Top Talent like Hrithik 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.

Hrithik Sanyal

UX Designer • Product Designer • Product Manager • Sunnyvale, CA, US
Design Systems
UI/UX Design
Product Management
Product Design
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts
Product Designer @Project: Human City | B2B | B2C | SaaS | AR/VR/XR | Ex-Information Architect @TUG | Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) | MSI-HCI/UX @University of Michigan
A Product Designer with 4+ years of experience in AI-driven personalization, search, and scalable design systems across B2C, B2B, and enterprise platforms. Thrives at the intersection of user needs, business goals, and emerging tech, crafting experiences that are not only intuitive but also drive measurable impact. Has led 10+ projects from product discovery to developer handoff, leveraging AI-powered UX, usability testing, and iterative design to optimize workflows and engagement. Expertise spans end-to-end UX, information architecture, and GenAI-driven UX, ensuring products that scale seamlessly. The 'Whys' & 'Hows' of design is where I thrive. Always curious, always iterating—open to conversations about the future of AI, design systems, and user experience.

Work History

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User Experience Designer

Project: Human CityDesigned an AI-powered gamified LMS, enhancing collaboration and knowledge retention through adaptive UX workflows. Led user research via surveys, form analytics, & heatmaps (Google Forms, Hotjar), increasing participation by 30%. Designed intelligent search and discovery experiences, improving wayfinding, usability, and content discoverability through refined information architecture, faceted navigation, and intent-driven search recommendations. Built ‘CityScape’, a scalable design system, cutting redundant design efforts by 20% (tracked via Figma Design Metrics) and accelerating design-to-development handoff by 30% using Jira, ensuring seamless multi-platform consistency.
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Graduate Student Instructor (GSI)

University of MichiganAug 2023 - May 2024 • 10 mosSI 364 – Building Data-Driven Applications. Taught foundational web development concepts, including Python, Django, HTML, CSS, SQL, and API integrations, through structured lab sessions and office hours. Led advanced hands-on debugging sessions, guiding students through performance optimization and security best practices in Django applications. Provided one-on-one mentorship to students struggling with complex topics like asynchronous requests, form validation, and CRUD operations. Assisted in structuring and reviewing capstone projects, ensuring students could successfully deploy their full-stack web applications using GitHub and PythonAnywhere. Facilitated discussions on front-end vs. back-end development, helping students understand how JavaScript frameworks like jQuery integrate with Django. Created supplementary learning resources, including example code snippets and walkthroughs, to help students grasp tricky concepts outside of lecture time.
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Product Designer

General MotorsJan 2024 - May 2024 • 5 mosDesigned and developed an AI-powered luxury in-vehicle infotainment system by integrating personalized HUD displays, multimodal interactions including voice, touch, and gesture, and ergonomic UI frameworks while ensuring compliance with NHTSA guidelines to minimize driver distraction through optimized interaction flows, touch targets, and accessibility-driven design. Conducted a competitive analysis of industry-leading automotive UX systems including Mercedes-Benz MBUX, BMW iDrive, and Tesla UI to benchmark best practices in AI-driven personalization, HMI design, and information hierarchy, applying insights to iterate on 80+ wireframes and prototypes that refined key workflows for navigation, media control, and climate settings to enhance usability and engagement. Led usability testing with 50+ participants by applying research methods such as task completion rate analysis, eye-tracking insights, and error rate evaluations to assess interaction efficiency, accessibility, and cognitive load, leading to a restructuring of navigation systems and UI elements that improved information discoverability and reduced user friction. Developed an adaptive in-car theme system that enables drivers to personalize ambient lighting, instrument cluster layouts, and interface aesthetics by leveraging luxury market research, cognitive psychology principles like Hick’s Law and Fitt’s Law, and HMI ergonomics to create an intuitive experience that balances personalization and safety. Collaborated with GM’s HMI designers, engineers, and product strategists to align technical feasibility with user-centered design by integrating system constraints into UX decisions, presenting final research-backed automotive concepts to General Motors stakeholders, and demonstrating a data-driven approach that earned recognition for usability and personalization in luxury vehicle interfaces.
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Information Architect

The Understanding Group (TUG)Jul 2023 - Dec 2023 • 6 mosDesigned AI-driven IA for enterprise platforms, improving navigation, search pathways, and discoverability by refining AI-powered digital experiences through UX research (Hotjar, Google Analytics). Optimized search usability and wayfinding, boosting engagement by 25% via faceted navigation, auto-suggestions, and query interpretation, leveraging heuristic evaluations to enhance navigation efficiency.

