Top Talent like Grace 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.

Grace Thompson

UX Designer • Product Designer • User Researcher • New York, NY, US • Open to relocation
Risk Analysis
Card Sorting
Figma
User Personas
Product Development
Design Thinking
Web Accessibility
User Flows
User-Centered Design
UX Strategy
Design Systems
Product Strategy
Design Research
Design
UI/UX Design
UX research
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts
Full-Time Roles
Product Design Master | Human-Centered Researcher
With a Master of Design from UC Berkeley College of Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in Human-Centered Design and Psychological and Brain Sciences from Dartmouth College, this individual has a strong educational background. Their professional experience includes roles such as Research & Design at Statewide Database, Equitable Product Design Fellow at Google, Human Factors Research Engineer at Apple, and User Experience Researcher at PTC. Their work involves conducting research and design activities for database systems, evaluating equitable design opportunities, validating hardware design from a human factors perspective, and contributing to user experience research activities related to design systems and product lifecycle management. This individual's expertise lies in product design, human-centered design, and user experience research, making them a valuable asset in the field of design and technology.

Projects

Google Equitable Design Fellowship

How can we leverage design as a force for good, ensuring products cater to all users? I worked as Design Lead on a team where we designed two meditation apps. During the creation of one app, we incorporated equitable design methods. We then comparison tested the apps to evaluate the effect of equitable design.See More

Work History

S

Research & Design

Statewide DatabaseResponsible for conducting research and design activities for a statewide database system.
G

Equitable Product Design Fellow

GoogleAug 2023 - Jan 2024 • 6 mosPartner with Google's Product Inclusion Team, IDEO, and Berkeley Haas to evaluate the opportunities of equitable design through designing mobile meditation applications.
A

Human Factors Research Engineer (Hardware Design Validation)

AppleMay 2023 - Aug 2023 • 4 mosResponsible for validating hardware design from a human factors perspective at Apple.
P

User Experience Researcher - Design System

PTCMay 2022 - Aug 2022 • 4 mosContributed to user experience research activities related to the design system at PTC.
P

User Experience Researcher - PLM

PTCAug 2020 - Apr 2022 • 1 yr 9 mosEngaged in user experience research activities related to product lifecycle management (PLM) at PTC.

Education

U

UC Berkeley College of Engineering

Master of Design, Product Design2022 - 2023
D

Dartmouth College

Bachelor of Arts - BA, Human-Centered Design, Psychological and Brain Sciences

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!

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Product Design Master | Human-Centered Researcher
With a Master of Design from UC Berkeley College of Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in Human-Centered Design and Psychological and Brain Sciences from Dartmouth College, this individual has a strong educational background. Their professional experience includes roles such as Research & Design at Statewide Database, Equitable Product Design Fellow at Google, Human Factors Research Engineer at Apple, and User Experience Researcher at PTC. Their work involves conducting research and design activities for database systems, evaluating equitable design opportunities, validating hardware design from a human factors perspective, and contributing to user experience research activities related to design systems and product lifecycle management. This individual's expertise lies in product design, human-centered design, and user experience research, making them a valuable asset in the field of design and technology.

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 Grace 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.

Grace Thompson

UX Designer • Product Designer • User Researcher • New York, NY, US • Open to relocation
Risk Analysis
Card Sorting
Figma
User Personas
Product Development
Design Thinking
Web Accessibility
User Flows
User-Centered Design
UX Strategy
Design Systems
Product Strategy
Design Research
Design
UI/UX Design
UX research
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts
Full-Time Roles

Projects

Google Equitable Design Fellowship

How can we leverage design as a force for good, ensuring products cater to all users? I worked as Design Lead on a team where we designed two meditation apps. During the creation of one app, we incorporated equitable design methods. We then comparison tested the apps to evaluate the effect of equitable design.

Work History

S

Research & Design

Statewide DatabaseResponsible for conducting research and design activities for a statewide database system.
G

Equitable Product Design Fellow

GoogleAug 2023 - Jan 2024 • 6 mosPartner with Google's Product Inclusion Team, IDEO, and Berkeley Haas to evaluate the opportunities of equitable design through designing mobile meditation applications.
A

Human Factors Research Engineer (Hardware Design Validation)

AppleMay 2023 - Aug 2023 • 4 mosResponsible for validating hardware design from a human factors perspective at Apple.
P

User Experience Researcher - Design System

PTCMay 2022 - Aug 2022 • 4 mosContributed to user experience research activities related to the design system at PTC.
P

User Experience Researcher - PLM

PTCAug 2020 - Apr 2022 • 1 yr 9 mosEngaged in user experience research activities related to product lifecycle management (PLM) at PTC.

Education

U

UC Berkeley College of Engineering

Master of Design, Product Design2022 - 2023
D

Dartmouth College

Bachelor of Arts - BA, Human-Centered Design, Psychological and Brain Sciences

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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