First Republic Bank

First Republic Bank

First Republic Bank

(app)

(design system)

(fintech)

Role: Creative Director

Manager

Hands-On

Manager

Hands-On

Working with an embedded team of 10 creatives, we set to revamp a legacy finance app into a leader in the tech industry. With an older, less familiar crowd to new technology, each interaction had to be carefully crafted to be as simple as a hand shake.

Bringing a legacy financial institution into the modern digital era.

Bringing a legacy financial institution into the modern digital era.

A system of design that can handle heavy data

A system of design that can handle heavy data

It had to stretch and skew, a lot. We were inheriting decades of users and data of the most sensitive kind. We worked toward something familiar to navigate, yet leaping them into a new tech-first era of mobile banking.

Believe in white space

Believe in white space

A big focus was giving these traditionally dense, spreadsheet-like transactions, more room to breathe. Simple, premium, obvious. No confusion, no reading continuous fine print at every stage. Just intuitive, clear, guided steps to achieve tasks.

10

10

New features, 25 builds pushed

33%

33%

Increase on development efficiency

4.8

4.8

⭑ app store rating

13%

13%

Increase in monthly users YOY