# Cole Smith

> Principal Product Designer

Location: United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/colesmith

I am a creative technologist working at the intersection of design and development. I craft beautiful software by sketching, prototyping, and writing code. I specialize in interaction design, 3D interaction, design systems, and front-end development.

## Work Experience
### Principal Product Designer @ Augmenta
Jan 2024 – Present

### Design Technologist @ Cole Smith Design
Jan 2020 – Present
Freelancing as a design technologist. Services include industrial design, web/software design and development, graphic design/illustration.

### Principal Product Designer @ Backflip
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024
Zero-to-one product design and artist-in-residence

### Principal Product Designer @ Markforged
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Established a design team and process. Created design system of 50+ reusable 2D and 3D components. Sole designer for Eiger software product.

### Senior Product Designer @ Markforged
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | Remote

### Senior Product Designer @ WeWork
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | New York City
Led a cross-functional skunkworks team of engineers, architects, and researchers. Conducted on-site user research for "WeWork Go" in the US and China.

### Designer @ WeWork
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018

### Design Consultant @ WeWork
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | New York City

### Researcher, Advanced Manufacturing @ Virginia Tech
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Blacksburg, VA
Robotic fabrication research, in partnership with Autodesk and MASS Design.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Industrial and Product Design
Virginia Tech
Jan 2011 – Jan 2016


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/cole-smith-10a9417a
- Website: http://csmithid.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-05