Rachel Meade Smith

Rachel Meade Smith

content + research in Brooklyn, NY, she/her

Work Experience

2020 — Now

Leading learning and content design for an online program focused on ethical, human-centered design and research for public-sector professionals and working on assorted content projects (e.g., studio publications, UX writing/editing, grant apps and reports, project presentations).

2018 — 2020
Editor + Learning Designer at 2U
2017 — 2018
Content Strategy Lead at NYC Mayor's Office of Tech + Innovation
2014 — 2016
Content Coordinator + Researcher at Ralph Appelbaum Associates

Side Projects

Ongoing

Since 2016, free weekly newsletter connecting people to interdisciplinary professional and creative opportunities across design, the arts, information, and research.

Ongoing

Leading public programs and workshops with the goal of making repair skills accessible and commonplace. Partners have included Brooklyn Public Library, New York Public Library, NYC Department of Education, Columbia Climate School, donateNYC, and others.

Ongoing
Likeness: An Oral History of Twins

Long-form interviewing twins about being twins.

Education

2013 — 2015
MA in Design Studies at Parsons the New School for Design
New York, NY
2006 — 2010
BA in Anthropology at New York University
New York, NY

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