Education

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University of Michigan

Master of Science - MS, Information2022 - 2024
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Bharati Vidyapeeth University College Of Engineering, Pune

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering2014 - 2018
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St. Aloysius Senior Secondary School, Jabalpur

All India Senior School Certificate Examination (AISSCE), CBSE, Maths & Science2012 - 2014

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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 Designer @Project: Human City | B2B | B2C | SaaS | AR/VR/XR | Ex-Information Architect @TUG | Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) | MSI-HCI/UX @University of Michigan
A Product Designer with 4+ years of experience in AI-driven personalization, search, and scalable design systems across B2C, B2B, and enterprise platforms. Thrives at the intersection of user needs, business goals, and emerging tech, crafting experiences that are not only intuitive but also drive measurable impact. Has led 10+ projects from product discovery to developer handoff, leveraging AI-powered UX, usability testing, and iterative design to optimize workflows and engagement. Expertise spans end-to-end UX, information architecture, and GenAI-driven UX, ensuring products that scale seamlessly. The 'Whys' & 'Hows' of design is where I thrive. Always curious, always iterating—open to conversations about the future of AI, design systems, and user experience.

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Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
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Top Talent like Hrithik 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.

Hrithik Sanyal

UX Designer • Product Designer • Product Manager • Sunnyvale, CA, US
Design Systems
UI/UX Design
Product Management
Product Design
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts

Work History

P

User Experience Designer

Project: Human CityDesigned an AI-powered gamified LMS, enhancing collaboration and knowledge retention through adaptive UX workflows. Led user research via surveys, form analytics, & heatmaps (Google Forms, Hotjar), increasing participation by 30%. Designed intelligent search and discovery experiences, improving wayfinding, usability, and content discoverability through refined information architecture, faceted navigation, and intent-driven search recommendations. Built ‘CityScape’, a scalable design system, cutting redundant design efforts by 20% (tracked via Figma Design Metrics) and accelerating design-to-development handoff by 30% using Jira, ensuring seamless multi-platform consistency.
U

Graduate Student Instructor (GSI)

University of MichiganAug 2023 - May 2024 • 10 mosSI 364 – Building Data-Driven Applications. Taught foundational web development concepts, including Python, Django, HTML, CSS, SQL, and API integrations, through structured lab sessions and office hours. Led advanced hands-on debugging sessions, guiding students through performance optimization and security best practices in Django applications. Provided one-on-one mentorship to students struggling with complex topics like asynchronous requests, form validation, and CRUD operations. Assisted in structuring and reviewing capstone projects, ensuring students could successfully deploy their full-stack web applications using GitHub and PythonAnywhere. Facilitated discussions on front-end vs. back-end development, helping students understand how JavaScript frameworks like jQuery integrate with Django. Created supplementary learning resources, including example code snippets and walkthroughs, to help students grasp tricky concepts outside of lecture time.
G

Product Designer

General MotorsJan 2024 - May 2024 • 5 mosDesigned and developed an AI-powered luxury in-vehicle infotainment system by integrating personalized HUD displays, multimodal interactions including voice, touch, and gesture, and ergonomic UI frameworks while ensuring compliance with NHTSA guidelines to minimize driver distraction through optimized interaction flows, touch targets, and accessibility-driven design. Conducted a competitive analysis of industry-leading automotive UX systems including Mercedes-Benz MBUX, BMW iDrive, and Tesla UI to benchmark best practices in AI-driven personalization, HMI design, and information hierarchy, applying insights to iterate on 80+ wireframes and prototypes that refined key workflows for navigation, media control, and climate settings to enhance usability and engagement. Led usability testing with 50+ participants by applying research methods such as task completion rate analysis, eye-tracking insights, and error rate evaluations to assess interaction efficiency, accessibility, and cognitive load, leading to a restructuring of navigation systems and UI elements that improved information discoverability and reduced user friction. Developed an adaptive in-car theme system that enables drivers to personalize ambient lighting, instrument cluster layouts, and interface aesthetics by leveraging luxury market research, cognitive psychology principles like Hick’s Law and Fitt’s Law, and HMI ergonomics to create an intuitive experience that balances personalization and safety. Collaborated with GM’s HMI designers, engineers, and product strategists to align technical feasibility with user-centered design by integrating system constraints into UX decisions, presenting final research-backed automotive concepts to General Motors stakeholders, and demonstrating a data-driven approach that earned recognition for usability and personalization in luxury vehicle interfaces.
T

Information Architect

The Understanding Group (TUG)Jul 2023 - Dec 2023 • 6 mosDesigned AI-driven IA for enterprise platforms, improving navigation, search pathways, and discoverability by refining AI-powered digital experiences through UX research (Hotjar, Google Analytics). Optimized search usability and wayfinding, boosting engagement by 25% via faceted navigation, auto-suggestions, and query interpretation, leveraging heuristic evaluations to enhance navigation efficiency.

Education

U

University of Michigan

Master of Science - MS, Information2022 - 2024
B

Bharati Vidyapeeth University College Of Engineering, Pune

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering2014 - 2018
S

St. Aloysius Senior Secondary School, Jabalpur

All India Senior School Certificate Examination (AISSCE), CBSE, Maths & Science2012 - 2014

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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