Emi Knight

Product Design Lead

Greater Seattle Area

About

Born and raised New Yorker with 10 years experience working in user experience design. Work experience at a variety of consultancies, Google News, and early stage startups.

Experience

  • Senior Product Designer at Zucca
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    Food & beverage AI

  • Product Design Lead at Stackpoint Ventures (formerly Gemini)
    Oct 2023 - Feb 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos

    • Envisioned and delivered foundational design systems and for two 0→1 companies, shipping high-impact fintech features • Developed and iterated on user-centered flows, wireframes, prototypes, and visual mocks with a pixel-level attention to detail • Led design initiatives across brand identity and product features, maintaining design quality and execution standards across the team • Partnered directly with cross-functional teammates including engineering, PMs, marketing, and CEOs to iterate rapidly and produce user-first outcomes • Tested rapid prototypes weekly to validate early concepts with users • Crafted the end-to-end sign up flow and resident portal, resulting in $100K+ AUM within the first month of product launch • Achieved a 95% sign-up completion rate for a high-friction flow requiring users to provide SSN and open an investment account

  • User Experience Designer at Emi Knight Design Inc
    Mar 2020 - Oct 2023 · 3 yrs 8 mos

    • Led UX strategy and research for early-stage startups, designing native iOS and web apps that aligned with business goals through collaborative client partnerships and user-centered design Conducted user research, developed end-to-end design solutions, and managed a junior designer to execute high-quality product experiences from concept to launch • Worked with startups on designing mobile apps and web-apps. I partnered with clients to guide them through identifying key user needs and designing the interfaces. Select clients: • Conducted user research and created app designs for a startup called Canopy, an iOS app that which helped create financial clarity for caregivers of terminally ill dependents. • Created conceptual designs and user research for Applied Cognition, a neurology web app to helps doctors and patients with Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. • Design and user research for an audio based iOS native app called Wellony to help people spend more time with the people they care about. • User experience design for Climate Club, helping users make better consumer decisions relating to climate change

  • Google (Full-time · 3 yrs 1 mo)
    • Visual Designer
      Jul 2018 - Jul 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

      • Led design across the Google News iOS app and Search features, improving how millions of users discover, read, and trust daily news content • Designed end-to-end reader experiences, balancing real-time relevance, usability, and content clarity at scale • Partnered with journalists, engineers, PMs, and fellow designers to solve trust and misinformation challenges, including UI patterns for source transparency and recency indicators • Contributed to a product with 4.5 star rating on iOS, helping maintain quality and trust at scale

    • Visual Designer
      Jul 2016 - Jul 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Product Designer at Dialexa
    Aug 2015 - May 2016 · 10 mos

    Collaborated with diverse clients to develop design concepts and execute high-quality visual design across digital products Led the design framework for an internal web app used by brokers at JLL, streamlining workflows and improving usability