family.legalaid.bc.ca
LegalAidBC
Senior Product Designer (UI UX)

Led the redesign of a 900+ page family law platform focused on improving accessibility, usability, and content clarity for diverse and low-literacy audiences.

Key Responsibilities & Contributions:

  • Redesigned core user journeys, navigation, and information architecture within a cross-functional Agile team

  • Created wireframes, UI systems, reusable components, and accessibility-focused layouts aligned with WCAG AA/AAA standards

  • Developed supportive UX patterns, visual systems, iconography, and content structures to improve comprehension during sensitive legal processes

  • Designed the project logo and visual identity, extending the system across digital, print, transit, and marketing materials

  • Collaborated directly with stakeholders, developers, and content teams to maintain consistency across the full product experience

Impact / Results:

  • Improved usability and navigation clarity through research-driven design decisions

  • Delivered a scalable and accessible design system supporting long-term platform growth

  • Increased engagement through emotionally supportive and user-friendly service experiences

Enhanced the product with inclusive visuals, emotional support patterns, and accessible guidance systems using colour-coded steps, illustrations, and plain-language content.

Designed a new logo for the family law website, symbolizing two houses moving in different directions, the green mountains of BC, and a final dot representing resolution and the conclusion of the problem.