consistency

22 to 9.5 days

Turn-Around-Time

We helped the business re-design and deliver a Business Account Opening journey that reduced the “Turn-around-time” from 22 to 9.5 days, as of July 2024.

Previously, I worked on the following projects

Emirates National Bank Dubai, 2022

Instant Credit Card Issuance

With a success rate of 60%, the solution we developed can potentially issue 2,200 cards per month in less than 3 minutes once rolled out for all customers.

Emirates National Bank Dubai, 2021

Pay a friend

By improving discoverability and messaging, we achieved a 43.8% increase in activation and a 15% reduction in the rate of dormant users for this solution.

Emirates National Bank Dubai, 2021

Digital Account Opening

We boosted completion rate that was less than 25% by simplifying the process, adding animated illustrations, and splitting it into two parts.

Emirates National Bank Dubai, 2022

Documentation

How we setup a proper process to document mobile and web common layouts and patterns using Figma, Notion and Slack.

Emirates National Bank Dubai, 2022

NymCard

From an idea to serve underbanked societies, to $36.1 million in total funding, and partnerships with Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Western Union, and many more.

Platforms, Guidelines and Policies

Additionally, I’ve worked on many other projects throughout my career and acquired knowledge in various frameworks, platforms guidelines and banking policies

Apple HIG

Material Design

Angular

Storybook

WCAG

React MUI

Open Banking

Talents I worked with

James Palmer

VP Group Head of Design

Emirates NBD

“Paul is an exceptional designer and leader who demonstrates tremendous patience with his teams. I initially brought Paul on board to address an urgent team need and fill a resource gap. Not only did he fulfil that need, he also became an integral team member.”

Senior Product Designer

Mehek Contractor

Emirates NBD

“His feedback has not only taught me a great deal but has also introduced me to new and more organized ways of working…”

Senior Product Designer

Gianbattista Bifulco

Emirates NBD

“Paul's comprehensive grasp of project front and back-end aspects aids in foreseeing technical constraints, proving invaluable to our team's process.”

Always happy to chat

wakedpaul@gmail.com

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