design Archives | Peter Spannagle

08 Feb

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User Centric Methods, Machine Learning and Facebook Recruiting

I worked onsite at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, CA from May to December 2018. I embedded with a team that builds internal recruiting tools. The team’s purpose was to increase the efficiency of sourcing via machine learning technologies. As a consultant, my job was to uncover the reason for low adoption of machine learning, revise product strategy, and build + execute on a new roadmap. Our key metric was claims per recruiter.

11 Jan

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Blockchain Advisor: Product Management and Design Consulting

From 9/2018 to 6/2019 I was part of the 12-person seed-stage team at FalconX, working on v1 product and identity. The company is now an $8b unicorn with 300 employees, providing blockchain-based financial services.

23 Feb

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Senior Manager of User Experience for Samsung+

I directed a team of 8 designers for a complete overhaul of Samsung+, the most popular Samsung app in the US market with over 20m users. I helped reorganize the product design process, introducing lean methods and user research. I worked on high visibility initiatives including: text chat, a nationwide premium care service offering, and design for Samsung’s first chatbot.