Samuel Melancon | Product Owner & Designer

Product & Design Leader

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Melancon

I’m a passionate Product Designer with a unique blend of hands-on experience and leadership across various stages of product development. From co-founding a SaaS startup to directing design teams serving enterprise clients, I've consistently focused on crafting user-centric solutions that make complex data accessible and actionable.

I thrive in collaborative environments where diverse teams come together to tackle new problems. My expertise in methodologies like Object-Oriented UX and Agile allows me to foster high-trust teams that deliver outstanding results. I'm currently seeking Lead Product Design roles where I can leverage my design skills and leadership experience to drive impactful projects.


Designing TEAMS

The teams I get to work with matter to me nearly as much as the work. With a diverse background ranging from Analyst, Music Festival Director, to Design Director and now as Co-Founder at a start-up creating tools for team managers, I have been privileged to work with many wonderful teams. There is nothing better than assembling a set of operators that grow to become more than the sum of their parts.

Some of my work

Guiding a Team through Covid

Lumedic, Seattle WA | Design Director

Directed a team of six designers and three researchers in the creation and delivery of innovative healthcare and medical billing products, including a Revenue Dashboard utilizing machine learning and a consumer-facing billing solution for a major healthcare provider; additionally worked with an acquisition of a Medical Denials management platform to modernize their UI and solve customer needs. Delivered a lauded early access vaccine passport application leveraging cutting-edge blockchain technology.


From Excel to Excellence

Simply Measured, Seattle, WA | Product Designer

Enhanced user experience by integrating new features, developing a real-time keyword editing tool, designing a content labeling system for campaign analysis, and revamping the social analytics reporting. Overall contributed to the launch of a new core product and improved navigation, while preserving essential dashboard reports for a user base exceeding 100,000.


Wild Turn Around

Element Data, Bellevue WA | Sr. PRoduct Designer

Optimized proof-of-concept (POC) into a scalable machine learning product design, designing end-to-end MVP experience within a stringent two-week timeline, and directed UX initiatives including customer vision and team-building exercises.


Presenting Data as a USER INTERFACE

My experience as a product designer mainly revolves around making complex backend data easy to understand in front-end designs. I have been hired to share ways to turn data into products with companies. Click to view a presentation I made for an insurance software company about Design Methodology and Data as Product.


Music Industry

I have spent most of my life running record labels, and producing live music events. I developed my design chops from needed to make flyers and record sleeves DIY style.

MOTOR Brand
Record Sleeves

Contact

Email: Samuel.melancon@gmail.com
Seattle, WA