Five legacy applications. One unified enterprise experience.
Client
Valmont Industries
Platform
Enterprise Web Applications
Role
Product Designer — Embedded
Duration
Aug 2022 – Dec 2025
Tools
01 / Overview
Valmont Industries — a global leader in infrastructure and agricultural irrigation systems — was running critical internal operations on a suite of aging desktop applications. Built on outdated UI frameworks, they were difficult to use, inconsistent in experience, and costly to maintain.
As the embedded Product Designer, I was responsible for researching the legacy systems, understanding how field teams and internal staff actually used them, and translating those workflows into a cohesive, modern enterprise web experience.
“Five applications. Five different eras of UI. One mission — bring them all into a single, unified, modern experience that people actually want to use.”
5
Apps Redesigned
50+
Screens Designed
3+
Years Embedded
1
Unified Design System
02 / Process
Research-first. Workflow-faithful. Delivered across seven phases.
Before touching a single frame in Figma, I spent considerable time understanding how each legacy application functioned — not just technically, but behaviourally. The key principle: fidelity to original workflows. Not reinventing processes — elevating them.
Research
Studied legacy desktop apps, documented existing user flows, identified pain points and missing UX patterns.
Information Architecture
Restructured navigation, content hierarchy, and data groupings to match real user mental models.
Wireframing
Low-fidelity wireframes to validate layout decisions and flow logic before committing to visual design.
Visual Design
High-fidelity UI built on Valmont brand guidelines — clean, neutral, data-forward with Valley blue.
Design System
Shared component library and decision system used across all five applications for full consistency.
Dev Handoff
Structured, developer-friendly Figma files with annotations and spacing specs for seamless implementation.
Prototyping
Interactive prototypes for stakeholder reviews and usability walkthroughs — testing before building.
03 / Applications
Five applications transformed — before and after.
Each application presented unique challenges — from Windows-era desktop UIs to raw data tables with no visual hierarchy.
AG Portal
Central launchpad for Valmont's internal applications
Image-card nav, no hierarchy
No search or filtering
No brand alignment
No personalisation
Icon card launcher grid
Global search + region tabs
Valley brand system applied
Favourite App feature
The portal redesign set the tone for the entire suite — establishing the Valley brand header, navigation patterns, and component language used across all five applications.
SPIN II
Production planning tool — scheduling data and planner management
Plain instruction text, no nav
Unstyled table, raw delete links
Valley header + tabbed nav
Sortable grid + pagination
Security App
User access, roles, and permissions management across Valmont's systems
Heavy green Windows-era UI
Raw table + arrow transfer widget
Valley header + clean white
Structured sidebar + card grid
One of the most complex redesigns — managing nested permission structures required careful IA to keep all controls accessible without overwhelming administrators.
SOS — Schedule of Supply
Weekly supply scheduling across production sites
Dense spreadsheet, yellow headers
Tiny controls, no breathing room
Clean 5-week grid, Valley brand
Spacious dropdowns + slot counters
OJV — Order Jacket Viewer
Order documentation lookup and management
Old Valmont Irrigation blue blocks
Raw table, VIEW/Delete text links
Unified Valley header + DB selector
Sortable columns + pagination
04 / Outcome
“Across three years of embedded design work, five disconnected, aging desktop applications became a cohesive, modern enterprise web experience — built on a shared design system and ready for development handoff.”
5
Apps Unified
50+
Screens
1
Design System
100%
Dev-Ready
Design System
Shared component library following Valmont brand guidelines — used across all 5 apps.
50+ Screens
Wireframes, high-fidelity UI, and interactive prototypes for every flow and state.
Dev-Ready Files
Structured, annotated Figma files for seamless engineering handoff.
Unified UX
Consistent navigation, patterns, and visual language across all 5 applications.
Valley Dealer Suite
A centralized mobile hub for the Valley® dealer ecosystem — order tracking, notifications, and app launchpad in one iOS application.
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