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A closer look at the visual and interaction design behind the work in my case studies.

In my current role as Principal User Experience Designer at Reece Group, I lead the design strategy for customer-facing B2B digital products across Australia and New Zealand. My work includes establishing a research-led culture, overseeing the design vision of our web and mobile apps, and embedding design-led thinking into product and engineering practices. Close proximity to customers at Reece has enabled me to champion a customer-first approach, ensuring design decisions solve real customer problems while supporting business growth.

Previously, as Product Design Lead at 321 Ignition, I applied direct response and conversion-focused design strategies that

Home screen - maX app

The problem: users repeated the same steps on every visit, even though the app already knew who they were.

Original maX home screen
Original maX home screen

BEFORE

BEFORE

maX home screen UI refinements
maX home screen UI refinements

AFTER

AFTER

Phase 1 - Personalise the home screen
  • Closest branch surfaced automatically, using location

  • Product categories reordered around the customer's actual trade, replacing generic categories with relevant ones

  • Search placeholder text tuned to trade-relevant examples

  • Closest branch visually segregated into its own card, so a tradie can open the app and get directions in one glance

maX home screen UI refinements
maX home screen UI refinements

BEFORE

BEFORE

maX home screen
maX home screen

AFTER

AFTER

Phase 2 - Rebuild around what the data revealed

Once usage data confirmed that 88% of sessions start with search and 8% go straight to reordering, that justified a structural rethink.

  • Moved from a category-led screen to a search-led one

  • Larger touch targets, to increase accessibility for trade customers

  • Past orders and commonly purchased products promoted above the fold

  • Branch locator retained, but repositioned as a supporting action rather than a destination

  • Account name surfaced, so users who belong to multiple accounts can be sure they're trading in the correct one

Personalisation included:

  • User's first name

  • Account name

  • Products they most frequently purchase, including stock availability at their home branch

  • Current and past orders

  • Their closest branch

Personalised landing page

A page within maX that turns a generic 'apply for finance' flow into a pre-qualified offer - naming the customer's business and showing their available credit range upfront, using their existing Reece history. Powered by lending partner Laddr, but built and branded as part of the Reece experience, so customers never feel handed off. Removes the guesswork before they even start applying.

  • Customer's first name and business name shown directly on the offer

  • Credit range calculated from their existing Reece account history

  • Pre-populated application using their maX account details

Laddr landing page in maX

Native payment flow

I designed a ground-up native payment experience for iOS and Android, not a responsive adaptation of the web flow. The design centred on two principles: make it easy to review what you're about to pay before you commit, and make it unambiguous that a payment has been submitted. I introduced clear confirmation states, prominent in-progress indicators, and layouts optimised for one-handed use on mobile. The experience shipped across 3 iterative releases over 6 months, with usability improvements validated at each stage.

Online payments web version - before
Card details - before
Card details - before

BEFORE

BEFORE

Online payments mobile - after
Card details mobile - after

AFTER

AFTER

Mobile-first, conversion-first

McLaren Newport Beach - mobile-first dealership site, built to turn browsing into qualified leads. Every core action - get pre-approved, book a service, find a car - sits within a thumb's reach on mobile, ahead of anything decorative, because the target buyer is a busy professional doing research on their phone between meetings, not wandering from dealership to dealership. Trust signals (Google reviews, warranty terms, lender partnerships) are pulled up high rather than buried, so by the time someone walks into the showroom they've already financed, compared, and half-decided - a warm lead, not a cold one.

Mobile-first responsive website design

I redesigned the homepage for Modibodi, a period underwear retailer, using a mobile-first approach. The focus was ensuring the primary call to action, "Shop now," stayed visible above the fold on mobile, with navigation tucked into a hamburger menu to keep the hero message and CTA front and centre. The layout then scaled up to desktop, expanding into a traditional top nav while keeping the same visual identity and hierarchy across both breakpoints.

Marina Watson

Scaling digital products through design

I'm based in Melbourne, Australia on the land of the Bunurong People of the Kulin Nation

2026

Marina Watson. All Rights Reserved

Marina Watson

Scaling digital products through design

I'm based in Melbourne, Australia on the land of the Bunurong People of the Kulin Nation

2026

Marina Watson. All Rights Reserved

Marina Watson

Scaling digital products through design

I'm based in Melbourne, Australia on the land of the Bunurong People of the Kulin Nation

2026

Marina Watson. All Rights Reserved