# Hayden Tarr

> Lead Product Designer at DigitalOcean

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/hayden

Senior designer that loves to work on complex products and flows. Currently working on the Enterprise hiring manager experience, checkout what I've been up to https://haydentarr.com

## Work Experience
### Lead Product Designer @ DigitalOcean
Jan 2021 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area

### Senior Product Designer @ DigitalOcean
Jan 2018 – Present | Greater New York City Area

### Senior Product Designer @ Upwork
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Currently working on the Enterprise Hiring Manager experience, Led the design of the new a category system for the marketplace, organizing jobs and freelancers into roles. Giving Upwork insights into supply and demand we had never had before. As part of this system, I worked cross-functionally to implement the system into every marketplace page. This later became one of four company imperatives for 2018.

### UX Designer @ Upwork
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Led the redesign of multiple marketplace pages including our applicant tracking system. Combined the entire hiring flow into one page, making hiring easier and more efficient. Identified issues with search relevance and created fast, testable solutions that led to a marketplace taxonomy redesign. All these changes results in $100 million+ gains to freelancer lifetime earnings.

### UX/UI Designer @ oDesk
Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 | Redwood city
Worked on the rebrand of oDesk.com, creating the first oDesk (later Upwork) design system. While also supporting the UX team on projects across the product.

### Web Designer @ heyzap.com
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | San Francisco Bay Area
I was brought on as an intern to help with marketing collateral and icon & web design. Created all the icons for their iOS app and designed and developer the about page.

### Illustration Student @ Ringling College of Art and Design
Jan 2006 – Jan 2010
Illustration Major focusing on concept art and digital illustration. Was selected by the society of illustrators 2009 and included in their student exhibition in New York.

### Graphic/Web Design @ Amlaki
Jan 2004 – Jan 2005 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Amlaki was a web design agency focused on property development and real estate management. I was brought on as an intern during my gap year, after working there for a month I was hired full time and worked on multiple websites for large property developments .


## Education
### Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration
Ringling College of Art and Design

### Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration
Ringling College of Art and Design


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/haydentarr

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Last updated: 2026-02-23