SlideHero

Category :

Digital Design, Product Innovation

Client :

Boehringer Ingelheim (Global Leader - Pharma), C&F

Timeline :

2023

Role :

UXD Lead, Design Research, Workshop Facilitation

The
Challenge

In today’s fast-paced, data-driven environments, professionals spend significant time creating, formatting, and personalizing PowerPoint presentations. This manual effort to compile data, structure slides, and ensure consistent design can be inefficient, repetitive, and prone to errors—especially when these presentations are critical to quarterly and annual management meetings.

In multinational corporations (MNCs) with multi-billion dollar valuations, these meetings at country and global levels are essential for guiding key decisions around product strategy, business performance, and growth initiatives. For these organizations, accuracy, clarity, and consistency in data presentation are paramount. Therefore, there is a growing need for a streamlined solution that not only automates the presentation creation process but also ensures data accuracy, visual consistency, and ease of customization.

The Solution

SlideHero aims to bridge this gap by developing a user-friendly, web-based application to automate ready-to-use deck creation. The platform will serve as a powerful tool to generate professional presentations with minimal manual input, focusing on the following key functionalities:

Data Linking Wizard

A guided interface to link data directly to PowerPoint slides, allowing users to populate presentations with live data effortlessly.

Predefined Layouts

A selection of layout options based on a 3-column grid system, enabling users to maintain visual harmony and consistency across slides.

Live Slide Visualization

Real-time previews that allow users to see changes as they make them, reducing the need for repeated adjustments.

PowerPoint Export and Library Management

Ability to export fully prepared presentations, save versions in an organized library, and easily duplicate templates for new projects.

Predefined Data Queries

Built-in data queries that pull from a single data source, ensuring that users always have up-to-date information at their fingertips.

SlideHero will provide an intuitive, time-saving solution for professionals preparing presentations essential to strategic business decisions. By enhancing productivity, consistency, and data accuracy, the platform will support teams in delivering impactful presentations that drive informed decisions within high-stakes, multi-billion dollar MNCs, solidifying its role as a crucial asset for business leaders worldwide.

SlideHero Prototypes

1. End users

2. Admin

03 . Key Highlights & Outcomes

SlideHero – After several rounds of UAT and iterative refinements, a fully functional web app for smart deck creation was launched regionally within the company.

The project delivered a scalable and intelligent reporting solution that:

  • Significantly automated BI deck creation, saving time and effort

  • Reduced manual processes, minimizing errors and inconsistencies

  • Delivered consistent, high-quality outputs across teams

  • Enhanced efficiency in data storytelling and reporting workflows

Due to its strong adoption and measurable impact, SlideHero was later rolled out globally across the organization.