Jon Snydal - Creative Leader & DesignerJon Snydal - Creative Leader & Designer
Jon Snydal - Creative Leader & DesignerJon Snydal - Creative Leader & Designer

I’m passionate about designing products and experiences that make a real impact in peoples’ lives.

Cohere Health

As Head of Design at Cohere Health, I manage a thriving team of 12 designers and researchers reimagining the prior authorization experience with AI.

Clarify Health

As VP of Design at Clarify Health, I led the design and research team and helped design all of its healthcare analytics products.

Advent Software

I created a design practice in a 30-year-old fintech company and helped re-invent their product platform for the web.

frog design

In my eight years at frog, I led projects for Fortune 100 companies and established a design studio in Bangalore, India.

Numbers

Years designing

years managing

coworking cats

Sheepadoodle

LEGO elements in my studio

Portfolio

Protected: Design Leadership

26 Dec 2023

Protected: Changing Physician Habits for Surgical Sites & Referrals

22 Dec 2023

Protected: Improving Patient Journeys for the Elderly

10 Dec 2023

Protected: Slashing Zombie Healthcare Rates

1 Dec 2023

Protected: Creating an Electronic Lab Notebook for Scientists

7 Dec 2016

Sides

Music, Print design

TRPS Magazine

September 10, 2025Read More
Ethnography, LEGO

LEGO Workshops

February 17, 2025Read More
Poetry, Web design

Poetry of Snydal

July 26, 2023Read More
Data viz, Healthcare

Data Viz Doodles

July 8, 2023Read More
Healthcare, LEGO

Healthcare Maze

April 1, 2022Read More
Data viz, Healthcare, LEGO

Clarify Towers

November 12, 2021Read More
Music

Trombones

December 8, 2019Read More
LEGO, Web design

Indivisible LEGO

March 1, 2017Read More
India, Photography

180 Days in India

April 25, 2011Read More
Bikes, India

Atlas Goldline

June 14, 2010Read More
Ethnography, India

frogMob

November 22, 2008Read More
Data viz, Music

ImproViz

April 5, 2005Read More

Milestones

Building an iPhone Killer

Created a new mobile operating system for AT&T including the design of 13 core apps. Directed a team of over 20 creatives and collaborated with over 150 engineers in the US and India.

Modernizing a Radiology Workstation

Redesigned a radiology workstation, including high-fidelity prototyping and user testing to evaluate the new interaction model, workflows, and visual designs.

Evernote for Scientists

Redesigned Agilent's OpenLAB Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN). ELN is a digital notebook that enables scientists to take notes, formulate experiments, and share everything with their colleagues.

Designing a Physical Security System

Designed an enterprise surveillance and access control system for use in hospitals, airports, banks, and corporate offices. Included ethnographic research and participatory design sessions.

Re-imagining the Conference Phone

Created the UX for Dolby’s first entry into the crowded conference phone market. Final output included interaction, visual, motion, and sound design plus usability testing.

Chase's First iPad App

Created a tablet banking app to give people more insight into their financial habits and a greater chance of reaching their goals. Led a hybrid team of 13 frog and Chase designers.

Disney Media Website

Created an iPhone app and website for Disney visitors to view and order professional photographs taken during their visit. Relocated to India to lead a team of Indian designers collaborating with the US frog design team.

Re-envisioning the Classic Altoids Tin

Led research activities and worked with industrial designers to redesign the iconic tin in order to compete with new trends like breath strips and mini-tins.

Transposing old accounting software to the cloud

Created a web and mobile platform for a 30-year-old enterprise financial software firm. Re-imagined what their classic software offerings would look like in the cloud.

An Artist-Centric Crafts Website

Designed a web and mobile experience for Jaypore, an Indian startup selling finely crafted Indian artifacts and homewares. They are still thriving today, 10 years later.

Future-casting Augmented Reality in Japan

Designed a speculative AR interface, focusing on a day in the life of a salary man in Tokyo. Deliverables included AR storyboards and a gesture and gaze-based AR interaction model.

Designing Nike's first DIY Shoe: NikeiD

Designed the first Nike website that allowed people to create their own custom NIKEiD shoes (renamed Nike By You).

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