Product designer at Pillar (Y Combinator)

I created tools and workflows that supported agencies in managing creators at scale.

It created the foundation for a new B2B revenue stream.

Role
Design, Strategy
Team
Founders, 1 Engineer, 1 Designer (Report)
Duration
2 months

Managing people at scale gets messy quickly.

One creator is manageable. Hundreds blur together.

Pillar focused on the single content creator. But when every creator is a separate account, roster management, performance checks and link-in-bio updates multiply fast.

Content creator #1 account login screen
Content creator #2 account login screen
Content creator #3 account login screen

Content creator #1

Content creator #2

Content creator #3

Agents have to manually log into each account and can't see all at once

Creating a robust system, specifically for talent agencies.

Building around talent agency workflows would be the foundation to a B2B expansion for a new, stable revenue stream.

Agencies can't manage what they can't see.

Conversations with talent agencies revealed that agents start at the high level, comparing their assigned creators before zooming into individual creator details.

Agency roster view comparing creators at a high level

Performance data only matters when it's actionable.

With many creators and metrics to monitor, agencies needed to quickly understand who required attention, why and what to do next.

Actionable performance signals for agency managers

Workflows break at scale when actions take too long.

Managers needed to move between analytics and creator accounts without losing context or operational momentum.

Access creator's page action in the agency roster
Creator page opened from the agency roster

Scale fails if the foundation is weak.

To increase value across individual accounts, I worked on other projects to expand monetization systems and made high-performing link-in-bios faster and easier to create through parallel product initiatives.

New monetized link-in-bio block types in the Pillar builder

Monetization

Created more monetized link-in-bio block types

Auto-themed link-in-bio profile preview

Auto-theme

Increased visual quality of default link-in-bio design

Redesigned checkout flow for creator monetization

Conversion

Redesigned link-in-bio checkouts to increase sales

And scale needs robust internal workflows.

I introduced clearer handoff structures, documentation and Figma systems to reduce collaboration gaps I noticed across the distributed team.

Figma handoff structure for the distributed team
Documentation system organizing pages and components
Project status tracking across the team's workflow

We unlocked a new, reliable revenue stream for the company.

With this new workflow, Pillar onboarded 5 talent agencies managing hundreds of creators. Agency partnerships (B2B) are now the company's primary growth factor.

What I learned Scale exposes product weaknesses and forces you to focus on what actually matters.

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