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Network Outages

Keeping customers connected, external factors like nbn maintenance or outages can lead to disruptions in their service.

Role: Product Designer
Duration: 8 months
Company: Belong
Industry: Telecommunications

98%

Disconnection requests met.

52.3%

Successful disconnections

29.3%

Top reason relocation

Top reason
relocation

Discover & Define

Belong prioritizes keeping customers connected, but occasionally, external factors like nbn maintenance or outages can lead to disruptions in their service. These unforeseen events can lead to temporary disruptions, preventing customers from staying connected and accessing the internet services they rely on.

Design & Develop

The key task is to ensure that customers are well-informed about any planned outages, offering sufficient notice to minimize inconvenience. Additionally, Belong aims to demonstrate its proactive approach to handling the situation and assures customers that support is available whenever they need it.

Deliver & Measure

Currently, when a planned outage is scheduled, Belong takes specific actions to inform customers ahead of time. They do this by updating the outage card on the customer's online account Manage Dashboard, allowing them to access outage-related information easily. Moreover, Belong also sends relevant service communications through email and SMS to provide timely notifications regarding the impending outage.

Learning & Impact

As a result of these proactive measures, Belong successfully informs customers at least 72 hours in advance of any planned outage, minimizing its impact on their connectivity experience. This fosters trust, enhances customer satisfaction, and boosts brand loyalty.

98%

Disconnection requests met.

52.3%

Successful disconnections

29.3%

Top reason relocation

Experience from the people i've worked with

Rod’s been responsible for a huge volume of Envato's product and marketing design over more than a decade creating beautiful visual campaigns that helped generate millions for our community.

Collis Ta'eed

CEO, Envato, Bright Moon Trust

Rod’s been responsible for a huge volume of Envato's product and marketing design over more than a decade creating beautiful visual campaigns that helped generate millions for our community.

Collis Ta'eed

CEO, Envato, Bright Moon Trust

Rod’s been responsible for a huge volume of Envato's product and marketing design over more than a decade creating beautiful visual campaigns that helped generate millions for our community.

Collis Ta'eed

CEO, Envato, Bright Moon Trust

Every design task he takes on just looks awesome. He was also a really valuable member of my team at Envato, bringing a great sense of humor along with his many years of experience on the product.

Chris Thewell

Design Director, Duck Duck Go

Every design task he takes on just looks awesome. He was also a really valuable member of my team at Envato, bringing a great sense of humor along with his many years of experience on the product.

Chris Thewell

Design Director, Duck Duck Go

Every design task he takes on just looks awesome. He was also a really valuable member of my team at Envato, bringing a great sense of humor along with his many years of experience on the product.

Chris Thewell

Design Director, Duck Duck Go

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Rodney Blackney
Senior Product Designer

Based in Melbourne Australia, currently working on logistics platform at Fluent Cargo.

© Rodney Blackney, 2025

rblackney@gmail.com

Rodney Blackney
Senior Product Designer

Based in Melbourne Australia, currently working on logistics platform at Fluent Cargo.

© Rodney Blackney, 2025

rblackney@gmail.com

Rodney Blackney
Senior Product Designer

Based in Melbourne Australia, currently working on logistics platform at Fluent Cargo.

© Rodney Blackney, 2025