Envato Trendsetters

Content Envato Trendsetters

Role: Senior Digital Designer
Duration: 6 months
Company: Envato
Industry: Telecommunications

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Disconnection requests met.

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Discover & Define

In early 2019, the Envato marketing team wanted a new campaign to highlight newer Envato contributors and brand new items gaining traction across their marketplaces. They sought a different approach from their usual style, preferring something more illustrative and photo-based but not overly polished.

Design & Develop

The task was to create a campaign with a handmade, frame-by-frame look and feel that would be fun and over-the-top, resembling a fashion show showcasing the latest trends all at once.

Deliver & Measure

Collaborating with the email marketing team and the broader marketing team at Envato, the person in question produced numerous hand-drawn backgrounds and patterns. They implemented a bright color palette and executed custom animations to achieve the desired look for the campaign.

Learning & Impact

The design trendsetters campaign was successful, resonating well with the target audience of digital creatives and buyers of new items on the Envato marketplaces. The creative direction was rolled out across various marketing platforms, mainly email and social channels, and the project was deemed a success all around.

98%

Disconnection requests met.

52.3%

Successful disconnections

29.3%

Top reason relocation

Testimonials

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

Rod is a very talented designer, he makes the average look beautiful and the boring look inspired. He speaks with pictures and seeks feedback which he takes on board simply and without fuss.

Layla Foord

COO, Smiling Mind

Rod is a very talented designer, he makes the average look beautiful and the boring look inspired. He speaks with pictures and seeks feedback which he takes on board simply and without fuss.

Layla Foord

COO, Smiling Mind

Rod is a very talented designer, he makes the average look beautiful and the boring look inspired. He speaks with pictures and seeks feedback which he takes on board simply and without fuss.

Layla Foord

COO, Smiling Mind

Rodney Blackney
Senior Product Designer

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

© Rodney Blackney, 2025

Rodney Blackney
Senior Product Designer

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

© Rodney Blackney, 2025

Rodney Blackney
Senior Product Designer

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

© Rodney Blackney, 2025