# Kyle Knobel

> Independent Brand Designer / Art Director | ex-Grammarly

Location: United States, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kyleknobel

Hello 👋  I'm a designer creating human experiences. 
+ 15 years elevating and evolving brand identities, often for B2B SaaS products. 360 campaigns and identity systems–all in a day’s work.
+ My superpowers are listening, curiosity, empathy, and surfing ambiguity.
++ Ceramist and visual artist. Currently building an off-grid cabin with my father. I am also a father. 

Some design highlights I'm proud of:
+ Lead Designer on the Grammarly and Sysdig rebrands.
+ Creative Director in Residence for a new non-profit arts space, Adobe Books, in San Francisco.
+ Building an experimental design studio, Seneca Design.

## Work Experience
### Brand Designer / Art Director @ knobel.studio
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
ACCEPTING CLIENTS FOR 2025. 
Knobel.studio works with companies in transition to solve business challenges via impactful design solutions. By focusing on strategies tailored to market shifts and business opportunities, I have successfully helped clients achieve their marketing, brand, and identity goals. My system-based solutions touch 360 campaigns, brand refresh, and run-of-business.

### Lead Designer @ Grammarly
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area
Make foundational brand identity investments, create design systems, manage creative campaigns, art direct external agency work, and mentor designers. 2-3 direct reports.

### Design Manager @ Grammarly
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
Responsible for the management of day-to-day design operations for my creative team. Lead the hiring process on motion design candidates. Participate in the strategic planning, development, and vision of an ideal state creative team. Manage creative campaigns, art direct external agency work, and mentor designers. 2-3 direct reports.

### Senior Designer @ Grammarly
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Create creative campaign systems, execute integrated marketing campaigns, develop enterprise B2B sub-brand, art direct external agency work, develop brand critique group, and mentor designers.

### Designer @ Sysdig
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
Single brand designer responsible for run-of-business marketing design projects.  Responsible for the website design and development agency relationship, including setting project priorities and expectations, designing new pages, and enlisting contract design resources as needed. Co-led a company rebrand with the CMO, including agency search and hiring as well as DRI for rebrand process.

### Brand Designer @ Jiff, Inc.
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Oakland / Palo Alto CA
Responsible for sales and marketing design campaigns. Includes art and creative direction, illustration, video direction, editing, and motion design, web and mobile product design. Additionally, I worked on new business pitches, creating white-labeled POC interactive product demos.

### Brand Designer @ Qlik
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 | Burlingame CA
Brand designer for global corporate marketing team, with an emphasis on brand awareness and direction for integrated campaigns. Includes design for event, print, marketing campaigns, web, OOH, swag, and storyboarding for motion design.

### Senior Designer @ UCSF
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 | San Francisco CA
Client-based brand identity services for the health/education industry clients, with an emphasis on designing marketing campaigns, new client pitches, and creating identity systems for sub-brands within the greater UC system.

### Designer / Editor @ UCSF
Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 | San Francisco Bay Area
Develop video production and post-production services for healthcare clients within the UC system, including shooting, directing, editing, motion design, and animation. Continue as a graphic designer for all run-of-business client projects. Emphasis on print work.

### Production Artist @ UCSF
Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 | San Francisco Bay Area
Responsible for graphic design on offset and digital print projects, including pre-press set-up. This includes run-of-business design on business cards, letterhead, brochures, and posters.


## Education
### MA in Interdisciplinary Arts (Video)
San Francisco State University

### BFA in Painting
State University of New York at Fredonia


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kyle-knobel
- Portfolio: http://www.knobel.studio

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Last updated: 2026-04-13