Angie Chang
Currently seeking an exciting PM role at a consumer Internet startup company.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Website: | http://www.women2.org/ |
| Industries: | Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle |
| Skills: | Business, Copy Writing, Design, Editing, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Graphic design, Guerrilla marketing, Human-Computer Interaction, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Negotiation, Product design, Public speaking, Recruitment, Viral marketing, Web design, Writing |
| Next step: | Actively seeking an exciting PM role at a consumer Internet startup/company in San Francisco. |
| Location: | San Francisco, CA |
| Groups: | BASES, Gumball Capital, ST@B: Startup @ Berkeley, Women 2.0 |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Giving back, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Starting a company |
| Tags: | feminism, new tech, non-profit, pm, product manager, startup, web 2.0 |
| Schools: | University of California System - Berkeley |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Bay Area Girl Geek Dinners |
| Position: | Curator |
| Time period: | January 2008 - Present |
| Description: | • Produce events for women in technology by partnering with corporate sponsors like Facebook and Google, and promoting women in technology by creating more women speakers. |
| Employer: | Women 2.0 |
| Position: | Co-Founder |
| Time period: | January 2006 - Present |
| Description: | • Produce monthly events in the Bay Area for young women interested in entrepreneurship, business, and technology.
• Designed brand identity and website to bridge offline events with a strong presence online. • Manage the mailing list and email blasts. Utilize social media to message target audiences across different domains. |
| Employer: | SquareTrade |
| Position: | Product Manager |
| Time period: | August 2007 - September 2008 |
| Description: | • Wrote requirements for the consumer-facing website redesign project to create new user interfaces, and collaborated with graphic designer to ensure compelling designs for greater usability.
•Initiated and executed email marketing campaigns which drove annualized revenue of $1MM. |
| Employer: | Azureus |
| Position: | Web UI Designer |
| Time period: | December 2006 - April 2007 |
| Description: | • Designed functional specifications and user flow for payments after analyzing consumer needs and business requirements. |
| Employer: | YouSendIt |
| Position: | Web Producer |
| Time period: | September 2005 - November 2006 |
| Description: | • Transitioned the website from a simple web application to a more complex website serving various service account offerings.
• Worked with engineering to understand technical issues and deliver user-centered design solutions for YouSendIt products. • Worked with product management to build user-friendly wire frames, then executed and fully tested the final designs. • Was involved in email marketing campaigns. |
| Employer: | UC Berkeley Residential Computing |
| Position: | Lead Marketing Coordinator |
| Time period: | May 2002 - May 2005 |
| Description: | • Oversaw production and distribution of all ResComp promotional and educational materials to 6,000+ residents in the UC Berkeley residence halls.
• Managed over half a dozen projects each summer while procuring new working relationships with upper-management teams to relate working-level business needs. • Spearheaded ResComp branding campaign, including logo and website redesigns. • Gathered information to design and create the 16-page Getting Connected in the Residence Halls mailer to answer questions of incoming students. • Negotiated contracts and communicated with print vendors for publications. • Designed ResComp websites and materials such as newsletters, logos, flyers, etc. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Berkeley |
| Time period: | 2000 - 2004 |
| Degree: | English and Social Welfare, BA |
INFORMATION
| Awards: | The Women 2.0 Founders received recognition as outstanding young leaders at the Women’s Equality Day Breakfast from the County of Santa Clara in August 2006. |
