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David Kniola
A river winding through a golden canyon under a blue sky.

Navigating complexity, creating clarity.

With over a decade of experience in product design, I've partnered with startups and enterprise teams to transform complex challenges into intuitive, user-centered experiences.

David Kniola, Senior Product Designer

Selected work

Research and a shipped redesign

All work

Iterate quickly

I would rather put a rough flow in front of people on Thursday than polish a guess until next month. Tight loops — sketch, test, cut — keep the work honest and the team moving.

Manage stakeholder expectations

I say what we know, what we are betting on, and what will slip if we add one more request. Alignment is a design problem: same artifacts, same language, no surprise reviews.

Build systems that scale

A one-off screen becomes six slightly wrong screens. I design components that encode behavior, density, and states so squads can ship without reinventing the table, the empty view, or the focus ring.

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Open to Senior Product Designer roles.

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