# David Goldklang

> Staff-level Product Designer — Product Experiences & Design Systems

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/davidgoldklang

• Visionary design thinker, beyond boundaries of norms & herd mentality
• Creator & evangelizer of design systems
• Bleeding edge & future technology enthusiast
• User empathizer & advocate

## Work Experience
### Founding Staff Designer @ Green
Jan 2026 – Present | San Francisco, CA

### Staff Product Designer, Design Systems @ OKX
Jan 2024 – Jan 2026 | San Jose, California, United States
- Architected a new color variable structure for semantic usage, theming, and light/dark modes.
- Built designer workflows, training, and support systems to drive adoption of the design system.
- Embedded with product teams to accelerate delivery while ensuring DS standards.

### Staff Product Designer, Design Systems @ Gap Inc.
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Oakland, California, United States
- Established foundation for new design system to support cross-brand product experiences
- Built robust Figma variable structure to support theming across 4 major retail/ecommerce brands
- Coordinated alignment between UX teams, brands, design agencies, and design system team

### Principal UX Designer, Design Systems @ Walmart
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Bruno, California, United States
- Led visionary work to define the future of Walmart’s design system.
- Crafted process documentation & developed strategic approaches for ways of working.
- Designed & documented components to support thousands of designers & engineers.

### Senior Product Designer @ Globant
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Designed & documented new component contributions to Autodesk’s design system.
- Designed B2B & B2C products (responsive web & mobile native)
in Agile environment using Figma, Sketch, InVision, & Adobe XD.

### Senior Product Designer @ Goldklang Design
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Contract work in Bay Area, CA
- Designed digital product experiences for clients including Intuit, CareLinx, & Akamai.

### Senior Experience Designer @ Zynga
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, California
- Designed product experiences for Zynga Poker mobile app.

### Senior Product Designer @ CareLinx
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Bruno, California
- Designed product experiences for a three-sided healthcare platform (B2B + B2C).

### Senior Product Designer @ Deserve
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Palo Alto, California
User dashboard design: UX/UI design, prototyping, visual design, user testing
Design of marketing materials: email campaigns, ad banners, infographics
Investor/board presentation slides (data visualization)
Lead small team of junior designers on product and marketing design projects.

### Visual Designer @ Free Range Studios
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Oakland, CA
Branding - logo conceptualization + revision, style guide design 
UI conceptualization + graphic development

### Visual Designer @ Adobe
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
Data visualization + dashboard metrics
Powerpoint presentation design using charts & graphs

### Graphic Designer @ Creative Focus
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco, CA
Develop branding + collateral design for photographers
Design and develop websites + interactive (iPad) photography portfolios

### Technical Operations Analyst @ Comcast Cable
Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 | San Rafael, CA
Technician service auditing
Database creation + management - MS Excel, MS Access, SQL

### Graphic Designer @ Mill Valley Health Club & Spa
Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 | Mill Valley, CA
Design of all promotional materials for programs & events
Redesign branding / collateral + establish brand standards guide

### Musician - Fellow @ New World Symphony
Jan 2003 – Jan 2006 | Miami Beach, FL
Perform weekly symphony orchestra concerts for the public
Educational outreach in the local community

### Senior Production / Graphic Designer @ Kinko's
Jan 2002 – Jan 2003 | Baltimore, MD
Graphic design of in-store promotional materials + client print projects
Equipment operation - copies, binding, auxiliary

### Recording Engineer @ Peabody Recording Studios
Jan 1996 – Jan 2001 | Baltimore, MD
Engineering live classical music recording + studio sessions
Digital audio editing - Pro Tools software


## Education
### Bachelor of Music in Graduate Performance Diploma, Recording Arts & Sciences + Music Performance
The Johns Hopkins University
Jan 1996 – Jan 2001


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/goldklangdesign
- Portfolio: http://www.davidgoldklang.com
- Portfolio: http://www.vandacards.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-30