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Monaco Compensation Lawyers Website

Company: Monaco Solicitors

Built an atomic design system from scratch—scalable components, dev docs, 57k+ sessions, slashed build time, doubled key service traffic.

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Project Duration

2 years

Services Provided

Branding, Product Design, Web

What is it

  • Monaco Solicitors is one of Australia's largest personal injury law firms (founded 1999) with 29 locations nationwide
  • Specialises in personal injury claims, TPD, negligence, and income protection cases with a 98% success rate
  • Monaco Compensation Lawyers is Australia's highest-rated compensation law firm
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Project scope & challenges

  • Complete Website Redesign & Design System Development: Fully redesigned an existing website by creating a comprehensive design system using client-provided design concepts, ensuring visual consistency and scalable brand implementation across all digital touch points
  • Content-Heavy Website Optimisation: Managed and optimised a content-rich website while maintaining alignment with the marketing team's SEO strategy, balancing user experience with search visibility and content discoverability
  • Generate leads through free, obligation-free consultations to assess potential cases
  • Convert visitors into clients using "No Win No Fee" guarantee and 90-day free trial offer to reduce risk perception

Project requirements and UX stage 1

  • Conducted a comprehensive kick-off meeting to gather project requirements, business objectives, and strategic insights that would inform the website redesign approach
  • Developed a strategic site architecture that prioritised SEO optimisation, ensuring proper information hierarchy and user flow throughout the redesign
  • Created a comprehensive component library by identifying reusable templates and modular elements, establishing a foundation for atomic design principles that would scale across all website pages
  • Analysed and restructured client-provided wireframes, proposing strategic improvements to page layouts and user experience based on established design principles and best practices
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Scalable Design System Development

  • Foundation & Architecture: Built a comprehensive design system from scratch using atomic design principles, progressing from basic design tokens to complex interface patterns that ensure consistency across all digital touch points
  • Component Library: Developed reusable UI components with multiple states (hover, active, disabled) and responsive behaviours, including a cohesive icon system that reinforces brand identity while maintaining accessibility standards
  • Implementation & Scale: Created clear documentation and usage guidelines for developers, structuring the system for long-term growth and reducing development time while ensuring consistent user experience across web and mobile platforms
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Key Insights / Results after launch

  • Strong Traffic Volume: 57.7k sessions over 12 months demonstrates substantial market reach and consistent website performance
  • Quality User Sessions: 5:53 average session duration and 2.3 pages per session significantly exceed industry benchmarks for legal websites
  • Service Area Excellence: Both core service areas show exceptional growth: Workers Compensation (110%) and Medical Negligence (103%)
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What Monaco Solicitors says

Michael John Doring

Michael John Doring

Marketing Manager, Monaco Solicitors

Worked with Gabriel on a refresh for the Monaco Solicitors website. I was on the wireframing side of things, sketching out our initial ideas, and Gabriel was the one turning those sketches into super polished final designs in Figma. The guy's not just talented; he's quick and no-nonsense, too. No endless back-and-forth, just clear, efficient work that nailed what we were after. Our devs, who've seen a fair share of designs, were genuinely impressed with his Figma files, which speaks volumes! If you're on the hunt for a UX designer who's not only good but also super easy and fast to work with, Gabriel's your man. Really pleased with how everything turned out and wouldn't hesitate to work with him again!