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