Top Talent like Boris are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Boris Belonjek

Product Designer • UX Designer • User Researcher • Zagreb, Croatia
Strategic Design
Product Strategy
Product Design
UI/UX Design
UX Strategy
UX Writing
Market Research
User Research
Design Research
Growth
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts
Principal product designer with a track record
Hello, I’m Boris! Principal product designer based in Croatia with two+ decades of experience working with startups and scale-ups from Canada, US and EU. Currently, head of design at Y Combinator backed company, and a design mentor at deep–tech venture builder Nuqleus. In free time I enjoy enduro mountain biking and drumming.

Work History

F

Product designer / engineer

FreelanceA couple of interesting projects where I did end-to-end design and most of design-to-front-end development:
 Leeds United - service and product design for event management mobile app 
 G2 eSports - webshop, fan engagement mobile app
 Covideo - cross platform plugins for video recording
 Chess Tent - platform for teaching chess
 Ticketflip - Zendesk plugin for customer support using machine learning
 Kataylo - low-code app development platform
 Ampnet - tokenization platform for crowdfunding green energy infrastructure
 Aeternity - greenfield projects
 Medify - edutech platform for admission tests in medicine Oktober App - medtech app to track symptoms, sleep and medicine, food and water intake for lime disease patients
 Unicredit - leading design ops and design engineering GBG - platform for organization and management of eSports tournaments - exit Datagator - big data platform to help facilitate discovery, analysis and collaboration on raw data sets A Web Whiteboard - in browser whiteboard - acquisition
 Relative - in house app for investment fond powered by ML ...
M

Design consultant

Mastercard LabsJan 2015 - Jan 2023 • 8 yrs 1 moWorking as a concept designer for Mastercard Innovation Labs, specializing in rapid prototyping, concept development, 0-to-1 on design sprints.
F

Principal product designer

FreelanceFreelancerHelping startups and enterprises bridge the gap, find new energy and ideas, identify and resolve friction points and execute high-impact initiatives.
 Working as a player/coach on improving products and services, elevate design maturity, build sustainable businesses and reach profitability with product-led growth. 
 Some of companies include Y combinator backed automation company, behavior science company building fin/edu tech solution for B2B2C market, Data/ML company building augmented creativity model.

Education

B

Business academy Filaks

Marketing Manager, Marketing, Copywriting2010
Z

Zagreb Polytechnics

Bachelor's Degree, Information Design2000 - 2005

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We’ve distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea’s AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company’s niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea’s fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team’s capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We’ve combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that’s unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
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Principal product designer with a track record
Hello, I’m Boris! Principal product designer based in Croatia with two+ decades of experience working with startups and scale-ups from Canada, US and EU. Currently, head of design at Y Combinator backed company, and a design mentor at deep–tech venture builder Nuqleus. In free time I enjoy enduro mountain biking and drumming.

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call

Top Talent like Boris are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Boris Belonjek

Product Designer • UX Designer • User Researcher • Zagreb, Croatia
Strategic Design
Product Strategy
Product Design
UI/UX Design
UX Strategy
UX Writing
Market Research
User Research
Design Research
Growth
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts

Work History

F

Product designer / engineer

FreelanceA couple of interesting projects where I did end-to-end design and most of design-to-front-end development:
 Leeds United - service and product design for event management mobile app 
 G2 eSports - webshop, fan engagement mobile app
 Covideo - cross platform plugins for video recording
 Chess Tent - platform for teaching chess
 Ticketflip - Zendesk plugin for customer support using machine learning
 Kataylo - low-code app development platform
 Ampnet - tokenization platform for crowdfunding green energy infrastructure
 Aeternity - greenfield projects
 Medify - edutech platform for admission tests in medicine Oktober App - medtech app to track symptoms, sleep and medicine, food and water intake for lime disease patients
 Unicredit - leading design ops and design engineering GBG - platform for organization and management of eSports tournaments - exit Datagator - big data platform to help facilitate discovery, analysis and collaboration on raw data sets A Web Whiteboard - in browser whiteboard - acquisition
 Relative - in house app for investment fond powered by ML ...
M

Design consultant

Mastercard LabsJan 2015 - Jan 2023 • 8 yrs 1 moWorking as a concept designer for Mastercard Innovation Labs, specializing in rapid prototyping, concept development, 0-to-1 on design sprints.
F

Principal product designer

FreelanceFreelancerHelping startups and enterprises bridge the gap, find new energy and ideas, identify and resolve friction points and execute high-impact initiatives.
 Working as a player/coach on improving products and services, elevate design maturity, build sustainable businesses and reach profitability with product-led growth. 
 Some of companies include Y combinator backed automation company, behavior science company building fin/edu tech solution for B2B2C market, Data/ML company building augmented creativity model.

Education

B

Business academy Filaks

Marketing Manager, Marketing, Copywriting2010
Z

Zagreb Polytechnics

Bachelor's Degree, Information Design2000 - 2005

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We’ve distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea’s AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company’s niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea’s fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team’s capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We’ve combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that’s unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call
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