# Pantelis Korovilas

> Designing things & leading teams

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/panteliskorovilas

"Equal parts warm, curious, and delightfully irreverent" according to ChatGPT—I'm a design “player-coach” with a knack for building playful, mobile-first consumer products and brand creative, and scaling the impactful and supportive Design teams that make it happen—all during a startup’s most pivotal stages of product-market fit and hyper-growth.

## Work Experience
### Founding DOOOer @ Designers Out of Office
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
DOOOing what I can to get Bay Area designers together IRL in the remote/hybrid era.

### VP, Head of UX & Design @ Nerdy
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Helping people learn by connecting experts and students in any subject, anywhere, anytime

### VP, Head of Product Design @ Flex
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area
Giving more control of when and how you pay your rent.

### Senior Design Manager, Marketplace @ Affirm
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Building honest financial products for consumers, giving more flexibility in how and when they pay.

### Fast talent acquired by Affirm @ Affirm
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Nearly half of Fast's Design team was included as part of a deal, myself included, to give a “vast majority” of Fast engineers the chance to join Affirm.

### Senior Director, Head Of Design @ Fast
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Building the world's fastest checkout and an easier internet—and growing the core team of Product and Brand/Creative Designers, and Researchers, to make it happen.

### Interim Product Manager @ Fast
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Product Manager for our flagship Checkout product for the first quarter after product launch, going from $0 to consistent, WoW record-breaking GMV, while still supporting and growing the team as Head of Design.

### Senior Director, Guest Product Design @ Turo
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Driving the product design and direction of all of Turo's guest experiences across mobile and web touchpoints 

Scaling and coaching a core team of Product Designers to build an exceptional guest and product experience

### Head Of Design @ Hopper
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Cambridge, MA
Drove Hopper's design direction while scaling and coaching a core team of Designers during a period of hypergrowth 

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Webby Award & People's Voice 2018 - Mobile Travel
Fast Company Most Innovative Companies - #33 overall & #1 in Travel

### Founding Product Designer @ Hopper
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Cambridge, MA
Drove the product design and direction for Hopper's iOS and Android apps, since versions 1.1 (iOS) and 1.0 (Android)

Helped the team surpass 2 million installs in the product’s first year and 10+ million in the first 2

Designed Hopper's super-fast, mobile booking flow (QuickTap Booking) and surpassed $1 million in gross bookings the first 12 days after launch (iOS only) as a result

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Google’s “Most Beautiful Apps” of 2016
Google Play Award 2016 - Standout Startup
Webby Award 2016 - Mobile Travel
Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Award 2016 - Nominee
Apple App Store Best of 2015 - #7 Best App of the Year

### Lead Product Designer @ Whittl
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Chicago, IL
Led the design of Whittl’s consumer-focused, web and native iOS apps, creating simple-to-use and engaging product experiences for the nascent two-sided marketplace

Provided creative direction for the Whittl brand and its varied touchpoints

### UX/UI Designer @ Milyli Inc
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Chicago, IL
Was the first product designer, working closely with business analysts, managers and development teams to create engaging user experiences and interfaces for a variety of internal and client B2B apps, eventually hiring additional designers to support our work

### Design and Multimedia Fellow @ Yale University
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | New Haven, CT
Worked to build the Yale Office of Sustainability’s engagement portfolio through the development of video, multimedia, and the design of marketing, campaign and outreach materials for a wide range of stakeholders in the Yale community


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
Iowa State University

### Summer School in Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Harvard University

### International Program in Photojournalism
Sopocka Szkoła Fotografii

### Associate's of Applied Science in Graphic Design
Eastern Iowa Community College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/pakorovilas
- Portfolio: https://pklikes.design

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Last updated: 2026-04-13