Ben Smith
Design Manager at Meta
San Carlos, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Smith is a Design Manager with 11 years of experience crafting visually rich, intuitive digital products across consumer and immersive platforms. He has led design teams at Meta and Google and co-founded multiple studios where he set interaction rules for holographic surfaces and drove product vision for tools that let non-technical users build complex algorithms. His background spans mobile game hits (a Top 100 grossing app), AR/VR titles, and enterprise algorithm management, blending creative direction with pragmatic product delivery. Trained in both fine arts and entertainment technology at Carnegie Mellon and grounded in literature from Oxford, he brings a rare mix of storytelling, aesthetic judgment, and systems thinking to design leadership. Based in San Carlos, CA, he excels at translating ambitious, multidisciplinary concepts into delightful, usable experiences that scale. Notably, his career bridges studio entrepreneurship and scaled platform design, giving him fluency in both hands-on craft and organizational strategy.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Shakespeare and Dickens, Bachelor's degree, Shakespeare and Dickens at University of OxfordBA, English, Fine Art, BA, English, Fine Art at University of RochesterMaster of Entertainment Technology, Fine/Studio Arts, General,, Master of Entertainment Technology, Fine/Studio Arts, General, at Carnegie Mellon UniversityProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
silvertreeben/hello-world
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 1 day
javapython
silvertreeben/Learning
Aug 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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