Top Talent like Carly are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specilaized talent, while giving talent more flexibilty 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.
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Carly Lugus

Product Designer • User Researcher • Customer Success Manager • New York, NY, US
Usability Testing
Copywriting
Webflow
Web Accessibility
User Research
User Flows
Product Strategy
Product Design
Sketch
UI/UX Design
Design
Prototyping
Figma
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts
Full-Time Roles
Product Designer | UI/UX Specialist
I’m a product designer based in New York. I've had proven success in collaborating with a wide-range of teams to create exceptional product experiences. I love all things design, startups, and learning!

Projects

My Design Portfolio

Learn more about me and see all my featured design projects.

Work History

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Product Designer

Patch.com● Transformed an outdated, ad-ridden email newsletter product into a modern web platform that further connects users to their local community. ● Drove overhaul of the business listings, events, and neighbor posts categories—increasing usability and overall revenue for our promoted products. ● Led design vision as the sole product designer, advocating for usability, consistency and analytics within each product decision while balancing a variety of projects, user research, and stakeholder opinions.
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UI/UX Design Consultant

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & JohnsonMar 2021 - May 2024 • 3 yrs 3 mos● Spearheaded the full redesign of two internal data platforms, JRDDS Portal and Med.ai. ● Created complex mockups and prototypes, producing production-ready user interfaces across all pages. ● Collaborated alongside Janssen's team of developers and stakeholders from ideation and development, to production—abiding by all extensive brand guidelines and accessibility standards.
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Product Design Consultant

Redstar VenturesJul 2020 - Jun 2022 • 2 yrs● Conducted user research, facilitated feedback sessions, and delivered production-ready web and mobile designs for each startup within the venture foundry (Kinto, Money Experience, and Encoder). ● Headed an in-app design overhaul for a new D2C model in relation to Kinto's current B2B model, redesigning all screens and highlighting the greatest value components within a consumer-first application.
M

Marketing & Design Consultant

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySep 2019 - Apr 2022 • 2 yrs 8 mos● Contracted within the MIT EECS, Jameel Clinic, and RLE departments at MIT as a retained graphic designer. ● Produced all corporate, social, and graphic materials upon request, and designed a variety of faculty and event-based websites on an as-needed basis.
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Design & Marketing Intern

Dv01InternMay 2019 - Aug 2019 • 4 mos● Coordinated a full revamp and redesign of DV01's marketing assets, including all product explainer pages, to make each product's complex financial copy simple for external stakeholders.

Education

B

Babson College

Bachelor of Science - BS, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
M

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT Launch Summer Program, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

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.
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Product Designer | UI/UX Specialist
I’m a product designer based in New York. I've had proven success in collaborating with a wide-range of teams to create exceptional product experiences. I love all things design, startups, and learning!

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 Carly are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specilaized talent, while giving talent more flexibilty 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.

Carly Lugus

Product Designer • User Researcher • Customer Success Manager • New York, NY, US
Usability Testing
Copywriting
Webflow
Web Accessibility
User Research
User Flows
Product Strategy
Product Design
Sketch
UI/UX Design
Design
Prototyping
Figma
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts
Full-Time Roles

Projects

My Design Portfolio

Learn more about me and see all my featured design projects.

Work History

P

Product Designer

Patch.com● Transformed an outdated, ad-ridden email newsletter product into a modern web platform that further connects users to their local community. ● Drove overhaul of the business listings, events, and neighbor posts categories—increasing usability and overall revenue for our promoted products. ● Led design vision as the sole product designer, advocating for usability, consistency and analytics within each product decision while balancing a variety of projects, user research, and stakeholder opinions.
T

UI/UX Design Consultant

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & JohnsonMar 2021 - May 2024 • 3 yrs 3 mos● Spearheaded the full redesign of two internal data platforms, JRDDS Portal and Med.ai. ● Created complex mockups and prototypes, producing production-ready user interfaces across all pages. ● Collaborated alongside Janssen's team of developers and stakeholders from ideation and development, to production—abiding by all extensive brand guidelines and accessibility standards.
R

Product Design Consultant

Redstar VenturesJul 2020 - Jun 2022 • 2 yrs● Conducted user research, facilitated feedback sessions, and delivered production-ready web and mobile designs for each startup within the venture foundry (Kinto, Money Experience, and Encoder). ● Headed an in-app design overhaul for a new D2C model in relation to Kinto's current B2B model, redesigning all screens and highlighting the greatest value components within a consumer-first application.
M

Marketing & Design Consultant

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySep 2019 - Apr 2022 • 2 yrs 8 mos● Contracted within the MIT EECS, Jameel Clinic, and RLE departments at MIT as a retained graphic designer. ● Produced all corporate, social, and graphic materials upon request, and designed a variety of faculty and event-based websites on an as-needed basis.
D

Design & Marketing Intern

Dv01InternMay 2019 - Aug 2019 • 4 mos● Coordinated a full revamp and redesign of DV01's marketing assets, including all product explainer pages, to make each product's complex financial copy simple for external stakeholders.

Education

B

Babson College

Bachelor of Science - BS, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
M

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT Launch Summer Program, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

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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