Matt Bond

Software Designer

Today
Head of Design at Human Capital with 20 years of experience designing products and leading teams at software companies.
Experience
Human Capital
Head of Design
2023—now
My primary focus is working with founders to help them design products and build companies.
Retool
Principal Product Designer
2021—2023
I created Retool Database with Sikan He. Design, product, and some frontend development. Grew and scaled design through recruiting and design systems.
Quizlet
Principal Product Designer
2020—2021
Quizlet is a consumer learning app that helps students master whatever they are studying. I was a Principal Designer leading teams for Study Tools, Discovery, and Design Systems.
Asana
Director of Design
2017—2019
I ran the Adoption design team for 2.5 years. We worked on onboarding and adoption of Asana, the core experience of managing projects, monetization and billing flows, and enterprise readiness.
Dropbox
Lead Designer
2015—2016
I was the Lead Designer and Design Manager for the File Collaboration team at Dropbox. We worked on overhauling how sharing content works, and working with VPs to set the company vision 2-3 years out.
Atlassian
Lead Designer
2011—2015
I was a Lead Designer on a few teams including Bitbucket and created/managed the Atlassian Design System for the first 3 years of its life.
M&C Saatchi
User Experience Designer
2010—2011
MAD Media Group
Design Engineer
2007—2010
Freelance
Design Engineer
2003—2007
Writing
Building trust by taking a cross functional approach
designsystems.com
2019
The key lessons I learned creating a popular Design System
medium.com
2018
Slack’s design is not secret sauce
medium.com
2015
How we made the Atlassian Design Guidelines
medium.com
2013
Patents
Managing Tasks in a Content Management System
WO2018125358A1
2018