Case study section redesign for a consulting website

Design exercise for SimplifyNext focued on case study browsing and evaluation

Case study section redesign for a consulting website

Design exercise for SimplifyNext focued on case study browsing and evaluation

Role

End to end UX Design ( Audit - Information Architecture Restructure - Prototype )

Context

Design test for B2B consulting website

Scope

Restructured and redesigned the “Use Cases” section for clarity and discoverability

Constraints

1-week turnaround, no access to internal analytics or users

01 - Business Risk

  • Prospects could not quickly identify relevant case studies aligned with their industry or problem.

  • Poor discoverability reduced the persuasive impact of case studies as sales proof points.

  • Friction in scanning and comparison increased the likelihood of early drop-off.

  • Weak case study structure risks underrepresenting the company’s expertise during evaluation.

02 - Current Structural Audit

Horizontal scroll cards

  • Hard to see all case studies at once

Mobile card layout

  • No visual cue more cards exist

Footer section errors

  • Layout break

  • Inconsistent spacing

  • Visual error

Case study Readability

  • Dense paragraphs

  • High reading load

  • Low scan ability

Tags/Filters issue

  • Repeated tags

  • No hierarchy

  • Limited filter functionality

Issue

Structural Impact

  • Case study cards on the front page are partially hidden and require horizontal scrolling

  • Limits visibility and reduces scan ability

  • No clear grouping by industry or service type

  • Prospects cannot quickly identify examples relevant to them

  • Repeated tags across case studies

  • Filters do not meaningfully narrow results

  • Copy readability score is overly complex

  • Increases cognitive effort during evaluation

  • Footer errors and layout inconsistencies

  • Weakens perceived credibility

03 - Current structure vs Proposed structure

Shifting from flat browsing to structured discovery

Current structure

Use Cases page

Linear grid of case studies

  • Mixed industries

  • Mixed services

  • Overlapping tags

Proposed structure

Use Cases page

Structured filtering layer

  • By Solution type

  • By Use case

  • By Industry

  • By Department

Structured case grid

  • Grouped by relevance

  • Comparable across dimensions

04 - Classification Logic

Instead of presenting case studies as a flat grid with loosely applied tags, I reorganized them across four structured dimensions:

  • Solution Type (What capability is delivered?)

  • Use Case / Objective (What problem is being solved?)

  • Industry (Who is this for?)

  • Department (Which functional team benefits?)

Each case study is mapped across these dimensions, enabling prospects to filter by the lens most relevant to them.

Case study

Solution type

Use case

Industry

Department

Speeding Up Legal Reviews with Automated Clause Detection

Gen AI & Agentic Systems

Contract Review & Compliance

Corporate / General Enterprise

Legal & Compliance

Improving Expense Claim Turnaround by Supporting Finance with AI

Intelligent Document Processing

Expense & Claims Automation Review

Corporate / General Enterprise

Finance

Reclassifying Years of IT Incidents to Build a Smarter Ticketing System

Process Mining

Incident Management & Classification

Technology

IT / Service Management

05 - Key Decisions

Decision

Alternatives I considered

Why I chose this

Tradeoffs

Designed the “Industries We Serve” section as dynamic filter triggers instead of static navigation links.

Link each industry to a separate landing page.

Keeps the structure of the whole page while allowing quick, low-friction entry by industry.

Requires synchronization between shortcut filters and dropdown filter state.

Implemented four structured filter dimensions: Solution Type, Use Case, Industry, Department.

Refine and expand the existing tag-based system.

Structured dimensions reduce ambiguity and allow multiple discovery paths depending on user mindset.

Increased complexity in content classification and maintenance.

Replaced linear scrolling layout with a structured, filter-responsive grid.

Maintain scroll layout with improved sorting.

Improves scannability and comparison across multiple cases.

Grid layout requires clearer visual hierarchy to avoid clutter.

Rewrote case study titles to emphasize business impact over technical implementation.

Retain descriptive system-based titles.

Case study titles function as persuasive proof points

May reduce immediate visibility of technical depth at first glance.

06 - Before/After

Before

After

  • Flat, linear case grid

  • Only 3 filtering criteria

  • Overlapping / repetitive tags

  • Titles descriptive but not outcome-forward

  • No industry shortcut navigation

  • Industry icons function as dynamic filters

  • Multi-dimensional filtering (Solution Type, Use Case, Industry, Department)

  • Structured, filter-responsive grid

  • Clearer, more outcome-forward case titles

  • Added embedded contact and FAQ sections

  • Dense paragraphs, low scannability

  • No visible reading metadata

  • No clear hierarchy in headline

  • Limited use of visual data / metrics

  • Small, secondary related case cards

  • Clear, outcome-driven headline

  • Added publish date, reading time, share options

  • Rewritten copy for readability and scannability

  • Introduced metrics and client quotes

  • Integrated data visuals and structured sections

  • Enlarged, consistent related case cards

07 - Final designs

08 - Validation Plan

  1. Filter Usage & Narrowing Efficiency

  • Measure % of users who engage with filters

  • Track average number of filters applied per session

  • Compare time-to-first-case-click before vs after

Success Indicator:

Users apply filters earlier and reach relevant case studies faster.

  1. Case Study Engagement Depth

  • Scroll depth on case study pages

  • Time spent on page

  • Click-through to contact or related case

Success Indicator:

Higher engagement on filtered case views vs unfiltered browsing.

  1. Sales Support Impact

  • Track case studies referenced in sales conversations

  • Measure conversion rate from case study page to contact form submission

  • Compare bounce rate from Use Cases page

Success Indicator:

Improved case study influence in prospect evaluation flow.

09 - Reflections

  • At first glance, this looked like a layout issue. But after mapping the content, I realised the bigger problem was how the case studies were classified and filtered.

  • I had no analytics access, so I had to reason through how prospects might approach the page — whether by industry, by problem, or by outcome — and structure the filters accordingly.

  • Converting “Industries We Serve” into a filter trigger helped preserve the overall page structure while reducing friction in discovery.

  • This project reinforced that clarity in structure reduces the need for visual decoration.

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