Arabic-first, not translated
We design the Arabic experience first and adapt English from it, layout, numerals, dates, bidirectional text and tone of voice included.
UX agency · Riyadh · Jeddah · Dammam
UI/UX design company in Saudi Arabia, for teams in Riyadh and Jeddah
Research-led product, mobile app and website design for banks, government entities, media groups and startups building for the Kingdom, Arabic-first, aligned with Vision 2030 programmes, and tested with Saudi users.
Why teams choose us
A design partner built for Saudi Arabia.
Research with Saudi users
Remote and in-person sessions in Riyadh, Jeddah and the Eastern Province, recruited through local panels and scheduled around the Saudi working week.
Government and regulated sectors
Experience designing public-sector platforms and banking journeys where accessibility, identity verification and trust are non-negotiable.
Same working hours as your team
Our studio works on the same hours as Riyadh, inside your tools, with handoff your engineers can build from the same week.
Local context
What we design around.
The programmes, regulators and expectations that shape digital products in the market. We design with them in mind; your legal and compliance teams remain the authority.
- Vision 2030 and the Digital Government Authority
National programmes and DGA standards set clear expectations for citizen services, Arabic as the primary language, accessibility, and measurable service quality.
- SAMA frameworks for banking and open banking
Onboarding, consent and disclosure journeys for banks and fintechs licensed by the Saudi Central Bank, designed to satisfy review without losing customers.
- Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL)
Consent, transparency and data-minimisation designed into forms, permissions and account settings from the first wireframe.
- National identity and single sign-on
Sign-in and verification flows that fit the identity services Saudi users already know, so trust is established in the first minute.
Designing for the Kingdom’s digital decade
Few markets are building digital products at the pace of Saudi Arabia. Vision 2030 has put citizen services, financial inclusion, entertainment and tourism online in a handful of years, and the standard users expect has risen with it. A government portal is now compared with the best consumer app on the same phone; a bank’s onboarding is judged against the fintech that launched last quarter.
For product teams that means two things. Design quality is no longer a differentiator but a requirement, and Arabic is not a localisation task but the primary experience.
What Saudi users expect
Saudi audiences are young, mobile-first and fluent in well-designed products. They expect to sign in with the national identity services they already use, to switch between Arabic and English without the layout breaking, and to complete a task on the first attempt. They notice when numerals are inconsistent, when a right-to-left screen was clearly mirrored from an English design, or when the tone of voice reads like a translation.
We research these expectations directly, in Riyadh, Jeddah and the Eastern Province, in Arabic, and design against them rather than against a global checklist.
How we work with teams in Riyadh and Jeddah
Our studio runs on the same hours as Riyadh and follows the Sunday-to-Thursday week with Saudi clients. Discovery workshops and usability sessions happen on site when the decision needs the room; design reviews and sprint rituals happen in your tools. Deliverables are built for handoff to in-house or vendor engineering teams, with documentation that survives the next procurement cycle.
Mobile app and website design for Saudi audiences
For most Saudi users the phone is the first and often the only screen, so much of our work in the Kingdom is mobile app and product design: iOS and Android apps designed Arabic-first, from onboarding and payments to the account settings people return to every week. Corporate, government and e-commerce sites get the same research-led approach through our website design and redesign service, bilingual from the first wireframe and built for handoff to your developers.
Our work in Saudi Arabia
For the World Defense Show we designed the digital experience of one of the Kingdom’s flagship international events, a bilingual platform for exhibitors, visitors and delegations. Our work for banks and media groups across the GCC applies the same discipline to products that millions of Saudi users touch every day.
Selected work
Products designed for the region.
A persona-driven website for the World Defense Show in Saudi Arabia, one platform serving visitors, exhibitors and sponsors before, during and after the exhibition, built on a design system calibrated for institutional authority.
Industries we serve in Saudi Arabia
Services
UX/UI services available in Saudi Arabia.
UX research
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ExploreUX audit
We identify what’s working, what’s not, and where to focus next, with a prioritised plan you can ship against.
ExploreDesign systems
Bilingual, accessible component libraries and tokens that keep hundreds of screens consistent across web, mobile and TV.
ExploreBranding
We build bold, memorable brands that connect, inspire and evolve.
ExploreWebsite design
Research-led UX and UI design for corporate, government, media and e-commerce websites, in Arabic and English.
ExploreFAQ
Working with UXNCO from Saudi Arabia.
Do you have an office in Riyadh?
Our studio is in Lebanon and we work with Saudi clients remotely by default, travelling to Riyadh, Jeddah or Dammam for discovery workshops, research sessions and key milestones. Most of our Saudi engagements run on a weekly rhythm of video working sessions plus on-site visits at the moments that matter.
Can you work with government entities and large organisations?
Yes. We are used to structured procurement, security reviews and multi-stakeholder governance, and we document our process and deliverables accordingly. Tell us about your procurement requirements early and we will shape the proposal to fit them.
Do you design and test in Arabic?
Always. For Saudi products Arabic is the primary experience, so we design it first, right-to-left layout, Arabic typography, numerals and dates, and test it with Arabic-speaking participants before adapting the English version.
How do you handle the Saudi working week and time zone?
We work Sunday to Thursday with our Saudi clients and share the same working hours as Riyadh, so reviews and decisions happen the same day rather than the next.
What does a typical engagement in Saudi Arabia look like?
It usually starts with a two-to-six-week discovery or audit to set direction, followed by product design in phases aligned with your delivery roadmap, and a design system so your team can scale what we built. Every phase has a fixed scope and price.
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