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I am Rodney Echols

Experience & Product Designer
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Welcome to my portfolio.

I design delightful experiences for websites.

I’m currently working as a Senior Digital Strategist, focusing on experience design in the area of digital workplace and employee content at a major global oil & gas corporation.

My focus for the past 10 years has centered on designing a digital transformation and content strategy to tackle the obstacles employees face interacting with technology while working.

intranet & website | service design | user experience design | analytics | content strategy

UX Certified

Professional certification World leader in Research based UX

Team Lead

Senior level with supervisor experience

Design Innovation

Improve design effectiveness. desirablity and usability

Work Profile

I make delightful digital experiences for employee communication, customer experiences and workplace productivity

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Goal

My work helps people to enjoy modern digital experiences.

Specialist in Digital/Web Experience

Lead Digital Strategy

User Experience Designer

  • Open to remote work opportunities
  • seeking team lead role
  • immediately available
  • open to contract-to-hire
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Featured Work

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Houston-based digital experience maker & design specialist

  • Sr. Level Design Portfolio featuring key successes in:
  • corporate websites & intranets
  • modern digital workplace
  • digital transformation
  • content strategy
  • marketing
  • analyst
  • user experience
  • intrapreneur

Due to privacy and security of my past and present employers and clients, please request a full case study or sample to learn more. 

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My Projects & Successes

I currently work in employee communications and digital publishing where I build tools and processes to improve the employee work experience.
Technical/ Creative/ Strategic hybrid

My Skills & Accomplishments

Skills
Web Design
Strategy
UX design
Design Execution
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Education

B.A. in Communications

May 2003

Professional Graphic Design Diploma

December 2000

Certified UX Professional

Advanced Google Analytics Certification

December 2021

Career history
Career

Team leadership

digital marketing agency/ design instructor

I have 5+ years of experience focused in team leadership of creatives with roles as a supervisor, client-facing business advisor, and project lead.

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Career

Digital Strategy

Intranet & corporate commiunication

In 2012 I began working in corporate oil & gas on the biggest digital transformation mission of my career. 

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Graduated 2003

Graphic Design Instructor

I developed the curriculum and was the instructor for professional college program at Bradford School of Business

Owner of R.Echols Creative

After resigning from teaching, I started my own independent print graphics & web design shop.

Graphics & Marketing Manager

Employed at a startup in Tomball, TX; my role was a turnkey designer on brand, marketing, video & more...

Graphic Design & Production Artist

Email/Web Marketing

Designed email templates & web banners at Fortune 400 corporate HQ

Project Manager

Built top ranking search optimized websites with a team of developers and designers. 

Agency Manager

Supervised a traffic department & led compliance at Word of Mouth agency

Account Lead

Managed client relationship and account strategy for 6 interactive marketing clients.

Web Project Lead

Digital Specialist

Designed graphics and websites for SharePoint at corporate HQ at global oil & gas company

Global Digital Coordinator

Promoted to manager of global websites; member of Digital Transformation team

Digital Producer

Served as subject matter expert on execution of websites and digital projects

Digital Product Design

Sr. Digital Communications Specialist

Serve as UX pioneer for enterprise digital publishers; Manage content and platform at global corporate HQ

Owner @ Bright Clew, LLC

We make fun digital courses & games for family entrepreneurship.

current position

UX & Product Design

Currently seeking opportunities...

I am looking for new opportunities to grow my Product & UX portfolio.  I am also seeking team leadership experience.

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Some of the clients & employers I have served.

...as well as several global client different local agencies.

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I am Rodney Echols

  • Strategy
  • Design
  • Innovation

Services

  • UX & Product Design
  • Web & Digital
  • Strategy & Discovery Workshops

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