Melissa (Roadman) Drackley

Experience

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  Pollakov Financial Group

  May 2010 - Jan 2011

  Clerical Assistant, Receptionist

  Entering data, filing, sending letters, handling financial documents from companies including American Funds, Scholar’s America, Putnam Funds, Oppenheimer Funds, and MassMutualAnswering phones, using a switchboard, sending mail

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  Channel 4- San Diego

  May 2010 - Aug 2010

  Production Intern

  Assisted with producing the Sycuan Post-Game Show for the San Diego Padres

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  KBIA

  Jan 2011 - May 2011

  Reporter

  Reporter- pitched stories, conducted interviews, wrote scripts, voiced over, edited audio

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  Newsy

  Jan 2011 - May 2011

  Writer

  Researched stories, compiled clips, wrote scripts

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  OPEN Initiative

  Apr 2011 - Dec 2011

  Student Clerical Assistant

  Entering data, registering participants, reading transcripts, determining matrix levels for early childhood related fields

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  Global Journalist

  Jul 2011 - Oct 2011

  Graphic Designer, Researcher
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  Timeplots LLC

  Jan 2012 - May 2012

  Data/Design Intern

  Created data visualizations using programming language “R”

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  CBS 8 San Diego

  May 2012 - Aug 2012

  Interactive Department Intern
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  The San Diego Union-Tribune

  Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Information Graphics Intern
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  Missouri School of Journalism

  Aug 2012 - May 2013

  Convergence TA

  Checking out equipment to journalism students, helping students with technology

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  LA Times

  May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Graphics Intern

  Created information graphics for daily publication and interactives for LATimes.com

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  The Gazette

  Sept 2013 - Jul 2014

  Data Visualization Specialist

  Design and develop digital presentations of content and data visualizations for thegazette.com

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  PositivEnergy Practice

  Feb 2015 - Aug 2016

  User Experience Designer

  Product and user experience design for web-based 3D urban design and parametric modeling software.

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  Uptake

  Aug 2016 - Apr 2019

  • Staff Interaction Designer

    Feb 2019 - Apr 2019

  • Senior Interaction Designer

    Apr 2018 - Feb 2019

  • Interaction Designer

    Aug 2016 - Apr 2018
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  Isobar

  Apr 2019 - Jan 2020

  Lead Experience Designer
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  Sprout Social, Inc.

  Jan 2020 - May 2022

  Senior Product Designer

  Chair of a11y BRG. At Sprout Social, one of our core values is “Champion Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.” We want to build the best company possible—which means a team that is as diverse in people, ideas and experiences as our community and the customers we serve

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  Tegus

  May 2022 - now

  Lead Product Designer