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Senior Product Designer
Northwestern Mutual Compensation Dashboard
A consolidated dashboard that lets Managing Directors finally see how their compensation actually works — pulling fragmented reports into one intuitive financial picture.
Role
Senior Product Designer
Duration
Jan – Dec 2023 · 12 months
Platforms
Web
TOOLS
Figma
The challenge
Field leaders couldn't understand their own compensation. Data was scattered across multiple legacy reports and platforms, forcing them to ask coaches for hand-holding instead of strategically managing their team's production.
Approach
- 01Ran in-depth interviews with Managing Directors and District Directors to map the mental model of how comp actually flows.
- 02Designed a single consolidated view with drill-down clarity — from the at-a-glance number to the underlying production data.
- 03Created a flexible component system that handles multiple comp structures without forking the UI.
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The deeper case study includes the research process, competitive audit, screen-by-screen audit of the original experience, survey findings, and final design rationale. Available on request.