Top Talent like Tae Sam 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.
Tae Sam Lee Zamora
Head of Product Design at Pangea
I am a versatile senior product designer experienced in working in fast tartup environments.
Projects
Work History
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Head of Product Design
Pangea• Currently leading the product design for Pangea. Responsible for shifting the product from a college freelance platform to a professional talent marketplace which has resulted in increased user spending of 76% as of Q3. • Overhauled the talent profile pages and introduced a profile completion progress widget, which resulted in a 50% increase in profile completion rate on sign-up. • Redesigned and built the latest landing page on Webflow, resulting in a 20% increase in conversion rate compared to the previous landing page.P
Founding Product Designer
PangeaJul 2020 - Apr 2023 • 2 yrs 10 mos• Helped shape and define the foundation of the Pangea platform as the first designer on the team. Designed the first core features of our end-to-end web and mobile marketplace platform that connects companies with talent they can contract to hire. • Conducted user research and gathered insights to drive iterative improvements during the Y-Combinator program, resulting in a successful funding Seed round of $2M from top venture capital firms. • Redesigned user interface and streamlined user flows, resulting in a 4,000% increase in the company's lifetime transaction volume from $60K to $2.5M. • Developed and implemented the company's design system using Figma, reducing the time from design to deployment from 6 weeks to 2 weeks as well as reducing front-end errors during development.L
Design Intern
La Victoria LabJun 2019 - Aug 2019 • 3 mos• Conducted user research alongside PMs to identify pain points in early-stage digital product teams, resulting in the implementation of collaborative solutions that were rolled out to over 1,000 internal users. • Designed and launched a responsive website for the annual digital product fair using Figma and WebFlow, resulting in a record-breaking number of participating applicants, with a 50% increase from the previous year.Education
Rhode Island School of Design
BFA, Industrial DesignSep 2016 - May 2020Brown University
Coursework, Modern Web & Mobile Applications2019How 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 NowBook a Call
Head of Product Design at Pangea
I am a versatile senior product designer experienced in working in fast tartup environments.
Talk with a Talent Expert
Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.Available NowBook a Call
Top Talent like Tae Sam 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.Tae Sam Lee Zamora
Projects
Work History
P
Head of Product Design
Pangea• Currently leading the product design for Pangea. Responsible for shifting the product from a college freelance platform to a professional talent marketplace which has resulted in increased user spending of 76% as of Q3. • Overhauled the talent profile pages and introduced a profile completion progress widget, which resulted in a 50% increase in profile completion rate on sign-up. • Redesigned and built the latest landing page on Webflow, resulting in a 20% increase in conversion rate compared to the previous landing page.P
Founding Product Designer
PangeaJul 2020 - Apr 2023 • 2 yrs 10 mos• Helped shape and define the foundation of the Pangea platform as the first designer on the team. Designed the first core features of our end-to-end web and mobile marketplace platform that connects companies with talent they can contract to hire. • Conducted user research and gathered insights to drive iterative improvements during the Y-Combinator program, resulting in a successful funding Seed round of $2M from top venture capital firms. • Redesigned user interface and streamlined user flows, resulting in a 4,000% increase in the company's lifetime transaction volume from $60K to $2.5M. • Developed and implemented the company's design system using Figma, reducing the time from design to deployment from 6 weeks to 2 weeks as well as reducing front-end errors during development.L
Design Intern
La Victoria LabJun 2019 - Aug 2019 • 3 mos• Conducted user research alongside PMs to identify pain points in early-stage digital product teams, resulting in the implementation of collaborative solutions that were rolled out to over 1,000 internal users. • Designed and launched a responsive website for the annual digital product fair using Figma and WebFlow, resulting in a record-breaking number of participating applicants, with a 50% increase from the previous year.Education
Rhode Island School of Design
BFA, Industrial DesignSep 2016 - May 2020Brown University
Coursework, Modern Web & Mobile Applications2019How 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 NowBook a Call
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