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Kim Oswalt

Complexity → Clarity

About Me

Senior Product Designer

Hey 👋 I’m Kim, a multidisciplinary product builder bringing clarity to complex systems. Currently at Skillable designing for hands-on learning and skill validation.

In my spare time, I read as much as possible, bike around St. Louis, crochet lots of sweaters, volunteer with Rung for Women, and eat way too many tacos.

  • Systems Thinking
  • Research
  • Product Strategy
  • Experience Design
  • HTML/CSS/JS
  • Illustration
  • Video

Showcase

June 2025

Lab Author Dashboard

Product Design
Research

April 2025

AI-Enabled Skill Validation

Product Design
AI

May 2024

Berklee LMS Redesign

Product Design
Design System

May 2025

Crochet Pattern Manager

Web App Development
Passion Project

September 2023

STL Startup Week Website Redesign

Web Design & Development

Background

Since earning my master’s in communication from Saint Louis University in 2017, I’ve had the opportunity to work in nonprofits, higher ed, and tech.

Information Architecture

I've applied Object-Oriented UX (OOUX) to design intuitive, scalable systems and improve collaboration with engineering teams through shared mental models and well-structured architectures.

Research

With a background in advanced research methods, I’ve led discovery efforts—from interviews and surveys to fieldwork and content analysis—to uncover user needs and guide product decisions.

Product Strategy

I've helped shape product strategy by developing user personas, introducing data-driven feedback loops through Pendo, and creating design principles that align cross-functional teams.

Design Leadership

I've built and maintained design systems, introduced scalable discovery practices, and set up prototyping tools in Cursor that help the team move from idea to insight even faster.