Sokunthy
Vathana
I’m a product designer who turns tangled workflows into tools people enjoy using. Eight years across fintech, health, and travel.
Available for freelance from January
Selected work
LedgerlyBanking app, 2025
Redesigned the money-transfer flow for a neobank. Fewer steps, clearer fees, and a confirmation screen people actually read.
- Role
- Lead designer
- Result
- Transfer drop-off down 31%
- Tools
- Figma, Maze, React
TidepoolHealth tracking, 2024
A daily check-in app for people managing chronic conditions. I designed the onboarding, the symptom log, and the weekly summary.
- Role
- Product designer
- Result
- 4.8★ across 12,000 reviews
- Tools
- Figma, Principle
WayfarerTravel booking, 2023
Built a design system and rebuilt search and checkout for a trip-planning startup, cutting design-to-dev handoff time in half.
- Role
- Design systems lead
- Result
- 120 reusable components
- Tools
- Figma, Storybook
FieldnotesPersonal project, 2022
A small notes app for researchers, designed and coded in my spare time. It taught me to ship, not just draw.
- Role
- Designer and developer
- Result
- 3,000 active users
- Tools
- Figma, Svelte
About
I start with the person using the product, then work outward to the interface. I like sketching early, testing with real users, and working closely with engineers.
Outside work I run, bake bread, and collect old transit maps.
- Interaction design 8 yrs
- Design systems 5 yrs
- User research 6 yrs
- Front-end prototyping 4 yrs