Recent work

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NIXTLA [2026]

Tablet showing Streamline CRM UI

Navii [2025]

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Courtroom.ai [2025]

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BrandMarch [2024 - 2025]

Tech Stack

Experience

Product Designer

2024 – 2026

Led end-to-end product design for 10+ early-stage startups across web and mobile, taking ownership from initial brief through developer handoff while delivering accessible, high-fidelity interfaces grounded in robust, multi-platform design systems built to scale. Usability audits and QA testing were embedded throughout the process to validate design decisions and ensure consistency at every stage.

BABCO

Remote

Communications Associate

2026 - Present

Design branded graphics, video, and social content from concept through final asset, maintaining visual consistency across channels

YouthBeat

Oakland, CA

Product Design Intern

Summer 2021 & 2022

Led the redesign of an encrypted messaging admin interface within Meta's design system, grounding decisions in thorough user segment research, internal feature audits, and competitive analysis to surface real user needs. The resulting designs improved security workflows and usability for internal users, with final recommendations presented and defended to senior stakeholders.

Meta

Menlo Park, CA

Student Product Design Consultant

2020 - 2023

Collaborated with a team of student designers to consult for IKEA, Kiva, and NerdWallet, applying human-centered design frameworks to tackle real-world industry design challenges.

Berkeley Innovation

Berkeley, CA

Hi, I'm Mahlet! I design interfaces from scratch that ship.

Mahlet Copeland

UI/UX Designer

5 years of experience

Hi, I'm Mahlet! I design interfaces from scratch that ship.

Mahlet Copeland

UI/UX Designer

5 years of experience