Relaunching Rigzone.com

The 2009 relaunch of Rigzone.com is the first substantial redesign of the site since its inception in 1999. The redesign of this data-intensive and heavily trafficked site included efforts not only to modernize styles, but simplify navigation and enhance the overall user experience.

ROLE: Responsible for overall design and production. Back-end development performed by coworker.

Rigzone News Article

The article template was revamped to quickly convey the article subject and focus on the associated imagery, increasing the likelihood that the visitor would linger on the page.

Rigzone Career Center Homepage

As a core Rigzone product, the Career Center recieved a hefty make over, with a special focus on enhancing the various steps involved in posting a resume, and searching for a job. Displayed is the revamped Career Center Homepage.

Rigzone Daily Newsletter Redesign

Sent to over 70,000 subscribers a day, the Rigzone Daily Newsletter was redesigned and recoded to improve deliverability and implement the new look and feel of the relaunched Rigzone.

This email was designed and tested with all major email clients, including Outlook 2007, Lotus Notes, Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo Mail, as well as IE 6, 7, 8, Firefox and Chrome.

Role: Primary designer. Managed design and content team on production.