Work / 05 · Oppex
Search engine for public tenders
Public procurement is the purchasing of goods and services on behalf of public authorities. Oppex was the world's largest search engine for public tenders.
- Role
- Lead Designer
- Timeframe
- 2015 – 2016
- Focus
- Search · Data-heavy UI · Go-to-market
Design lead and search-engine UI designer for a public procurement startup covering over 1.5 million notices a year from more than a thousand portals.
- Role
- Lead Designer
- Timeframe
- 2015 – 2016
- Focus
- Search · Data-heavy UI · Go-to-market
Outcomes
- Redesign launched five months after design started
- Design operations built from the ground up
- Product and the marketing site both designed
01Finding the needle
Search for 1.5M notices
Oppex covered over 1.5 million public tender notices annually. The platform redesign was led with a multi-talented team of marketers, engineers and designers.
The redesign launched five months after the design phase began. Delivering the new experience required both organizational and digital design — collaboration and connecting the teams were key.
02Startup roles expand
Marketing, photography, whatever ships
Beyond product design: the marketing website and related materials, with some of the photography shot personally and photoshoots organized for the rest.
In a startup, roles expand to cover whatever is needed to get the job done.
What this role taught
Designing a service from the ground up with a new tech stack teaches the value of velocity, product–market fit and go-to-market — and how to scale design operations alongside product strategy.