Theo Strauss

Theo Strauss

Studying at Stanford in Bay Area, He/him

About

Designing the future

Side Projects

2019

CitiStudent was a proposal for Lyft and the NYC Department of Education to subsidize CitiBike memberships for all NYC public school students.

I wrote CitiStudent in collaboration with students from a Tier I public school in the Bronx.

2019

Dimension is a UI blueprint for adapting design tools like Figma and Sketch from desktop to tablet.

I designed Dimension and met with design tool companies about their path forward in tablet computing.

2015

Tower was a social networking platform that enabled high schoolers to easily exchange their contact info and social media profiles, along with their entire social circles.

I designed and led product at Tower.

Work Experience

2020 — 2020
San Francisco, CA

At Apple, I

Helped design the future of app development.

2019 — 2019
San Francisco, CA

At Postmates X, I

Helped design how Serve, Postmates' self-driving delivery bot, will communicate its intentions to people around it.

Programmed Serve's expressions on to Serve using Postmates X's DSL.

2018 — 2018
Brooklyn, NY

At T&T&T, I

Researched strategies to increase the studio's brand awareness.

Helped design interfaces and graphics for clientele.

2017 — 2017
Brooklyn, NY

At Thread Genius (acquired by Sotheby's), I

Created their API’s Swift client.

Helped design their API dashboard.

Organized happy hour.

Education

2020 — Now
Stanford, CA

At Stanford,

I'm currently a freshman.

I'm studying the intersection of human-centered design and tech.

2007 — 2020
New York, NY

At Dalton, I

Led Dalton Community Supported Agriculture.

Led Dalton Sweet 'N Low Acapella.

Led Dalton Varsity Squash.