Creating a consistent user experience and core design system to launch RedStack, the company’s first MVP service.
Project Overview
CyberWerkx is a research and development company building cybersecurity products for education, skills development, and certification. The vision: prepare individuals for the workforce, support them throughout their careers, and ensure they always have the right tools and materials from day one.
My Role
Lead UX/UI Designer
2020
My role was to help the team move quickly by designing the first end-to-end user experience and creating a reusable design system to scale future services. This work laid the foundation for CyberWerkx’s first release: RedStack
THE PROBLEM
Needed a system from scratch to support rapid development
USERS
Security professionals & DevOps teams
MY METHODS
Team interviews, prototyping, user validation sessions
THE RESULT
Cybersecurity education platform (RedStack MVP)
Final Design Direction
The goal was to establish a cohesive, professional user experience that would work across current and future services.
Exploration & Discovery
To align the product with real user needs.
The design process was structured to move fast while maintaining rigor.
Conducted interviews with key team members, security experts, and DevOps users
Identified critical goals: accessible learning paths, clear certification flows, and reliable tools for ongoing professional development
Validated assumptions through early prototypes and feedback loops with stakeholders
UX Design Process
Once I understood the scope, the challenge became building credibility and adoption without over-engineering. My approach focused on fast validation and scalable design.
Wireframes & Prototypes
Created and tested before each build to validate usability and workflows
Design System
Developed typography, color palettes, component libraries, and interaction rules to ensure consistency and speed of development
Iteration
Refined layouts and flows based on user testing and team validation, ensuring RedStack was usable from day one
Documentation
Delivered detailed guidelines so developers could adopt and extend the design system efficiently
Impact & Results
The project successfully set CyberWerkx on the path to growth.
CyberWerkx reinforced the importance of design systems as accelerators in fast-moving product environments.
