Cooper Smith

• Splitting time between Brooklyn and our 1754 home on the Rhode Island Farm Coast
• Director of Product Design // Head of Commerce Design at Yahoo
• Roasting coffee out of my barn, protoyping a micro-roasting business to sell to local farmstands
• Often found on an airplane or train on my next adventure, collecting photos and ephemera
• Currently reading The Bee Sting. Complete collection of books/articles read and interesting highlights

Previously

• Spent a year working at the intersection of fantasy sports and NFTs, and built a product design team from the ground up in Paris and New York City at Sorare [2022-2023]
• Managed an incredible team of designers focused on the core rider experience as well as our mapping team at Lyft [2018-2022]
• Worked to combat misinformation on Twitter following the 2016 election [2015-2018]
• Cut my teeth in product design at Foursquare and evolved check-ins, tip creation, and messaging[2012-2015]
• Visualized fitness tracking data, culminating with designing a full page spread for WIRED UK [2011]
• Completed the 18th grade at the School of Visual Arts, receiving my masters in Interaction Design [2010-2012]
• Grown in Colorado [1985-2010]

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