Currently, I lead a team of 5 wonderful Product Designers at Emirates National Bank Dubai, Business Banking tribe.

Together, we achieved the following

As of June 2024

92.5%

Design Consistency Rate

We scored 50% higher than other teams when measuring consistency in typography, design tokens, component structure, and more.

6

Templates

We reduced the number of inconsistent templates from 21 to 6 for building any product.

2

Types Of Users

We created products that offer a consistent experience for both clients and staff.

2

Product Incubation Initiatives

We collaborated with the Service Design & Strategy team, we launched two incubation initiatives for lending asset products.

2

Brands

We designed a consistent experience for both Emirates NBD and Emirates Islamic brands.

2

Service Blueprints

We collaborated with the Service Design team, to create a detailed user journey map for the Account Opening process, addressing both simple and high-risk applications.

7

Business Banking Products

We built Account Opening journeys, KYC Refresher, Lending Products, Live Dashboards and many more.

6

User Testing Sessions

We collaborated with the Research team to conduct major sessions before significant releases.

2

Languages

We ensured seamless support for two languages - English and Arabic - to cater to our target market effectively.

Paul Waked - Monthly GDO meeting July 2024

Monthly Group Digital Office meeting, July 2024

Together, we designed more than 7 Business Banking products for SMEs owners, commonly used by clients and staff.

We organized the way we work together and with others.

We designed the first AI powered solution across all other Retail and Business products for onboarding SME clients.

We promoted a Design oriented culture within the tribe by collaborating with other Design disciplines

Talks about components enhancements with the Design System developers

Service Design sessions mapping out phases, systems, and teams for onboarding SME clients with different diligence profiles

Knowledge sharing with Research team for planned user testing sessions

92.5% Products Maturity

We scored the highest in a “Product Maturity” global assessment across all Retail and Business Products

Paul Wake - Business Banking Global Assessment

We consider trends

Whether international, regional or local Digital banks, FinTech startups or Traditional banks, we always make sure we’re up to the trend every time we propose a solution or a concept

We still laugh a lot…