# Mikaela C. > Senior Product Designer at Samsara Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/mikaelac I’m a multi-disciplinary designer with experience crafting products and interfaces for consumer facing apps, SaaS, and B2B companies across a range of touchpoints. I’ve worked on various types of projects, including: in-house enterprise products, marketing sites, native mobile apps, desktop and mobile websites. ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer @ Samsara Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States Supporting the Platform team. Samsara's mission is to increase the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of the operations that power the global economy. ### Senior Product Designer @ Flexport Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States Worked with engineers and product managers to develop new features and improve the existing UX of Flexport's climate tech platform Flexport.org ### Product Designer, Enterprise & Fleet Tools @ Rivian Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Palo Alto, California, United States Product Designer on Rivian’s enterprise applications. Designed new features to improve and enhance their service fulfillment infrastructure to track and manage a vehicle throughout the entire service cycle. This included designing work order management systems, appointment scheduling flows, billing interfaces, and customer communication methods, just to name a few. While at Rivian I had a direct role in: - Designing for multiple 0-1 initiatives to ramp up Rivian's service & fulfillment product infrastructure - Shipping an all new dashboard that uses live data to track a vehicles progress while being repaired, making cross-collaboration between service teams more efficient. - Designed an all new Appointment Scheduling experience that leveraged direct user feedback to shorten long communication loops between service teams, fill gaps in knowledge, and improve the overall customer experience of getting a vehicle in for service. - Various quality of life improvements on our Work Order Management systems to help the folks on the ground be more productive and efficient. - Participated in various user research sessions and worked closely with Product and Engineering partners to strategize and translate that feedback into new features for our products. ### Product Designer @ Catalog Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States Worked with early-stage startups to not only design their products, but also craft their product roadmaps, features, customer communication and conversion strategies to get those products to launch. I primarily designed for native mobile apps (iOS and Android), but also across touchpoints like marketing/sales websites, web-based products, and marketing emails. I worked with clients across 10+ industries, including consumer products, lifestyle, education, social media, financial services, and transportation. ### UX Designer, Associate @ Gensler Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States As a Visual UX Designer in the Digital Experience Design practice area at Gensler, I leveraged a variety of digital platforms and technologies to craft meaningful experiences for the built environment. Collaborated with a cross-functional team to conceptualize, design, and implement branded environments, graphics programs, signage and wayfinding systems, and digital experiences for clients across multiple industries. Managed relationships with fabricators, vendors, and contractors. Review samples, submittals, and mockups. Conducted sitewalks during construction to supervise installations. Guided fabrication and installation schedules. Organized and lead internal training sessions focused on various topics including: technical detailing and documentation, construction processes, designing with different materials and finishes, and overall inspirationally-focused idea sharing. ### Experiential Graphic Designer, Associate @ Gensler Jan 2014 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California, United States ### Digital Designer @ Center for Teaching Excellence Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | University of Oklahoma At CTE, I designed digital learning materials and e-textbooks, as well as educational motion graphics used in online coursework. ## Education ### Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Design and Visual Communications, General University of Oklahoma ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mikaela-c-04b85258 - Portfolio: https://mikaelacouch.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/mikaelac JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/mikaelac/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-25