# Jessica Phan

> Serial Founding Designer. Generalist.

Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jessicaphan1

Serial founding designer and creative leader with expertise across edtech, crypto, ecomm, HR tech, and enterprise software. I thrive in 0→1 spaces, building products, brands, and teams from scratch. 

Currently at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, I am exploring AI’s impact and possibilities on education. Previously, founding designer, then Head of Design at OpenSea, and design lead at Sound.xyz and Vault.fm,  where I’ve helped launch and scale category-defining platforms in web3. 

A design generalist and occasional writer, some featured in Fast Company and The Next Web. I am also founder of Hathorway.com, a sustainable jewelry line featured in Fortune, Vogue, and SFMOMA which helps scratch my entrepreneurial itch.

## Work Experience
### Staff Product Designer @ Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Jan 2024 – Present
• Designed for AI developer tools for Education, cutting evaluation cycles from 10 weeks → 5 days
• Built decision tools for our annotation process to improve accuracy 
• Led design for developer docs and partner playgrounds

### Advisor & Independent Design Consultant @ JP Designs
Jan 2014 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
• Designed products and brands (Clients include Weee!, UmeTea, OpenSea.io, TheLibrarian.io, NYU, Wakecap, and Riverside Company)

### Founder @ Hathorway
Jan 2018 – Present | Redwood City
• Built sustainable jewelry brand featured in Fortune, Vogue, SFMOMA and Netflix
• Managed design, production, marketing, and e-commerce

### Head of Design @ Vault.fm
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024
Vault.fm (formerly Sound.xyz)
• Shipped first iOS and web apps (0→1), onboarding, chat, and listening experiences
• Defined brand and creative direction in web3 music
• Built creator tools driving artist adoption
• Player + coach

### Head of Design @ OpenSea
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
• Founding designer, scaled and managed the design team from a team of 1 to 6 including product, brand, design system, and content
• Launched first iOS app, brand identity, and core marketplace features
• Built our design culture, initial design system, and design hiring process

### Founding Designer @ OpenSea
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021

### Cofounder @ Ritual Meals
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
• Launched postpartum meal delivery for new parents
• Built brand, product, and content strategy

### Founding Designer @ Zugata (acquired by Culture Amp)
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Palo Alto, California
• Employee #3, player + coach
• Designed first enterprise web and mobile apps
• Built brand, onboarding, and team processes
• Managed product and brand design team

### Designer @ Sequoia Capital
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Menlo Park
• Helping the underdogs build the rare, generational companies that push the world forward.

### Product Designer @ ZURB
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Campbell
•  Led design and front-end development for Samsung, SAP, JCPenney, Neo4j, BD Biosciences.
•  Taught UI Sketching at ZURB University

### Design Lead @ Balsam Brands
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
• Led mobile and e-commerce redesign, driving 85% YoY revenue growth
• Grew and led design team, including brand and ux 
• Player + coach

### Designer @ Balsam Brands
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011
•  First designer; supported marketing and product experiences across multiple brands.


## Education
### MFA in Graphic Design
Academy of Art University

### BA in Design Studies
San José State University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jessicaphan
- Portfolio: http://Jessica.is
- Portfolio: https://www.hathorway.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13