CLOUD & DESIGN SERVICE

Product design that ships and scales

Research, information architecture, interaction, and visual design integrated with engineering — so what a designer draws is what a user actually gets.

CAPABILITIES

What product design covers on our team

Design is one continuous discipline from research to component library — not a series of hand-offs to lose meaning across.

Product research

Interviews, diary studies, and quantitative analysis to ground design decisions in real user behavior.

Information architecture

Sitemaps, taxonomies, and navigation models that make products browsable and predictable at any size.

Interaction design

Flows, states, motion, and micro-interactions that make complex products feel comprehensible.

Visual & brand design

Typography, color, and layout systems that carry a distinct product voice without fighting the content.

Design systems

Token-first component libraries in Figma and Storybook that keep the product coherent as it grows.

Usability testing

Moderated and unmoderated testing on the flows that matter, with findings translated into concrete changes.

HOW WE ENGAGE

A path from insight to shipped design

Four phases that keep design integrated with product and engineering rather than isolated from them.

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Discovery & research

We map users, jobs, and constraints, and gather enough evidence to make the first round of decisions with confidence.

02

IA & wireframes

Structure and flows worked out at low fidelity so we resolve navigation and hierarchy before pixels get expensive.

03

Visual & prototype

High-fidelity screens, motion, and prototypes tested with real users on the flows that carry the most business value.

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Handoff & iteration

Specs, tokens, and components handed to engineering with review cycles built into the sprint cadence.

TOOLING

The design toolset we work in

Design, prototyping, research, and handoff tools chosen to keep the pipeline from concept to production clean.

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USE CASES

Where design moves the number

Products where usability, conversion, or coherence have become the ceiling on growth.

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Consumer product redesigns

Full redesigns that lift conversion, retention, and app store rating without breaking the users you already have.

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SaaS dashboard design

Complex data surfaces reorganized around real workflows and information density.

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Design system builds

Token-based component libraries stood up alongside engineering so the whole product surface stays coherent.

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Landing page & marketing UX

High-conversion pages designed and tested against real acquisition funnels, not just aesthetic instinct.

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Mobile onboarding flows

First-run experiences that lift D1 and D7 retention through fewer steps and clearer value moments.

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AI product interface design

Interfaces for copilots, agents, and generative products where confidence, control, and feedback are the design problem.

BUSINESS IMPACT

Outcomes design is meant to move

Design work only matters when it changes what users can do and what the business earns.

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Higher conversion rates

Fewer steps, better hierarchy, and honest copy that lifts sign-up, activation, and purchase without dark patterns.

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Faster user comprehension

Clearer information architecture and interaction so people know what to do without a tutorial.

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Consistent product surfaces

A design system that keeps every screen recognizable as the same product, even across teams.

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Better usability outcomes

Measured improvements on the tasks and flows the business depends on, tracked through analytics and research.

FEATURED WORK

A product designed and shipped

A cross-platform health app with a coherent visual system and adaptive coaching UI.

FitPulse case study Mobile • Health

FitPulse

A cross-platform health app with adaptive AI coaching.

React Native • Adaptive AI Coaching • Wearable Sync

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WHY ZIKOSOFT

Why teams choose us for product design

Designers who work with engineers every day and know what actually gets built.

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Design and engineering side by side

The same team ships the design and the code, so nothing gets lost in translation between Figma and production.

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Research grounds the work

We test assumptions with users and analytics before spending sprints on the wrong redesign.

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Own the outcome, not just the file

Design work carries through to production, with review cycles and QA on the shipped experience.

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Own your design system

Files, tokens, and components live in your Figma and repositories. No dependency on us to keep the system alive.

FAQ

Questions product teams ask us about design

Practical answers on process, research, and how design engagements actually deliver value.

Can you work with our existing designers?
Yes. We often join in-flight teams to add capacity or a specific skill — research, systems, motion — and hand off cleanly at the end of the engagement.
How do you handle research?
Right-sized to the decision. Sometimes that means five moderated sessions on a single flow; sometimes it means a quantitative analysis over months of product data. We match the method to the question.
Do you build the design system?
Yes. We build token-based component libraries in Figma paired with Storybook implementations so design and engineering stay in sync.
How do you measure success?
By the metric the redesign was meant to move — conversion, retention, usability score, task completion time — instrumented before we start, not after.
What about accessibility?
Accessibility is designed in — contrast, focus states, keyboard behavior, and semantic structure — and validated with automated and manual checks before ship.
How do you handle handoff?
Design tokens, component specs, and prototypes handed to engineering with review cycles built into the sprint plan, plus reviews on shipped screens.

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