Top Talent like Xiang 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.

Xiang Gao

UX Designer • Product Designer • UI Designer • Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, VN
UX
User Interface Design
Design Systems
Figma
UX Strategy
UI/UX Design
SaaS
Product Design
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts
Full-Time Roles
Experienced SaaS Product, UI/UX, Founding Designer
If you're looking for someone to step in and take your designs to the next level, someone you can trust, someone you can build a long-lasting relationship with, you've found the right person. I’ve helped design products from scratch like Taloflow.ai (YC W21) and Rudderstack ($20m ARR, Series B led by Kleiner Perkins), shipped entire freemium versions and PLG efforts of products, and also have designed and built my own startup called Whitespace. Things I can help with: - Design products from scratch - Add new features - Fix existing features - Special projects - Design systems - Decks - Logos - Product marketing videos - Transactional and marketing emails - Sourcing and interviewing designers - Operationalize design

Projects

2024 Portfolio

Please see work examples in my portfolio link! Thanks for your time and consideration.

Founder, Designer

AI-powered stakeholder alignment tool that helps design teams document, summarize, and circulate weekly team updates across Slack and email. Whitespace streamlines the process of maintaining design documentation and visibility, saving hours per week. Raised pre-seed, hired and managed developers, designed and built everything. Used by design teams at Series A-D startups.See More

Work History

W

Design

WhitespaceResponsible for design-related tasks at Whitespace.
R

Founding Product Designer

RudderStackNov 2020 - Dec 2021 • 1 yr 2 mosOpen-source warehouse first CDP built for Developers.
C

Product Designer

CmdDec 2019 - Aug 2020 • 9 mosResponsible for product design at Cmd.
V

Design Systems Designer

Varo Money Inc.May 2019 - Jul 2019 • 3 mosUpdated Varo's mobile design system across iOS and Android.<br>Consolidated components across platforms.<br>Shipped V2 design system on Abstract.
T

Founding Designer

TaloflowMar 2018 - Jun 2019 • 1 yr 4 mosHelped land $1m+ USD pre-seed investment.<br><br>Taloflow is a real-time cloud analytics platform that helps companies catch cloud spend anomalies before they rack up your bill through a prediction engine reveals the cost of every process in real-time.<br><br>Led design across org including branding/rebrands, website designs/redesigns, customer/sales/investor pitch decks, software architecture diagrams, full high-fidelity clickable prototypes, Jericho Design System V1, Slack bot (Tim), and product strategies. Sourced and collaborated with contractors to create design assets. Collaborated directly with executives, FE/BE engineers to work on various POC's and Tim Beta.

Education

R

Rhode Island School of Design

Industrial Design2013 - 2016

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
Experienced SaaS Product, UI/UX, Founding Designer
If you're looking for someone to step in and take your designs to the next level, someone you can trust, someone you can build a long-lasting relationship with, you've found the right person. I’ve helped design products from scratch like Taloflow.ai (YC W21) and Rudderstack ($20m ARR, Series B led by Kleiner Perkins), shipped entire freemium versions and PLG efforts of products, and also have designed and built my own startup called Whitespace. Things I can help with: - Design products from scratch - Add new features - Fix existing features - Special projects - Design systems - Decks - Logos - Product marketing videos - Transactional and marketing emails - Sourcing and interviewing designers - Operationalize design

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 Xiang 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.

Xiang Gao

UX Designer • Product Designer • UI Designer • Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, VN
UX
User Interface Design
Design Systems
Figma
UX Strategy
UI/UX Design
SaaS
Product Design
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts
Full-Time Roles

Projects

2024 Portfolio

Please see work examples in my portfolio link! Thanks for your time and consideration.

Founder, Designer

AI-powered stakeholder alignment tool that helps design teams document, summarize, and circulate weekly team updates across Slack and email. Whitespace streamlines the process of maintaining design documentation and visibility, saving hours per week. Raised pre-seed, hired and managed developers, designed and built everything. Used by design teams at Series A-D startups.

Work History

W

Design

WhitespaceResponsible for design-related tasks at Whitespace.
R

Founding Product Designer

RudderStackNov 2020 - Dec 2021 • 1 yr 2 mosOpen-source warehouse first CDP built for Developers.
C

Product Designer

CmdDec 2019 - Aug 2020 • 9 mosResponsible for product design at Cmd.
V

Design Systems Designer

Varo Money Inc.May 2019 - Jul 2019 • 3 mosUpdated Varo's mobile design system across iOS and Android.<br>Consolidated components across platforms.<br>Shipped V2 design system on Abstract.
T

Founding Designer

TaloflowMar 2018 - Jun 2019 • 1 yr 4 mosHelped land $1m+ USD pre-seed investment.<br><br>Taloflow is a real-time cloud analytics platform that helps companies catch cloud spend anomalies before they rack up your bill through a prediction engine reveals the cost of every process in real-time.<br><br>Led design across org including branding/rebrands, website designs/redesigns, customer/sales/investor pitch decks, software architecture diagrams, full high-fidelity clickable prototypes, Jericho Design System V1, Slack bot (Tim), and product strategies. Sourced and collaborated with contractors to create design assets. Collaborated directly with executives, FE/BE engineers to work on various POC's and Tim Beta.

Education

R

Rhode Island School of Design

Industrial Design2013 - 2016

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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