MEL Arre
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Hi there, I'm Mel.

Product & UX Designer

I’m a product designer and creative problem solver. With extensive prior experience in web development and project management, I excel at considering problems from all angles.

Work

This is a showcase of the projects I'm most proud of and am most excited to share.

Indeed Projects

Projects I owned regarding incremental improvements during my time at Indeed.

Zulily Modal Redesign

A modernized refresh to Zulily's intro modal - the first impression visitors had to the site

Design Systems Experience

I have experience both creating design systems from scratch, as well as working with existing ones.

LinkedIn Feed Card

Design for updating and consolidating four homepage feed content types into one.

Side Projects

These are some of the other ways I like to exercise my creative muscles during my spare time. I am constantly looking for new ways to expand my creative knowledge.

Etsy shop product example

Twitch streaming

During the COVID lockdown I became really involved in building a community on Twitch. I've had a blast connecting with people and personalizing graphics to be associated with my "brand," including starting screens and emotes.

Etsy shop product example

Controller Modding

I have a habit of personalizing anything I can get my hands on. I've ripped apart controllers of nearly every gaming platform to their bare bones and replaced parts with different color housings and added lights.

Etsy shop product example

Etsy Shop

On and off since May 2017, I have owned a successful Etsy shop for stickers and inserts for popular lines of planners. I designed the layout and curated the artwork, fonts, and colors used in each product.

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Resume

Certifications

Certified Agile Scrum Master

Scrum Alliance
License 764422

SKILLS

Design Systems
Interaction Design
Responsive Design
Prototyping
Wireframing
User Research
User Testing
User Flows
Project Management
Journey Mapping
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AI
E-commerce
Two-sided Marketplaces
React/HTML/CSS
Figma

Education

Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Computer Science - 2015

• Mustang Marching Band
• Society of Women Engineers

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Founding Designer

Faye (Contract)

Dec 2023 - Current

  • Founded experiences from the ground up for an AI-based two-sided marketplace startup for family personal assistants.
  • Established design system and branding identity for the site and marketing materials.
  • Supported marketing visual needs for ads and promotional materials.
  • Designed and implemented frontend features directly to the codebase.
  • Conducted frequent user studies with existing family assistants.
  • Designed, iterated, and maintained the landing page in Webflow.
Senior UX Designer

Rad Power Bikes (Contract)

(Various) 2023 - 2024

  • Created a new product page design to allow for complex e-bike build options, assembly, and delivery options.
  • Redesigned the landing page and entry points for the Store Locator to encourage more test rides, the most successful method of e-bike conversion.
  • Conducted a user research study via Maze to validate design assumptions.
  • Crafted the study, as well as parsed the results to deliver a detailed report to stakeholders.
UX Designer

Indeed

Jul 2022 - Apr 2023

  • Designed and improved user experiences for employers on the Match Recommendation Platform.
  • Led ideation workshop sessions to better define open-ended ambiguous projects.
  • Worked with engineers to implement various ease-of-use improvements to the matching experience dashboard.
  • Contributed to high impact monetization efforts regarding sponsored jobs.
UX Designer

Zulily

Jun 2021 - Jul 2022

  • Supported multiple development teams on several aspects of the Zulily website.
  • Created their first modernized design system.
  • Worked on improving the shopping experience, as well as updated views for visitors' first impressions of the website.
UX Designer

LinkedIn (Contract)

Aug 2020 - Nov 2020

  • Worked on the Content Experience team responsible for improvements to the main feed of LinkedIn's homepage.
  • Created updated concepts for redesigning the "Open to work/hiring/freelance/career guidance" feed cards while considering the needs of four other teams into one solution.
  • Created detailed specs for new features to the LinkedIn Stories feature, including specs for UX flow, accessibility, animation, spacing, and sizing.
Associate UX Designer

LinkedIn (Contract)

Feb 2020 - Aug 2020

  • Worked on the Design Systems team to create documentation imagery for the newly updated components in LinkedIn's new design system.
  • Proposed multiple creative options and created images to be referenced by all of LinkedIn's product designers for 35 total components.
UI/UX Designer

Adventure Aide

Feb 2019 - Aug 2019

  • Designed detailed mockups for high-profile features of the app. Included mockups for all edge cases including initial and error states.
  • Created and implemented basic design system for team to follow.
  • Worked closely with web and app developers during their implementation of designs.
  • Implemented and maintained agile workflow process for Design team.
UI Designer

iFixit

Oct 2018 - Jan 2019

  • Created mockups for new large site features while collaborating closely with software developers and stakeholders to determine solid requirements.
  • Managed team sprint planning and organized the design team backlog.
Technical Project Manager

iFixit

Oct 2017 - Sep 2018

  • Collaborated cross-functionally to create detailed project plans and mockups for new website features.
  • Directly managed a team of 6 engineers, ensuring all members adhered to agile scrum methodologies.
Frontend Software Engineer

iFixit

Feb 2015 - Oct 2017

  • Implemented redesigns for major pages of iFixit’s website.
  • Worked closely with UX designers to implement redesigns to spec.
  • Mentored and on-boarded interns.

Get in touch

I’d love to hear what you’re working on. Feel free to check out my socials or email me at melarrexo@gmail.com.

I'm currently interested in opportunities where I can put my broad skillset to work building great products, while continuing to learn and grow.