Good Money

Banking for a more sustainable future. With $1 in the bank, anyone can be a stockholder and fighter of climate change.

role

Senior Product Designer

Sr. Product Designer

Sr. Product Designer

company

AKQA

year

2018-19

Digital banking platform with equity and sustainability focus 
A digital bank that enables users to be “owners” with equitable Good Shares as rewards. The company dedicated 50% of profits to environmental initiatives and was founded by Gunnar Lovelace in 2018. Despite strong mission alignment and market interest, the platform had a confusing customer “ownership” equity model, abstract sustainability promises, and a difficult path to monetize.

 The question: How might we...
Make the impact of user’s sustainable financial choices feel real and tangible? How do we demonstrate immediate, differentiating value that keeps users engaged and optimizes for monetization?

Visual design

User research

Interaction design

Presentation design

Prototyping

Design systems

Web

Mobile

Stakeholder management

What we achieved

Bill-related inquiries

32%

decrease

Reduced billing-related customer support volume by 32% within 1 quarter post-launch.

Bill-related inquiries

32%

decrease

Reduced billing-related customer support volume by 32% within 1 quarter post-launch.

Bill-related inquiries

32%

decrease

Reduced billing-related customer support volume by 32% within 1 quarter post-launch.

Projected annual savings

~4 mil

Verizon projected that over the next year (2019), they'd save approx. 4 million on call center operations.

Projected annual savings

~14 mil

Verizon projected that over the next year (2019), they'd save approx. `14 million on call center operations due to reductions in bill-related call-ins and improved self-serve support.

Projected annual savings

~14 mil

Verizon projected that over the next year (2019), they'd save approx. `14 million on call center operations due to reductions in bill-related call-ins and improved self-serve support.

Sustainability

Carbon footprint

We reduced Verizon’s carbon footprint by simplifying the previously overwhelming, 10-20 page billing statements down to 1 single page.

Sustainability

Carbon footprint reduction

We reduced Verizon’s carbon footprint by simplifying the previously overwhelming, 10-20 page billing statements down to 1 single page.

Sustainability

Carbon footprint reduction

We reduced Verizon’s carbon footprint by simplifying the previously overwhelming, 10-20 page billing statements down to 1 single page.

What we achieved

Bill-related inquiries

Bill-related inquiries

32%

decrease

Reduced billing-related customer support volume by 32% within 1 quarter post-launch.

Projected annual savings

Projected annual savings

~14 mil

Verizon projected that over the next year (2019), they'd save approx. `14 million on call center operations due to reductions in bill-related call-ins and improved self-serve support.

Sustainability

Sustainability

Carbon footprint reduction

We reduced Verizon’s carbon footprint by simplifying the previously overwhelming, 10-20 page billing statements down to 1 single page.

Visual design

User research

Interaction design

Presentation design

Prototyping

Design systems

Web

Mobile

Stakeholder management

Visual design

User research

Interaction design

Presentation design

Prototyping

Design systems

Web

Mobile

Stakeholder management

Good Money

Banking for a more sustainable future. With $1 in the bank, anyone can be a stockholder and fighter of climate change.

role

Senior Product Designer

company

AKQA

year

2018-19

Digital banking platform with equity and sustainability focus 
A digital bank that enables users to be “owners” with equitable Good Shares as rewards. The company dedicated 50% of profits to environmental initiatives and was founded by Gunnar Lovelace in 2018. Despite strong mission alignment and market interest, the platform had a confusing customer “ownership” equity model, abstract sustainability promises, and a difficult path to monetize.

 The question: How might we...
Make the impact of user’s sustainable financial choices feel real and tangible? How do we demonstrate immediate, differentiating value that keeps users engaged and optimizes for monetization?

Visual design

User research

Interaction design

Presentation design

Prototyping

Design systems

Web

Mobile

Stakeholder management

What we achieved

Bill-related inquiries

32%

decrease

Reduced billing-related customer support volume by 32% within 1 quarter post-launch.

Projected annual savings

~4 mil

Verizon projected that over the next year (2019), they'd save approx. 4 million on call center operations.

Sustainability

Carbon footprint

We reduced Verizon’s carbon footprint by simplifying the previously overwhelming, 10-20 page billing statements down to 1 single page.

What we achieved

Bill-related inquiries

32%

decrease

Reduced billing-related customer support volume by 32% within 1 quarter post-launch.

Projected annual savings

~14 mil

Verizon projected that over the next year (2019), they'd save approx. `14 million on call center operations due to reductions in bill-related call-ins and improved self-serve support.

Sustainability

Carbon footprint reduction

We reduced Verizon’s carbon footprint by simplifying the previously overwhelming, 10-20 page billing statements down to 1 single page.

Visual design

User research

Interaction design

Presentation design

Prototyping

Design systems

Web

Mobile

Stakeholder management

Visual design

User research

Interaction design

Presentation design

Prototyping

Design systems

Web

Mobile

Stakeholder management

Thanks for stopping by! If you're interested in working together or seeing a deeper dive of my work, I'd love to connect.

Linkedin

derek.glazier@gmail.com

+1.651.925.7542

Thanks for stopping by! If you're interested in working together or seeing a deeper dive of my work, I'd love to connect.

Contact

Linkedin

derek.glazier@gmail.com

+1.651.925.7542

Thanks for stopping by! If you're interested in working together or seeing a deeper dive of my work, I'd love to connect.

Contact

Linkedin

derek.glazier@gmail.com

+1.651.925.7542

Thanks for stopping by! If you're interested in working together or seeing a deeper dive of my work, I'd love to connect.

Linkedin

derek.glazier@gmail.com

+1.651.925.7542

Thanks for stopping by! If you're interested in working together or seeing a deeper dive of my work, I'd love to connect.

Linkedin

derek.glazier@gmail.com

+1.651.925.7542

Thanks for stopping by! If you're interested in working together or seeing a deeper dive of my work, I'd love to connect.

Linkedin

derek.glazier@gmail.com

+1.651.925.7542

Thanks for stopping by! If you're interested in working together or seeing a deeper dive of my work, I'd love to connect.

Linkedin

derek.glazier@gmail.com

+1.651.925.7542