Knut Synstad
Staff Designer at Reddit, Inc.
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKnut Synstad is a Staff Designer based in San Francisco with 11 years of experience shaping developer-facing products and service experiences, currently leading design for Reddit’s Developer Platform. Trained with an MFA in Graphic Design, he combines rigorous visual and interaction design craft with front-end development skills to bridge aesthetic intent and implementable interfaces. His background at Dubberly Design Office and work across service and systems design give him a systems-thinking approach to complex product ecosystems. Earlier naval leadership and technical training in electronics contribute uncommon discipline and operational perspective to his design leadership. Known for operating at the intersection of computation and design, he focuses on making developer tools more usable, useful, and delightful.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Graphic Design, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Graphic Design at London Metropolitan UniversityDiploma Graphic Design, Diploma Graphic Design at Norwegian School of Creative StudiesMaster of Fine Arts Graphic Design, Master of Fine Arts Graphic Design at Academy of Art UniversityCollege Preparation Program, College Preparation Program at Sør-Trøndelag University College (HiST)Certificate of Completed Apprenticeship Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Certificate of Completed Apprenticeship Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Royal Norwegian Navy Officer Candidate School
Norwegian, English, Norwegian
Github Skills (20)
gif-animation9
gist9
tsne9
mockups8
svg8
explore7
d3js7
jekyll5
similarity5
github5
javascript4
genetic-algorithm4
machine-learning4
data-visualization4
typescript3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
knutsynstad/portfolio
Jul 2019 - Mar 2025
Knut Synstad's portfolio site
Contributions:26 PRs, 10 pushes, 6 branches in 5 years 8 months
designjekyll
knutsynstad/faux-code
Feb 2020 - Feb 2020
Convert real code from a Github Gist into an SVG image of faux code
Contributions:19 commits, 3 pushes in 11 days
svgsvg-imagegithub-gistdesigngist
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