# Melissa Auch

> Senior Product Designer

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

## Work Experience
### Product Designer @ Freelance
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States
Designing for small businesses leveraging and AI-powered prototyping (Cursor AI, Figma Make) to cut design cycle times and deliver production-ready designs faster

### Senior Product Designer II @ River
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Product Designer @ River
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Product Designer @ River
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States
Spearheaded the design of River's first Bitcoin Mining product to web and iOS. Worked closely with the Product team to define the experience for different use cases.

### Product Designer @ John Burns Research and Consulting
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Folsom, CA
Created first product design role after pitching the need for an improved dashboard experience. Redesigned B2B dashboards containing housing and economic dashboards. Catered the experience based on subscription type and industry need.

### Research Analyst @ John Burns Research and Consulting
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Folsom, CA

### Junior Research Analyst @ John Burns Research and Consulting
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Folsom, CA

### Teaching Fellow @ Breakthrough Silicon Valley
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Santa Clara, CA
Taught 7th grade Writing in a summer program for first-generation, college-bound students. Crafted lesson plans and pacing guides. Received 250+ hours of classroom experience and regularly received teaching feedback from an instructional coach.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Business/Managerial Economics
University of California, Davis


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/melissa0h
- Portfolio: https://www.melissaoh.me/

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Last updated: 2026-03-25