I am Melissa, a strategic & pixel perfect designer who loves making cool sh#t.

About Me That's me! 👋

With over a decade of experience, I love to solve complex design challenges and deliver meaningful user-centered solutions for startups and global enterprises.

My superpowers

My spidey senses.
  • creative direction
  • branding design
  • visual design
  • marketing strategy
  • cross-platform
  • socia media
  • illustration
My mutant powers.
  • product design
  • interaction design
  • design systems
  • product strategy
  • accessibility
  • prototyping
  • usability testing

Works that work

Product | Branding | AI/ML | B2B

Paper Planes SAAS

Product | Design System

Paper Planes Design System

Marketing | Branding | B2C

Shopify Tax

Global | Marketing | B2C

Shopify Markets

Branding | Logo | Web Design

BlueSkyAI

Mobile | Product | Branding | Logo

Shingle Hanger

Read the hype

I promise, no bribes.

"Under her leadership, Paper Planes has consistently delivered cutting-edge solutions that empower clients to make data-driven decisions that dispensaries can use to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving marketplace. Her unwavering commitment to excellence, quality, and integrity sets Melissa apart as a leader and a start-up founder. Her exceptional leadership skills blend strategic vision with an empowering approach that motivates her team to innovate and excel. I wholeheartedly recommend Melissa!"

Denise Spell

Founder & CTO at Paper Planes

"Melissa consistently impressed me with her deep understanding of user-centered design principles and her ability to translate complex requirements into intuitive and visually appealing user experiences. Her attention to detail and passion for creating thoughtful and delightful UI was evident in every project she works on."

Winter LaMon

Senior Developer at Shopify

"Melissa's insightful approach to understanding brand objectives resulted in exceptional designs across logos, assets, color palettes, web elements, and sales materials. She effectively guided our team, ensuring high-quality deliverables and clear brand guidelines. I wholeheartedly recommend Melissa's design expertise, and I'm thrilled with the successful launch of our BlueSkyAl brand!"

Steve MacKinnon

Founder & CEO at BlueSkyAI

"Melissa is one of the most hard workers designers I’ve had the pleasure to work with. She helped our team create the visual brand foundations for Shopify Markets and our Sales Tax products, all under a lot of pressure while thriving at an extremely fast paced environment."

Nicolas Mejia

Marketing Manager at Shopify

"Melissa is the most organized designer I've ever worked with. Beyond her exceptional creative talent, she excels in project management and execution across multiple workstreams. She's fast without compromising quality, expresses clarity and confidence in her creative vision, backs it up with data and logic, and is an incredible collaborator who brings optimism, reliability, and emotional intelligence to any team."

Eric Greene

Senior Strategist at Shopify

"When you hire Melissa, you get more than a brilliant designer. You get a self-starter who isn't afraid to take the lead to ensure the team stays on track and delivers exceptional work. You get an organized superstar who loves Asana, writes workbacks in her sleep, and never misses a deadline. You get a passionate and insightful teammate who plays a key role in every step of a project—from initial briefing and strategy through to launch and beyond."

Sara Smith

Senior Strategist at Shopify

"Melissa is a creative, innovative, and highly organized designer. On a daily basis, Melissa demonstrates her creativity by coming up with innovative and effective ideas to drive results for our clients. Melissa does an excellent job communicating ideas to clients and key stakeholders. Additionally, Melissa is a stellar Project Manager who happily jumps it to help team members when needed."

Shantel Branch

Director of Client Strategy at iPullRank

Talk nerdy to me

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