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Rhys Thomas is a product designer and front-end developer with 7+ years of experience crafting intuitive, user-centric websites and applications.

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Recent Work

The hero section of the Bubble website homepage The hero section of the Bubble website homepage

Bubble Homepage

A full refresh of Bubble's homepage, with a focus on answering early user questions, increasing conversion, and showcasing our product.

We ran an A/B test initially, and rolled out to 100% of users shortly after, given the net positive impact on conversion rate and user feedback.

Lead Designer
Jan 2025
Live
Examples of the text input and button elements from the Bubble design system Examples of the color palette, text input and button elements from the Bubble design system

Global Design System

Led the creation of Bubble’s design systems, Pop and Burst, re-designing and building all of our core components, writing documentation, and defining governance processes for a team of 10 designers.

Frequent reviews and touch points with the team confirmed huge improvements in efficiency and consistency, for both designers and engineers during handoff.

Lead Designer
Ongoing
Private
Mockups of the Bubble template page, showing different templates built in the community Mockups of the Bubble template page, showing different templates built in the community

Marketplace Revamp

A complete revamp of Bubble's marketplace, with a goal of increasing discoverability, engagement, and quality of the most useful resources in the ecosystem. Key metrics impacted include:

  • 20% increase in template views
  • 16% increase in template installs
  • 26% increase in revenue from templates
Solo Designer
March 2024
Live
Mockups of the Bubble hire a developer system, showing the screen where developers get matched with your project Mockups of the Bubble hire a developer system, showing the screen where developers get matched with your project

Hire-a-Developer System

An overhaul of Bubble's Hire-a-Developer system, with a goal of increasing the number of submissions, improving the match rate, and making it easier for users to hire Bubble experts.

Submissions increased significantly, and over the first 3 months we saw a >500% increase in match rate (from 2.5% to ~15%).

Solo Designer
Feb 2024
Live
Logos from other clients Rhys has worked with, including NFL, MLB, Forumla 1, OTIS and others Logos from other clients Rhys has worked with, including NFL, MLB, Forumla 1, OTIS and others

Other Client Projects

A lot of my work with these clients was either internal or private so I'm unable to share publicly, but these are some of the companies I've worked with and designed digital experiences for.

Solo Designer
2021-2023
Private
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Experience

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Bubble | July 2023 - Present

Senior Product Designer

  • Craft a seamless and engaging experience for users looking to extend Bubble with resources from our ecosystem.
  • Conduct UXR, A/B testing, and usability studies for all website projects, championing a data-driven design philosophy.
  • Lead the design system for a team of 10+ designers, building core components and establishing documentation and governance principles.
Zudy | May 2021 - July 2023

Senior Product Designer

  • Shaped design strategy at the company level, aligning UI/UX direction with business goals.
  • Led UI/UX design for client applications, and defined the visual identity for Vinyl, a SaaS no-code platform.
  • Produced user personas, wireframes, mock-ups and prototypes that solved business problems.
  • Created and maintained a Figma-based design system, improving design consistency across products.
  • Conducted end-to-end UX reviews of existing applications, identifying key pain points and recommending actionable, user-centric solutions.
Calcium USA | Jan 2021 - May 2021

UX Developer

  • Built custom web solutions for pharmaceutical clients, enhancing user experience and accessibility.
  • Conducted end-to-end UX reviews, with a focus on accessibility (WCAG compliance), and implemented solutions.
LINX LLC | Oct 2018 - Jan 2021

UI/UX Designer & Front End Developer

  • Designed and built the front end of our websites and internal software, enhancing UX and increasing consistency.
  • Led a complete website redesign, improving user engagement and performance.
  • Front-end tech stack: HTML, CSS/SCSS, JavaScript, React, tying into a LAMP stack back-end.