melissa wu
ux・product・illustration
- I make design simple but not simpler, tether execution to business impact and build stories, not just features.
- Spelunked 5 years through design in B2B SaaS, healthcare, and data visualization. Originally from the accounting industry… I do love a good excel file.
selected work
Making budgets make sense
Saved a $10k revenue client by redesigning budgets for understandability.
Fighting racism with data
Surfaced racial disparities in healthcare with a data visualization dashboard.
Vision work: spend analytics
Defined a 12-month product vision for spend analytics — from ambiguous brief to aligned roadmap.
coming soon
Pomodoro with cats {coming soon}
Designed and vibe-coded a pomodoro timer from scratch — because productivity tools shouldn't be boring.