Melissa Dowell
Artist turned designer for complex technical systems.
I dig into an industry and the people who work in it, I prototype in code, and I care a lot about how things look. Equally at home starting from scratch or reworking a platform people already rely on.
Selected work
A few things I’ve designed and shipped.
- Turngate2023–2026
A SIEM for your SaaS
Founding designer at a seed-stage security startup — owned product design from pre-product through launch, built the visual language and a 189-component React design system, and led the platform's expansion into AI-agent observability.
- Songtrust · Downtown Music Holdings2021–2023
Redesigning royalty registration
Redesigned the dense registration flow songwriters must complete to collect mechanical royalties through UX research methodologies. Led the company's new design system creation during its migration to React.
- ONE Tech (now MicroAI)2018–2021
From IoT to Edge AI
Sole UX designer for a mobile-first IoT platform, before pivoting to an Edge AI platform embedding machine learning on industrial machinery. Focused on data visualizations and alert management.
- Armadillo Stock2023–Present
Making licensing legible
A community-run stock image platform where illustrators license work directly and keep 100% of their commissions. I own the information architecture, page layouts and Figma component system.
Other works
Earlier projects, personal ventures, and the making of this site.
