Censia’s “Warp Drive” is an AI-powered platform designed to help companies identify top executive talent faster. I led the end-to-end UX and visual design, transforming complex data into a clear, guided experience that connects business goals like efficiency, diversity, and ROI to actionable insights.

Role: UX/UI Designer

Collaborators: Product Manager, Data Scientists, Engineering Team

Scope: Product concept, UX architecture, wireframes, high-fidelity design

Goal: Build a platform that helps companies rapidly identify and engage top executive talent using AI-driven insights

The Challenge:

Censia’s AI engine could process millions of profiles and surface ideal candidates based on criteria like experience, skills, diversity metrics, and career trajectory. However, the interface for leveraging that power didn’t yet exist.

We needed to design a usable, credible, and scalable platform that:

  • Simplified the complexity of AI-driven search

  • Supported diverse use cases (executive search, workforce planning, HR analytics)

  • Integrated seamlessly with existing HR tech stacks via API or ATS connections

  • Highlighted measurable outcomes like efficiency, diversity, and ROI

Overview

Censia is an AI-powered talent intelligence platform designed to help organizations make smarter, more equitable hiring decisions. I was brought in to help design Warp Drive, a new product concept aimed at enabling companies to pinpoint highly qualified executive candidates and accelerate the search process using Censia’s proprietary data models.

The goal was to create a simple, guided experience that translated complex AI insights into an intuitive workflow—helping talent acquisition teams uncover the right candidates faster, with measurable ROI.

Research & Strategy

Working with the product and data teams, we mapped out Censia’s user ecosystem—from executive recruiters to HR analytics leads—and identified their key workflows. Through discovery sessions, I learned that users often struggled with translation between business goals and data outputs.

To solve this, we developed a guided flow that started with the user’s intent (“What do you need help with?”), then used AI logic to narrow results through context-based filtering.

Example categories included:

  • HR Function: Executive Search, Workforce Planning, Talent Acquisition

  • Goal: Efficiency, Improve ROI, Increase Diversity, Fill Hard-to-Hire Roles

This approach grounded the user experience in business outcomes rather than technical data structures.

UX Design Process

1. Information Architecture & Wireframes

I created a modular system that balanced simplicity and scalability. Wireframes focused on guiding users through a short series of high-impact decisions that would drive the AI search parameters.

Key design principles included:

  • Progressive Disclosure: Only show what’s relevant to the user’s selected goal.

  • Data Confidence: Reinforce trust by surfacing why certain candidates or results appeared.

  • Consistency: Create reusable components that could scale across multiple HR functions.

2. Visual Design & UI System

In high-fidelity mockups, I evolved the wireframes into a clean, data-driven interface with clear visual hierarchy and modern interaction patterns. Each module was designed to communicate complex insights in a simple, human-readable format.

The visual system reflected Censia’s brand evolution; professional, trustworthy, and tech-forward, while keeping usability at the forefront.

3. Collaboration & Iteration

I worked closely with the CMO, product manager, and data team across two main iterations. Feedback cycles focused on balancing narrative clarity (“Why does this matter to me?”) with product depth (“How does it actually work?”). The final design aligned messaging, functionality, and visual hierarchy into one cohesive experience.

The Solution

The resulting Warp Drive prototype offered an end-to-end experience that allowed users to:

  1. Select their primary goal and HR function

  2. Automatically generate relevant candidate pools and insights via Censia’s AI

  3. View executive summaries with multi-dimensional talent data

  4. Export or integrate results directly into existing HR systems

Each interaction was designed to feel fast, focused, and transparent, mirroring the idea of “warp speed” for talent intelligence.

Impact

Warp Drive established a scalable design framework for future Censia products, bridging AI capability with user-centered design. It positioned Censia as more than a data provider, but a strategic intelligence partner capable of transforming how organizations identify executive talent.

Reflection

This project exemplified my ability to lead design direction from concept to prototype, collaborating across product, data, and marketing teams to align technology with user goals. The final experience simplified complex AI systems into something intuitive and actionable—turning data into design that drives meaningful business outcomes.