Harper Alexander Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, CA, US

I lead Executive Recruiting for Airbnb's world-class Design team, and oversee other leadership-level searchwork across the company as well.

Cupertino, California, US

• Research: market-mapped for critical executive-level roles across the company
• Diversity: advocated for a wide range of candidates in alignment with diversity goals
• Collaboration: shared ideas and candidate profiles with colleagues across the Recruiting org
• Outreach: made contact with candidates to foster engagement and build relationships
• Connection: interviewed candidates to assess skills, experience, personality, and role fit
• Navigation: managed the timelines, priorities, and dynamics underpinning each search

Cupertino, California, US

• Managed Mr. Ive’s travel, calendar, security, media inquiries, correspondence, doctors, drivers, contractors, reservations, expenses, and personal projects
• Liaised directly with Apple’s entire Executive Team
• Organized and safeguarded Apple’s confidential design studio
• Exercised utmost confidentiality on behalf of Mr. Ive and Apple

Worked as an assistant to two Hollywood icons and titans, learned about the film industry first-hand from the inside. My ambition was to be a screenwriter, and I was on that path, but in the summer of 2009 Apple came calling with a role that was too exciting to pass up.

New York, NY, US

Japan Society is a fantastic nonprofit org in New York that has furthered US-Japan relations for more than 100 years. Business lectures, cultural exchange programs, film and food festivals, a world-class art gallery, and top-level language instruction - Japan Society does it all.

JP

Two of the best years of my life - living in a rugged shipping/steel town on the southern coast of Hokkaido. Teaching in high schools, making friends, traveling the country, immersing myself in the culture and language of Japan. This experience changed and shaped my entire life.