# Kyja Kutnick > Product Designer, AI Experiences Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/kyja Hey, I'm Kyja (pronounced KAI-juh) 👋 I’m an idealist. I believe that just because something is broken in a complex system, it doesn't have to stay that way. I thrive when I can improve human lives at scale by creating synergies between physical and digital spaces. With a background in product, research and design, I have 7+ of experience ranging from seed-stage to late-stage companies, working with teams of 2 to 200,000 people. Career highlights: 📱Shaped the next generation of Android OS notifications at Google, creating the system behind Live Updates. 🚀 Implementing first-of-its-kind programmatic designs on LinkNYC tablet and advertising screens, generating $20 million in revenue in 2019 🌟 Founding member at a health analytics company, where I grew the design team 4x and built three 0-1 health analytics tools, contributing to 2x growth in revenue & earning recognition from Govtech publication 4x If you want to see more of my work, reference my (probably outdated) portfolio👇 https://www.kyjakutnick.com/ ## Work Experience ### Product Designer @ Google Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Android AI Experiences ### Product Designer @ Google Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 Designing the next generation of notifications on Android OS. (via BayOne) Samsung NowBar ▪️ Launched Samsung's new flagship 'Nowbar' which helps users seamlessly stay up-to-date with the information they care about most ▪️ Paired with Google Search & Maps to bring sports + navigation to Samsung's lock screen ### Board Member @ Code/Art Jan 2025 – Present ### Product Designer @ Freelance UI/UX Designer Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 Transitioned to freelance to get a broader exposure to various industries, users, technologies and device types. Currently working with companies across Artificial Intelligence 🤖, Finance 💰, Health 🦠, & Government 🏛️. RAINMAKER 💰🤖 ▪️ Engineered a user activation strategy for a B2C crypto app, boosting portfolio management and deposit efficiency via Coinbase & Metamask ▪️Devised a redeemable points system with strategic UI call-to-actions, resulting in a significant uptick in user activation and monetization ▪️ Created illustrations via Text-to-Image AI to personify / gamify the app and increase engagement ▪️ Analyzed user journeys to architect a new nav bar that enabled frictionless deposit workflows, decreasing time to deposit by ~50% BIOBOT ANALYTICS 🦠🏛️ ▪️ Designed onboarding flow for key government customers onto a new health analytics platform, resulting in a 40-fold increase in monthly active users (MAU) over a 3-month period ▪️ Revamped the design system to meet accessibility standards required for a government contract; optimized deliverables via JSON file, significantly reducing the engineering resources needed for implementation. EMDASH 🤖 Performed usability audit and created a design system proposal for this application that leverages artificial intelligence to organize communication. ### Senior Product Designer & Researcher @ Biobot Analytics Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 ### Founding Product Designer @ Biobot Analytics Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 As a founding designer during a pivotal high-growth phase, I led the expansion of health tracking indicators by 8x, focusing on infectious diseases and high-risk substances. My leadership was instrumental in launching and scaling a robust health metrics platform, refining dozens of prototypes into commercially viable solutions. ▪️Led design for three 0-1 Healthtech analytics tools, now used by millions of users across the CDC, Fortune 500 companies (pharma, tech, banking) ▪️ Expanded the design & research team 4x, collaborated on design & visualization system and built foundation for team rituals (design audits, presentations, critiques etc) ▪️ Launched an award-winning lead generation platform, which became the primary driver for 70% of website traffic and generated significant revenue, directly and indirectly contributing to $XM in sales ### Graduate Research Assistant - Technology & Society @ The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | London, England, United Kingdom Explored and analyzed data-sharing agreements between public and private entities (e.g., Transport for London and Waze) to enhance user experience and functionality in digital products. ### User Experience Designer @ Intersection Co. Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area Intersection: A subsidiary of Sidewalk Labs, a Google company Led design for growth team’s internal tooling, resulting in a 50% decrease in campaign management time. Designed Adtech campaigns for the LinkNYC platform to enhance attribution for clients like Warby Parker, Twitter, & UberEats. ### Product Design @ HumbleBee @ Cornell University Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Ithaca, New York Collaborated with a PhD student to create a mobile app to track sustainable habits on Cornell’s campus. This work included data-driven research, focus groups, branding, and leveraging HCI methods to inform the iOS application design. ### Product Design Intern @ Project Frog Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area Conducted user research & prototyped for architectural augmented reality mobile app. Performed competitive analysis, research synthesis, & service design recommendations that proposed Kanban methods for construction sites. ### Product Design Intern @ Unleashed by Kara Ross Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Greater New York City Area ### Photgraphy/Set Design Intern @ William Wegman Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Greater New York City Area After emulating his work during my photography class in high school, I was given the opportunity to shadow this world renowned artist. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning Cornell University ### Master of Science - MS in Design and Sociology The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kyja-kutnick-10212ba9 - Portfolio: https://kyjakutnick.me --- Source: https://flows.cv/kyja JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kyja/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-25