Tessa Rodes

Design Manager

Austin, Texas, United States14 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led design teams for IBM Cloud and Confluent.
Expert in user experience and interface design.
Strong background in graphic design and marketing communications.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS design leader with extensive experience in user experience and interface design.

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Graphic DesignSocial MediaMarketing CommunicationsEmail MarketingWeb DesignCopy EditingNews WritingPhotoshopInDesignIllustratorDreamweaverFlash AnimationMayaInCopyPowerPoint

About

Senior Designer and Creative Director on IBM Cloud

Experience

14 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Confluent

2 roles

Director of Design

Promoted

Mar 2026 – Present · 2 mos

Senior Manager of Design

Apr 2022 – Mar 2026 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Ibm

6 roles

Senior Design Manager

Promoted

Feb 2020 – Apr 2022 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Senior Designer

Oct 2019 – Feb 2020 · 4 mos

I continue to lead the Platform Integrated Experiences (PIE 🥧) design team on IBM Cloud while also focusing on overall platform design consistency and quality. I am the design approver for services onboarding onto IBM Cloud.

Design Team Lead – IBM Cloud

Jan 2018 – Oct 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos

I am the design team lead for the IBM Cloud core platform, including catalog, dashboard, platform navigation, reorganization, and more. I lead eight designers on three squads, which include overall platform governance, design language adoption and approvals, and onboarding of service UIs onto the Cloud.

Design Lead — IBM Cloud

Promoted

Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 · 1 yr

I am the design lead for the IBM Bluemix catalog, navigation and configuration experiences team.

Designer – IBM Bluemix (now IBM Cloud)

Promoted

Jun 2014 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Associate Designer

Jun 2013 – Jun 2014 · 1 yr

Yogiplay

Intern

Jun 2012 – Jun 2013 · 1 yr · Menlo Park, CA

Contributed to digital marketing, social media platforms, and design.

The urban times

Intern

Jan 2012 – May 2012 · 4 mos · London, United Kingdom

Contributed articles on tech, fashion and entertainment, as well as a number of graphics for publication. Copyedited articles, attended interviews and events.