E-Learning · Instructional Design

Account
Life Cycle

Helping employees understand how the entire customer journey works at Veeam

Client
Veeam
Year
2023
Format
Self-Paced
Role
Learning Experience Designer
Customer Journey
3 Journey
Stages
6 Cross-Functional
Teams
1 Onboarding
Experience
01
Marketing Generates Leads Awareness
02
Account Creation Salesforce
03
Opportunity Development Cross-Functional
Overview

When new employees join an organization, they often understand their own role but struggle to see how other departments contribute to the customer experience.

At Veeam, multiple teams including Marketing, Sales, Channel Partners, System Engineers, Customer Success, and Support play a role in moving a prospect from initial awareness to long-term customer success. To help employees understand this complex ecosystem, I designed and developed an interactive eLearning experience that mapped the entire account life cycle from lead generation through customer engagement and retention.

The Challenge

Employees frequently worked within departmental silos. While Marketing understood lead generation and Sales understood opportunity management, many employees lacked visibility into how the broader organization worked together to support customers.

This created challenges such as:

Design Challenge
The business needed a scalable way to provide employees with a high-level understanding of how customer accounts move through the organization.
My Role
Learning Experience Designer

I was responsible for the full scope of the learning experience, from initial content analysis through final delivery and testing.

Conducting content analysis Organizing the account life cycle into a learner-friendly structure Designing the instructional strategy Creating visual assets and interactions Developing the course Collaborating with stakeholders and SMEs Testing and refining the learning experience
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Understanding the Problem

The source material contained multiple departments, workflows, and role responsibilities. Rather than presenting information as a static organizational chart, I wanted learners to understand the account life cycle as a connected journey.

Key Design Question
How do we help employees understand the entire customer journey without overwhelming them with process-heavy content?
The Solution

I designed a guided learning experience that followed the same path a customer would take through the organization. The course was divided into three logical stages.

Stage 01
Marketing Generates Leads

Learners explored how prospects enter the funnel through a variety of marketing activities. Interactive activities helped learners identify potential customers versus non-potential customers.

  • Webinars
  • Whitepaper downloads
  • Free trials
  • Marketing campaigns
Lead Sources
Webinars
Whitepaper Downloads
Free Trials
Marketing Campaigns
Stage 02
Account Creation

Learners followed the process of converting prospects into accounts, understanding how potential customers move into active sales engagement.

  • Salesforce account creation
  • Team assignment
  • Opportunity creation
  • White-space account management
Salesforce Process
1Salesforce Account Creation
2Team Assignment
3Opportunity Creation
4White-Space Management
Stage 03
Opportunity Development & Account Nurturing

Rather than presenting departments independently, the experience showed how teams work together throughout the account lifecycle. This systems-based approach helped learners see the bigger picture behind customer interactions.

Teams Involved
Marketing
Sales
Channel Partners
System Engineers
Customer Success
Support
Design Decisions
Visual Storytelling
I used Veeam-branded illustrations and a consistent visual language to transform what could have been a dry business process into a more approachable learning experience.
Progressive Learning
Information was revealed in stages rather than all at once. This reduced cognitive overload and helped learners focus on one phase of the account journey at a time.
Interactive Learning
Instead of relying solely on informational slides, activities encouraged learners to categorize prospects, apply decision-making skills, and connect business processes together.
Final Result

The final product was an interactive onboarding course that provided employees with a clear understanding of how customer accounts move through the organization. Learners were able to:

Understand the full customer journey
Recognize how departments interact
Identify key roles and responsibilities
Improve cross-functional awareness
Build stronger organizational knowledge during onboarding
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Protecting Client Confidentiality

Throughout my career, I’ve partnered with organizations across healthcare, financial services, technology, and telecommunications to design learning experiences, digital products, and communication campaigns.

Because much of this work contains proprietary information, internal processes, or confidential business content, the portfolio examples presented here have been selectively edited. Rather than displaying complete courses or full project deliverables, I’ve included representative sections that demonstrate my design thinking, creative approach, and technical execution while honoring the confidentiality and trust of the organizations I’ve worked with.

Protecting client information is just as important as showcasing my work.

Reflection & ROI

This project reinforced the importance of systems thinking in instructional design. The challenge was not teaching individual job tasks -- it was helping learners understand how an entire organization works together to support customers. By focusing on process visualization, progressive disclosure, and meaningful interactions, the course helped employees see beyond their immediate responsibilities and understand their role within the larger customer ecosystem.

Business Value
Key Takeaway
One of the most valuable lessons from this project was learning how to simplify complex business systems without oversimplifying them. When employees understand the "why" behind a process -- not just the steps -- they are better equipped to collaborate, make decisions, and contribute to business outcomes.
Tools & Technologies
Articulate Rise 360 Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Adobe After Effects SME Interviews
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