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Rodney
UX Designer you need to design and simplify leading products

Over 17+ years of UX experience
UX Prototyping Figma Visual Design UX Research Design System Management Content Design Branding HTML/CSS PHP JIRA Notion CAD 3D Design
Gets high quality work done quickly
“I just saw a UX prototype Rodney created with hours notice that quickly resolves some long standing issues. His solution requires less effort and gets us to a resolution faster. And it comes with nice UI updates as a bonus!” Eric Paulsen Support Lead at Anaplan
Experience working with teams of any size
Small Startups Worked on small UX teams or even as the only designer at the company
Larger companies Worked with wider UX teams, PMs, POs, Researchers, and others
Solo projects Made many entire apps by myself
Designed for dozens of industries
Finance HR Healthcare Legal Analytics Pharma IT Security Communications Sales Marketing SaaS
and many more...

Designed for a wide variety of companies

Take a look at some of my recent work

Designed a startup whiteboarding app from scratch

Lead Designer Whiteboard App Remote Work Tool Startup
Bord is a whiteboarding app at its core that is focused on providing an easy-to-use and efficient workspace for teams to remotely design, plan, and communicate ideas.
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Lead designer for LLM AI project

Lead Designer AI LLM Back-end
Anaplan was looking for a way to integrate machine learning into their platform such that the user could ask a question and the AI would provide an answer and any associated visuals directly for that customer's own data. I was the lead designer for the back-end of the project where we needed to manage, oversee, and track AI.
Case study coming soon!

Created a design system for two products

Lead Designer Task Management Complex Branching
Ceramic is a design system I designed and created that is used by Bord and Vizible, two apps that I was the lead designer for. It is a robust design system with over 40+ configurable Figma components, styles, guidelines, and more. The design system also includes typography, color, spacing, depth, guidelines for usage, automatic dark/light modes, and more.
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Lead Designer for Task Management Engine

Lead Designer Task Management Complex Branching
This is a major feature of the Anaplan product that allows customers to easily design and create complex work flows for their users. They can run these workflows and oversee the tasks created.
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For fun I design popular 3D printed models, some of which help NASA and children in Ukraine

3D Modeling CAD Fun Hobby 100,000 prints Featured and Award Winning
One thing I really enjoy to do in my free time is to design 3D models that can be printed and assembled from a 3D printer. Over 100,000 people have printed my models. They've won awards and are found in various museums around the world.

I've designed models that are used in war-affected countries like Ukraine to teach children what military objects are dangerous and should be avoided.

Some of my models are also used by NASA at space camp to help blind children and adults feel the shapes of air and space related objects.

What colleagues and bosses say about me

High quality designs Fast Great collaboration Self-sufficient Self-motivated Impacts business metrics Understands product goals Devs love to work with him
"I’ve had the privilege of managing Rodney, and his contributions have been nothing short of outstanding. Rodney consistently demonstrates self-sufficiency, self-motivation, and the ability to resolve issues independently, which makes him an incredibly reliable and impactful team member. He delivers high-quality designs that are user-friendly, technically feasible, and aligned with business goals—contributing to both product success and stakeholder satisfaction.

Rodney’s work has had a measurable impact on Anaplan’s business metrics, enhancing customer satisfaction and enabling significant financial gains. Beyond his core responsibilities, he often steps up to support new development teams and PMs, helping to keep projects on track and fostering smooth collaboration across functions. His ability to work with team members and stakeholders, combined with his strong technical and design expertise, has earned him glowing reviews, kudos from peers, and recognition at multiple town hall events.

Rodney is easy to manage, highly proactive, and a true partner in driving innovation." Ceci Gomez Senior Manager (my boss) at Anaplan
"Rodney is an excellent UX designer who designed the majority of the Administrative features at Anaplan. He worked closely with my team to bring their requirements to life by creating quality designs quickly. As with any product, needs change and Rodney was quick to make adjustments and changes.

He was a true partner to my team, using his extensive knowledge of the product to come up with best practices and designs that would vastly improve the customer experience. We sometimes had greenfield products, and Rodney would do the research to quickly understand complex requirements and translate them into a simple, intuitive experience. Rodney went beyond just the designs, truly understanding the product goals and aligning the designs to our business objectives. The product and our internal and external customers greatly benefited from Rodney's diligence and expertise in creating innovative and intuitive designs for Anaplan." Rupert Tagnipes Product Director at Anaplan
"I had the pleasure of working with Rodney Blythe on the same UX team for seven years, and he's one of those designers who really gets it done. Rodney is incredibly thorough and tenacious when tackling complex problems. When he single-handedly redesigned our administrative UX across the entire platform, it was impressive to watch him work through such a massive project. Our financial planning software deals with heavy data, and Rodney has a knack for transforming complex information into interfaces that actually make sense to users. What I really appreciate about Rodney is his strong understanding of engineering constraints. He doesn't just design pretty mockups—he creates solutions that developers can actually build. His collaboration with our dev team is always smooth, and his presentation skills make it easy for stakeholders to understand his design decisions. Rodney brings together solid visual design skills, sharp problem-solving abilities, and a genuinely collaborative approach. He's reliable, friendly to work with, and consistently delivers quality results. I'd recommend Rodney for any UX role without hesitation." Olga Kemmet Principal UX Designer at Anaplan
“Rodney has done an amazing job as our UX Lead in Administration as well as in Workflow. All of us Devs love to work with him. He is very approachable and his designs have high quality. A great colleague and team member.” Francisco Martinez Dev Lead at Anaplan
“I just saw a UX prototype Rodney created with hours notice that quickly resolves some long standing issues. His solution requires less effort and gets us to a resolution faster. And it comes with nice UI updates as a bonus!” Eric Paulson Support Lead at Anaplan
“Awesome job on the designs for Security! Feedback from stakeholders and engineering has been great. Your designs illustrate your efforts to quickly become familiar with the product, new concepts and understanding the project objectives. Thanks for your contributions!” Sunita Mendoza Product Director at Anaplan

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