# Melinda Kilner

> Product Design at Gem

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/melindakilner

## Work Experience
### Staff Product Designer @ Gem
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Head Of Design @ Gem
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Product Designer @ Gem
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Lead Product Designer @ Inkling
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Product Designer @ Inkling
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Discovery to delivery on cross-platform features for Inkling's Knowledge and Learning Pathways products, designing experiences for authors and learners.

### Senior Content Engineer (Front-End Designer) @ Inkling
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Front-end designer and developer working on content designs and authoring templates for Inkling's customers. Responsible for creating beautiful digital designs that scale across a range of content, training customers on design best practices, and developing tools and processes. Followed a user-centered design process, developed largely in HTML, CSS, Sass, and JavaScript.

### Content Engineer (Front-End Designer) @ Inkling
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Process Designer @ Inkling
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area
Responsible for the design and implementation of scalable digital content production processes, created systems and standards for content conversion and enhancement, enabling production to scale from under 50 to 1000+ books a year.

### Editorial Assistant @ Inkling
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012

### Marketing @ AppDynamics
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011

### Tutor & Course Developer @ Top Scholars
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010


## Education
### BA in English
Stanford University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/melinda-kilner
- Portfolio: https://www.melindakilner.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13