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KRISTEN SMITH: DESIGN LEADER & ADVISOR

Kristen
Smith

I am a product leader focused on emerging tech, growth strategy, revenue-driving customer experience, and building successful teams.

I help individual users, teams, organizations, and cultures adopt technology. I guide the people that build it to build the right product, and the people that need it to integrate and use it correctly to help them achieve their goals.

I have been focused on designing and scaling product in emerging tech for more than 20 years. I’ve worked hands-on with some of the biggest brands in the world on multi-million dollar initiatives, as well as first-time founders with a goal to establish traction and raise early funding.

I mentor graduate students, first-time entrepreneurs, and am an advisor and investor based in New York.

I take a first principles approach to design thinking: find a fundamental problem and craft a solution that provides real value to real humans.

I believe in measuring everything, respecting everyone, and holding both products and people accountable to drive business growth and build exceptional teams.

For collaboration opportunities, mentorship, or anything else,
feel free to say hi.

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CLIENTS & PROJECTS: 2003–2024

Adobe

American Airlines

Apple

Assurant

Barbarian

Best Buy

Bloomberg

Boston Children’s Hospital

Chanel

Complex Media

Control Group (Intersection)

Dasani

Dove

Firetalk

Flowspace

Ful Backpacks

Gathr Films

Gerson Lehrman Group

Havas Media

Health Universe

Harvard University

Justin Timberlake

Kashi

Kate Spade

Kiehl’s

Kilter Group

LEGO

Loop

Matchbook

M&Ms

Miller Brewing Co.

Mini

Murmuration

NASDAQ

New York Life

Nimbus

Ogilvy

Oliver Wyman

The Olympics

Plymouth Rock

Quotidian Ventures

RedEnergía

Samsung

Saucony

Shakira

Smirnoff

Southwest Airlines

Sugar CRM

Svedka

TelcoDR

Timehop

Turner Broadcasting

Unilever

Virgin America

Virgin Mobile

The Webby Awards

Yipit

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