Building a Modern Employee Onboarding Experience for Xonboard
Building a Modern Employee Onboarding Experience for Xonboard
ROLE
Solo UI & Visual Designer
TIMELINE
May 2023 - Present
TOOLS
Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
WEBSITE
Xonboard
Overview
Xonboard is an Australian employee onboarding platform built for Xero, helping businesses simplify onboarding through a single employee invite workflow.
Over multiple years, I worked as the sole designer responsible for evolving the platform’s visual identity across product UI, branding, responsive landing pages, and conference materials.
Project Goals
The project initially began with redesigning the existing dashboard experience to create a cleaner and more modern interface. As the product evolved, the scope expanded into developing a cohesive visual identity system and marketing presence that aligned with the platform’s growing product ecosystem.
The goal was to create a product experience that felt:
Modern and technology-focused
Professional and trustworthy
Clear and easy to navigate
Scalable across both digital and physical touchpoints
My Role
I worked as the sole designer responsible for the visual direction of the product and brand.
Responsibilities
Logo Design
Brand Identity & Style Guide
Responsive Landing Page Design
Employer Dashboard UI
Employee Dashboard UI
UI Iterations & Visual Refinement
Marketing & Conference Materials
Visual Asset Production
Brand Identity
The visual identity was designed to communicate trust, simplicity, and modern technology. The logo mark combines a geometric “X” icon with a clean wordmark system to create a scalable identity that works across product interfaces, marketing materials, and event applications.
Dashboard Redesign
The project initially started with redesigning the dashboard experience for both employers and employees. The goal was to modernize the interface, improve visual clarity, and create a more cohesive UI system.
The redesign focused on:
Cleaner layouts
Better hierarchy
Improved readability
Simplified navigation
Consistent UI components
Responsive Landing Pages
Multiple responsive landing page versions were designed to align with the evolving product and brand identity.
The landing pages focused on presenting the platform in a cleaner and more modern way while improving content structure and visual consistency across desktop and mobile experiences.
Conference Materials
The Xonboard brand later expanded into conference and event materials, extending the visual identity beyond the product itself.
Materials included:
Event banners
Booth graphics
Lanyards & badges
Presentation materials
Printed collateral
Social Media & Marketing Assets
To maintain consistency across product and marketing channels, branded social media templates and promotional assets were created using the Xonboard visual system.
The assets were designed to align with the platform’s clean and modern identity while remaining flexible for campaigns, announcements, and promotional content.
Deliverables:
Social media templates
Announcement graphics
Promotional banners
Event promotions
Brand marketing assets
Outcome
Xonboard evolved into a more cohesive and scalable product experience through continuous UI refinement, responsive design, and brand system development across multiple years of collaboration.
The project highlights experience across:
Product UI
Branding
Responsive web design
Marketing visuals
Conference materials
Long-term product evolution