Onboarding

A cosmetic brand built around ritual, beauty and customer experience.

As onboarding begins, we’re mapping the experience across e-commerce, CX, fulfillment, returns, retention, and customer data, then connecting the systems and teams behind the moments that matter most.

Onboarding

Onboarding

Industry

Beauty

Beauty

ROLE

CRM & Data systems Org chart & Team development Fulfilment & Logistics Product & Quality connection

CRM & Data systems Org chart & Team development Fulfilment & Logistics Product & Quality connection

Deliverables

Workflow & Systems Team development E-commerce to CX connect GTM to CX connect

Workflow & Systems Team development E-commerce to CX connect GTM to CX connect

TIMEFRAME

32 weeks

32 weeks

Onboarding

Onboarding

Challenge

Kicker

CONNECTION

WITH DIRECTION

CONNECTION

WITH DIRECTION

A growing beauty brand needed a clearer operating picture across customer care, fulfillment, returns, data, and retention before those gaps became part of their bespoke brand experience.

A growing beauty brand needed a clearer operating picture across customer care, fulfillment, returns, data, and retention before those gaps became part of their bespoke brand experience.

Beauty customers notice the details. Product questions, recommendations, shipping updates, damaged orders, returns, exchanges, subscriptions, promotions, and post-purchase communication all become part of how the brand is judged. As the business grows, those interactions can quickly spread across separate platforms, teams, and workflows. Customer context gets lost, issues get handed off without enough information, and CX ends up solving problems that began somewhere else in the business. Our first job is to understand where those breaks are happening, what customers are actually contacting the brand about, and which systems or teams need to be connected before adding more complexity.

Beauty customers notice the details. Product questions, recommendations, shipping updates, damaged orders, returns, exchanges, subscriptions, promotions, and post-purchase communication all become part of how the brand is judged. As the business grows, those interactions can quickly spread across separate platforms, teams, and workflows. Customer context gets lost, issues get handed off without enough information, and CX ends up solving problems that began somewhere else in the business. Our first job is to understand where those breaks are happening, what customers are actually contacting the brand about, and which systems or teams need to be connected before adding more complexity.

Solution

Kicker

Beauty and care

Meets customer care

Beauty and care

Meets customer care

We’re connecting CX, fulfillment, returns, retention, and customer data around one clearer journey, then building the workflows and technology needed to support it.

We’re connecting CX, fulfillment, returns, retention, and customer data around one clearer journey, then building the workflows and technology needed to support it.

We’re starting with the customer journey and working backward into the operation. That means understanding where customer expectations are being set, where the experience breaks, and which teams own the moments in between. From there, we’re connecting CX with fulfillment, returns, e-commerce, retention, and customer data so information carries forward instead of starting over at every handoff. The technology comes after the operating model. Automation and customer-facing AI will be used where they can remove repetitive work, improve access to information, and resolve simple needs quickly, while higher-value or sensitive interactions stay with the right people. The result we’re building toward is a customer experience that feels as thoughtful and polished as the products themselves.

We’re starting with the customer journey and working backward into the operation. That means understanding where customer expectations are being set, where the experience breaks, and which teams own the moments in between. From there, we’re connecting CX with fulfillment, returns, e-commerce, retention, and customer data so information carries forward instead of starting over at every handoff. The technology comes after the operating model. Automation and customer-facing AI will be used where they can remove repetitive work, improve access to information, and resolve simple needs quickly, while higher-value or sensitive interactions stay with the right people. The result we’re building toward is a customer experience that feels as thoughtful and polished as the products themselves.

Connect CX, fulfillment, returns, and retention around a clearer end-to-end customer journey.

Connect CX, fulfillment, returns, and retention around a clearer end-to-end customer journey.

CRM & Data systems Org chart & Team development Fulfilment & Logistics Product & Quality connection

Use customer data, automation, and governed AI to improve speed without losing the brand’s human touch.

Use customer data, automation, and governed AI to improve speed without losing the brand’s human touch.

Use customer data, automation, and governed AI to improve speed without losing the brand’s human touch.

As onboarding begins, we’re mapping the experience across e-commerce, CX, fulfillment, returns, retention, and customer data, then connecting the systems and teams behind the moments that matter most.

As onboarding begins, we’re mapping the experience across e-commerce, CX, fulfillment, returns, retention, and customer data, then connecting the systems and teams behind the moments that matter most.

As onboarding begins, we’re mapping the experience across e-commerce, CX, fulfillment, returns, retention, and customer data, then connecting the systems and teams behind the moments that matter most.

We don't pitch. We have a conversation.

Every project begins with a free discovery call. No commitment, no pressure.

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Natalie Kiedis

Client Services

We don't pitch. We have a conversation.

Every project begins with a free discovery call. No commitment, no pressure.

Blacklight Logo
A woman with curly hair and a bright smile, wearing a white top, against an orange background.

Natalie Kiedis

Client Services

We don't pitch. We have a conversation.

Every project begins with a free discovery call. No commitment, no pressure.

Blacklight Logo
A woman with curly hair and a bright smile, wearing a white top, against an orange background.

Natalie Kiedis

Client Services

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