Designers from Slack

Eileen Murphy Bernard is a Principal Designer at Slack, bringing a wealth of experience in product design and creative leadership to her role. Her career spans impactful positions at industry-leading companies, including serving as a Product Design Manager and Senior Product Designer at Spotify, where she honed her expertise in user-centered design at scale. Prior to Spotify, Eileen built a strong foundation in product design at Huge, demonstrating a consistent track record of delivering thoughtful, high-quality digital experiences.

Wii Yatani is a New York-based product designer at Slack who champions the intersection of rigorous user research, lean development, and human-centered design grounded in sharp business strategy. With a multidisciplinary background spanning product design, motion graphics, and film and photography, Wii brings a uniquely layered perspective to solving complex design challenges. Driven by an insatiable curiosity, they continually expand their creative toolkit to approach problems with fresh eyes and meaningful innovation.

Rick Minno is a digital product designer with a proven track record of driving impact across the full product development lifecycle, currently shaping experiences at Slack. With early-stage experience at four VC-backed startups—three of which were successfully acquired—he brings a rare blend of entrepreneurial instinct and strategic design thinking. Backed by a degree in computer science and human-computer interaction, Rick approaches every project with infectious optimism, deep ownership, and a passion for crafting products that truly resonate.

Diógenes Brito is a Brooklyn-based designer and entrepreneur with a career spanning senior design leadership at Slack, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Lyft, alongside executive roles building and scaling both tech and hospitality businesses. He advises boards and leadership teams on product, customer, and growth strategy by applying rigorous, systems-based design thinking to real business constraints. As CEO of Yerba Buena and a longtime civic contributor through Prep for Prep and the Brito Family Foundation, he brings an unusually broad lens to the intersection of design and organizational impact.

Samuel Kang is a seasoned product designer with over a decade of experience crafting user-centered digital experiences across top-tier companies including Slack, Microsoft, and Indiegogo. Currently serving as Lead Product Designer at Slack, he brings a versatile design background spanning UX, brand, and web design to drive impactful, scalable product solutions.