graciela

creative technologist & maker in nyc.

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graciela smet

howdy @ gracielasmet dot com

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education

Stanford University

jun 2024

M.S. Computer Science : Human-Computer Interaction

Stanford University

jun 2023

B.S. Engineering : Product Design

experience

Silk

Helping to build the future of curation, blogging, and subcultures on the internet

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