graciela

creative technologist & maker in nyc.

howdy @ gracielasmet dot com

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graciela smet

education

Stanford University

M.S. Computer Science

jun 2024

Human-Computer Interaction

B.S. Engineering

jun 2023

Product Design

experience

Silk

Building the future of creative practice on the internet, leading development on core functionality like the activity feed, chatrooms, communities, and collaborative webs.

The New York Times

Product Designer

jun '25 - pres

Leading design on experimental new conversation formats and associated newsroom tooling to support safe, trustworthy, and thoughtful digital spaces for discussing the news

Associate Product Designer

aug '24 - jun '25

Led design on newsroom tooling for moderating and curating 150,000+ reader comments across 200 stories / week.

Product Design Intern

jun '23 - jun '24

designed for Ink, the internal design system used across 24+ major tools to serve a 3000+ person newsroom

Stanford University

DESIGN 1 Course Assistant

mar '24 - jun '24

guided students through design thinking fundamentals and techniques in new “Introduction to Design” course, foundational to the newly restructured Design major at the Stanford d.school.

Breakout Mentors

Kids Coding Mentor

jun '22 - jun '23

mentored beginner students through developing personalized interactive projects in Python and React Native

Glimpse Dating

Lead UX/Graphic Designer

dec '20 - nov '21

led UI/UX and brand identity for dating app that launched at 5 universities with 3000+ downloads and a 4.5 star rating

skills

design systems, prototyping, UI/UX design, service design, creative problem solving, user research, game design, front-end development, creative coding

Figma, Adobe Suite, Blender, Fusion 360, Webflow, Notion

React, React Native, Next JS, Remix, Javascript, Typescript, HTML, CSS, Tailwind, Python, Unity, C, C#, C++, Firebase, SQL, Drizzle, p5.js, Arduino