We make life at work simpler, more pleasant and more productive — through design.

Product Design

How we work

Designers at Slack (that’s us!) infuse every moment we can with courtesy, craftsmanship, and good humor. We dream big about the future of our product — and of work itself.

Partnering with product managers, marketers, and engineers, we try to make people’s working lives a little better than they were the day before.

Who we are

While we’re passionate about design, design isn’t all we do.

We’re doodlers, volunteers, ceramicists, rec league champs, climbers, cooks, authors, musicians, pizza aficionados, and more.

Slack Designer Facts

I can play six musical instruments. (I'm not great at any of them.)

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I once laughed while eating watermelon and the whole bite came out of my nose, like that scene from Total Recall (you know the one).

Slack Designer Facts

I don't mind getting stung by bees at all.

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I once met the Craig from Craigslist at a conference.

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Growing up, I lived in 11 different cities.

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I once met Jeff Goldblum while kickboxing at Golden Gate park.

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In consecutive years, I was the secretary, treasurer, vice president, and president of my high school magic club.

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I celebrated New Year’s Eve twice in 2012, first in New Zealand and then again in Hawaii. Time zones are incredible.

Slack Designer Facts

One time when I was a kid, I ran into Shaq at an ice cream shop in Florida. He bought me and my sisters ice cream. What a nice guy.

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I build furniture for fun.

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I once designed a t-shirt that was worn by an American Idol winner.

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I crashed my motorcycle on the Bay Bridge and lived to tell the tale.

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One of my feet is almost a whole size bigger than the other one.

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I'm a published poet.

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I was once the love interest in a music video.

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I can do a spot-on Mickey Mouse impression.

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I delivered my daughter in the same hospital room that Steph and Ayesha Curry had used for one of their kids. Staff had put in a long leather couch (that could fit an NBA player, I suppose) and framed art on the wall.

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I design and sew clothes and leather bags.

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You could say that I collect collections, including scissors and magazines with interesting binding.

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I once got approached by planted party people trying to recruit me to their company…at my own company party.

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I volunteered with AmeriCorps (the domestic Peace Corps) for two years.

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I sold electricity door-to-door in flip flops at some point in my career.

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I once ate 27 slices of pizza in one sitting at a midwestern pizza buffet chain.

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I produced a movie once. It was hard.

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I trained at San Francisco Ballet School for a year.

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I lived for 2 months on an old fishing boat off the coast of Western Australia, with 8 other people. There was a big storm during which I got stuck under the oven that came loose (I was fine, just hurt my foot a bit).

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I used to write TV recaps for SF Weekly. My favorite recaps were for an online series about people partying hard and constantly fighting with each other in LA's Koreatown.

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My favorite Halloween costume as a kid was cockroach themed.

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I have been to 45 states and 5 continents.

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I was obsessed with chess as a child and would spend my weekends and holidays at chess camp or workshops. At one point, I had a professional rating.

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I still have and cherish a champagne cork popped during the LA Galaxy’s celebration of their 2014 MLS Cup championship win.