UX/UI Consultant · Product Designer

Digitalización
Camaronera

Digitizing shrimp farming operations with Nicosoft to improve operational visibility and enable data‑driven decisions.

ROLE

Product Designer

CLIENT

Nicosoft

TOOLS

Figma, Miro

YEAR

2020

EXPLORE CASE

Starting the journey

This project focused on digitizing core processes in the shrimp farming industry. As a Product Designer and UX/UI Consultant, I led discovery, designed key workflows, and crafted web and mobile interfaces.

Product Design · Web & Mobile · Research

The goal was to improve operational visibility and optimize data‑driven decisions. We achieved a 40% reduction in development time and a 20% improvement in support efficiency by delivering a standardized design system and streamlined workflows.

Key problems

The first step was to understand day‑to‑day operations at shrimp farms to identify where digital solutions could optimize production and improve daily visibility across stocking cycles.

  • Non‑digitized processes There was no digital system in place, leading to fragmented information and limited scalability.
  • Unstructured workflows There were no defined workflows to build digital products or coordinate development with business stakeholders.
  • Need for visibility Farm managers needed a clear, real‑time view of progress across their production projects.

My approach

To understand the operation, I conducted hands‑on research across multiple shrimp farms, observing workflows and daily operational needs first‑hand.

User research

I interviewed farm leads to understand daily needs and created journey maps to surface critical moments.

Workflows

I designed and standardized UX/UI workflows (wireframes and diagrams) before handing them off to engineering, creating alignment and clarity.

Web/Mobile information architecture

I created a site map for web and mobile, defining modules that support decision‑making and future integrations.

Design systems

I helped deliver interfaces and a custom design system that standardized components and accelerated ongoing updates.

Project deliverables

The engagement produced clear artifacts across research, structure, and design—ready for stakeholders to adopt and to speed up subsequent development phases.

01

Research report

Includes field interviews with key users, journey maps, and user profiles documenting production processes.

02

Wireframes & flows

UX/UI flow diagrams and wireframes that defined the structure for web and mobile interfaces.

03

Site map

A detailed site map that structured the product and made it easier to add new functionality.

04

Design system

A standardized UI kit with reusable components and design tokens to ensure consistency.

05

High‑fidelity prototypes

Interactive prototypes for web and mobile to validate key functionality (operations and analytics).

The solution: Real‑time visibility and control

The digital platforms gave farm managers and on‑site teams a single, centralized view to monitor the full production cycle.

Operational analytics & progress

Modules designed for real‑time analysis of cultivation data—from water parameters and feed usage to animal growth.

  • Visibility: A complete dashboard by hectares and ponds.
  • Metrics: Automatic consolidation of biological variables.
  • Control: Better control over stocking and harvest cycles.

Web & mobile multi‑platform

Native and web experiences designed to close communication gaps between supply facilities and on‑farm teams.

For mobile users, the priority was enabling fast operational routines (data capture) in the field. For managerial roles (web), the UI focused on Data Viz.

Success metrics

Improvements observed in the first quarter after launch.

40%

Reduced development time thanks to the design system.

30%

Higher operational efficiency, reducing errors by 30%.

20%

Fewer support requests by empowering users with better visibility.

Visibility

Digitization allowed farm managers to see real‑time progress and bottlenecks across stocking cycles.

Standards

A consistent UX workflow improved productivity and clarity across engineering deliveries.

Clear mapping

With a scalable information architecture and site map, shipping new features is faster and safer.

A standardized design system

Reusable components (inputs, cards, navigation) were essential to ensure speed and scalability in a high‑demand environment.

Delivered with design tokens (typography, color, spacing) and robust guidelines to keep web and mobile interfaces consistent across roles.

Key learnings

“Seeing the farm routine in person changed my perspective—digital must be an enabler, not an operational barrier.”