Will Miner

Hi, I'm Will Miner, a designer and product leader based in New York.

I'm a design leader focused on building tools that help people think, collaborate, and get work done. Currently, I lead design at Slack across platform, automation, and AI.

My background spans product design, engineering, and organizational leadership. I care about usability, efficiency, and the tiny details that add up to a pleasant experience. Over the past fifteen years, I've worked across startups and large platforms, often in ambiguous, emerging problem spaces.

Outside of work, I enjoy trail running, indoor gardening, fly fishing, art history, vibe coding, and electronic music. I currently live in the Hudson Valley of New York.

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Speaking and writing

I sometimes give talks and publish my writing on the web.

• Leading Design London
  Speaking · November 2024
• UXCON Vienna
  Speaking · October 2023
• The Secret to Design? Think Like a Salesperson
  Blog · May 2022
• Should designers get MBAs?
  Blog · May 2021
• Tips for Product Design Interviews
  Blog · April 2021
• Revision Path
  Podcast · Spring 2019
• NYC Design Systems Coalition
  Speaking · Winter 2017
• NY EdTech Week
  Workshop · Winter 2016

Experiments

A few web-based creativity and interaction experiments I've built

• WordCalc
  An LLM-based text transformer for proofreading and text improvement.
• Sounds
  Ambient recordings I've collected over the years.
• Generated
  An experiment in computer-generated abstract art
• @wgminer on Github
  I have dozens of random (unfinished) projects on Github