It’s become a Pixo tradition to reflect on our values at the end of every year by honoring eight Pixonauts who embody those values. Which means every December, there is a mad rush to collect the awards from the last year’s winners, organize small groups of Pixonauts to choose among their colleagues for a category, and prep for the ceremony. In our last meeting of the year, we share reflections about the year — both funny and serious — and cap it off with the Core Value awards.
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Celebrating our values — 2018 edition
In what is now an annual tradition, Pixonauts gathered for our last staff meeting of the year and celebrated 2018. In addition to a slideshow recapping our year with both laughter (oh, the GIFs and Slack spoofs!) and serious reflections (Kleenex, anyone?), we recognized members of the Pixo team who exemplify our values. .
Sometimes, the solution is in the cards
I spent a lot of time as a kid playing with Legos. Arguably, I think it was the perfect toy for someone who grew up to be a user experience architect/closet librarian/newspaper page designer. * I started thinking about my own history with organizing when I was reviewing a recent project and reflecting on how user research informed our recommendations.
Melinda Miller
"The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug." - Mark Twain
Melinda Miller
General Manager
Melinda joined the Pixo staff full time in January 2012 after finishing her master’s degree in library and information science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Melinda is intrigued by information problems and enjoys figuring out to effectively use words and design to solve problems.
A native of Macomb, Illinois, Melinda attended the University of Illinois and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism. She moved to upstate New York, where she worked for 12 years in the newspaper industry in Elmira, Ithaca and Rochester. Melinda often got involved in side projects including redesigns, new product launches and system implementations, whetting her appetite to work on more complex information and technology problems.
In 2005, she joined Illini Media, a non-profit student media newsroom, and helped them transition into a multimedia operation and implement new publishing tools, including K4 and Drupal.
EXPERTISE
Information architecture, user experience design, content strategy, user research, usability testing, wireframing
EDUCATION
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – M.S. in Library & Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – B.S. in Journalism
EMPLOYMENT
Pixo, 2019 – present – General Manager
Pixo, 2018 – Director of Consulting
Pixo, 2013-2018 – Director of User Experience
Pixo, 2012-2013 – User Experience Designer, Information Architect
Illini Media, 2005-2010 – Editorial Advisor
Gannett Newspapers, 1993-2005 – Assistant managing editor, presentation editor, designer, copy editor
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