Nick Kluskowski

Nick Kluskowski

Product Designer in USA, He/Him

About

For 10 years, Nick has partnered with start-ups, entrepreneurs, and industry incumbents to craft digital products that are bold in concept, human in design, and deeply rooted in the challenges that matter most. He has helped shape innovative design solutions at IDEO, Metalab, and other renowned design agencies.

Work Experience

2023 — Now
Lead Product Designer at Honor Education
Remote

Redesigned the entire student learning experience across web and mobile, which included initial product discovery and strategy, rapid prototyping and testing, and creating dev-ready UI

Stood up and maintained a foundational design system for the entire app ecosystem that allowed us to move quicker and scale more efficiently

2022 — 2023
Senior Product Designer at Metalab
Remote

Helped a banking startup struggling to find product market fit go from 0 to 1 and pivot to an entirely new audience

Explored how a leading Web3 sports platform could better engage MLB fans in the offseason with a mix of digital and in person rewards

Worked collaboratively to iterate on core features for a new social wellness platform, while guiding the work of younger designers on the team

2021 — 2022
Product Design Lead at Halftone Digital
Remote

Led design efforts to reimagine the Adobe Lightroom top-of-funnel marketing experience via their website, including content mapping exercises, IA/Sitemap workshops, wireframing, and conceptual UI designs

Worked on streamlining existing functionality and designing new workflows for Adobe's IT Administration web tool

Led design efforts on consumer-facing and physician-facing Medtronic software

2018 — 2021
Creative Lead at GoKart Labs
Minneapolis, MN

Led product design for our largest account, Optum Health, completely rebuilding an antiquated software stack for healthcare advocates. This included establishing new design processes, executing over 100 user testing sessions, engaging with more than 2/3s of our customer base, and launching the new platform all in 6 months

2016 — 2018
UX Designer at Folklore Digital
Minneapolis, MN
2015 — 2015
Interaction Designer at IDEO
Cambridge, MA

Side Projects

Ongoing
Website and Mobile App at Code;Word
Ongoing
Website and Mobile App at CareCard
2018
Web and Mobile Apps at Loop Messenger