About
Senior Director of Product Design at Slack leading the Studio Team. Previously Director of Design at Abstract and Design Manager at Designer Fund.
Experience
- SlackSenior Director, Product Design2022 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- SlackDesign Director, Platform2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- Abstract AppHead of Design2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- California College of the ArtsSenior Lecturer2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Designer FundDesign Manager2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- RelateIQDesign Lead2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- Yammer, Inc.Senior Designer2011 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
- AirbnbFreelance Designer2011 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
- Chronicle BooksFreelance Designer2011San Francisco Bay Area
- Rhode Island School of DesignGraduate Student and Teaching Assistant2007 — 2010Providence, Rhode Island Area
- Addis | branding • advertising • digitalGraphic Designer2008San Francisco Bay Area
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Education
- Rhode Island School of DesignMaster of Fine Arts - MFA, Graphic Design2007 — 2010
- ArtCenter College of DesignCoursework in Graphic Design2002 — 2006
- Occidental CollegeBachelor of Arts - BA, Art History & Visual Art2000 — 2004
Skills & more
Art Direction24User Experience Design8Information Design21User Interface Design11Typography25Interaction Design34Design Strategy6Graphic Design28Creative Direction5Logo Design2Web Design4Graphics19
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Branding & IdentityBook DesignExperience DesignUser ExperienceAdobe Creative SuiteDesign ThinkingSystemsFrom Heather's professional profile.
Colleagues at Designer Fund
Alex Diehl
Advisor at Designer Fund
Alissa Briggs
Advisor at Designer Fund
Ben Blumenrose
Co-founder, Managing Partner at Designer Fund
Ben Siscovick
Advisor at Designer Fund
Dan Becker
Advisor at Designer Fund
Dan Bomze
Advisor at Designer Fund
Daniel Scrivner
Advisor at Designer Fund
Dantley Davis
Advisor at Designer Fund
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Heather Phillips work?
- Heather Phillips is Advisor at Designer Fund.
Same school
Also attended Rhode Island School of Design17
Erica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalJoe FlahertyDirector, Content & Community at Founder CollectiveZoe AngellInvestor at Third Rock VenturesRebecca SilverDirector at NYU Innovation Venture FundCaterina FakeInvestor at Yes VCWillem Van LanckerAdvisor at Designer Fund
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Also attended ArtCenter College of Design5
Also attended Occidental College26
Loren AlhadeffVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupIshan PherwaniAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersStewart AlsopInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersJason PrestonInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersMirja HitzemannScaleup Success Manager at Partech VenturesTyler MorganPrincipal at BFG Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at Slack51
Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsHans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Neha JewalikarDirector of Communications at Scale Venture PartnersGlenn SolomonInvestor at GGV CapitalJules MaltzInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
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Also worked at Abstract App2
Also worked at California College of the Arts7
Andra KeayInvestor at The Robotics HubAyham BoucherSenior AI Advisor at Armory Square VenturesRosanna YauAdvisor at Don BugitoCorey FordInvestor at Matter VenturesWilliam SchneidermanInvestor at Latimer VenturesShalini SardanaAngel at Pipeline Angels
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Also worked at Yammer, Inc.20
David SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; PCAST co-chair; former White House AI & crypto czarMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesBen SmithTechnology Partner at Inreach VenturesRandy GleinFounder and Managing Partner at DFJJenny ThaiHead of Marketing at Pear VC
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