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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.
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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