Cantor Fitzgerald
Elevating online experiences in financial services
Services
websites
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Overview
Cantor Fitzgerald is a global leader in financial services with decades of expertise across capital markets, investment banking, and real estate. With a legacy defined by precision and resilience, the firm partnered with Darkroom to redesign its digital platform, building a website that reflects the sophistication of its services while meeting enterprise-grade compliance and performance standards.
Outcomes
40%
Faster load speeds across the redesigned platform
25%
Increase in session duration post-launch
A legacy institution with an outdated digital presence
Cantor Fitzgerald's reputation was built on decades of institutional excellence, but the website didn't reflect it. The existing platform was slow, difficult to navigate, and failed to communicate the breadth and sophistication of the firm's services to clients, recruits, and partners who increasingly expect enterprise-grade digital experiences. The challenge was compounded by strict compliance requirements from Cantor's internal development team, meaning any redesign had to meet both creative and regulatory standards. Darkroom identified that the project required more than a visual refresh - it needed a ground-up rebuild that could deliver speed, clarity, and institutional credibility in a single platform.
Enterprise design delivered at agency speed
Darkroom partnered with Cantor Fitzgerald to design and build a digital platform from scratch, restructuring navigation, creating a streamlined content architecture across capital markets, investment banking, and real estate divisions, and producing motion-driven design that balanced elegance with performance. The team worked directly with Cantor's internal compliance and development teams to ensure every element met institutional requirements while maintaining the design integrity of the final product. The redesigned platform launched with 40% faster load speeds and a 25% increase in session duration, proof that visitors were spending more time engaging with the firm's content and services. The engagement expanded beyond the main site to include a redesign of cantorrelief.org, extending the same design standard across Cantor's broader digital footprint.
