Transforming trading and cross asset analytics.
Eikon is a financial trading platform that provides tools and insights for market analysis. We evolved Eikon from one massive piece of software into a modular system with 30 + financial tools to provide specific solutions for the different professionals that used it daily.
Impact. I built the creative direction team from the ground up hiring 8 designers across London and New York. By the time I left, we had a full design language, a UX lab running continuous testing, and an MVP released within 12 months.
My role. Creative direction, product strategy, design ops.
From monolithic software to modular system.
Eikon was initially operating as software containing hundreds of different tools, that aimed to financial professionals, from traders to financial analysts. We changed the product’s architecture, to create a modular system of tools, completely customisable, multi platform. We collaborated with senior stakeholders in the business to identify business needs, and designing together the new operating model for the software, organising co - designing workshops and ultimately creating a prototype connected with live data. I was responsible to create the design language, the design system, partnering with the other design leaders to set up the design team for success.
The platform.
The voice of the UX Design & Engineering team.
We established a new cross functional team at Thomson Reuters, which grew to include 80 + developers. To align design and engineering under a shared vision, I led the consolidation of the team’s identity and created a communication strategy across the business and the wider design community in London and New York. This included producing 2 internal documentaries, hosting 3 + external design events per year, and redesigning the Thomson Reuters design studio to reflect the team’s evolving role.
