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# Sean Smith

**Headline:** Product Design Leader & Builder
**Profession:** Product Design Leader & Builder
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, USA

## About

Sean Smith is a Product Design Leader & Builder at Sean Smith Design\. Sean’s experience spans founding design work, product\-design leadership, and design management, including work at Microsoft across Outlook for Mac and mobile and following Microsoft’s acquisition of MileIQ\. Sean is strongest in leading complex product\-design efforts, rebuilding core experiences, mentoring designers, and pairing candid feedback with meaningful autonomy\. At Microsoft, Sean served as Principal Design Manager and Principal Design Lead for Outlook Mac & Mobile, after progressing from Senior Designer to Senior Design Manager on MileIQ post\-acquisition\. Earlier, Sean was the Founding Designer at Mobile Data Labs, the company behind MileIQ\. Sean has led major Outlook rebuilds across core experiences and has worked on turning chaotic developer workflows into an integrated terminal\. Sean has also mentored a senior designer to a principal\-level leadership role, building trust until the mentee could own the room\.

## Highlights

- Product Design Leader & Builder at Sean Smith Design\.
- Served as Principal Design Manager and Principal Design Lead at Microsoft for Outlook Mac & Mobile\.
- Progressed from Senior Designer to Senior Design Manager at Microsoft on MileIQ post\-acquisition\.
- Was the Founding Designer at Mobile Data Labs, the company behind MileIQ\.
- Drove major Outlook rebuilds across core experiences\.
- Mentored a senior designer to a principal\-level leadership role\.
- Coached through candid feedback and meaningful autonomy, building trust until a mentee could own the room\.
- Worked on turning chaotic developer workflows into an integrated terminal\.
- Focused on shipping quickly, maintaining quality, and learning faster\.
- Studied Graphic Design at the Art Institute of California, San Francisco\.
- Studied Graphic Design at the Academy of Art\.

## Experience

- **Product Design Leader & Builder at Sean Smith Design** (2025\-01\-01–present)
- **Principal Design Manager & Principal Design Lead at Microsoft, Outlook Mac & Mobile** (2021\-01\-01–2025\-01\-01)
- **Founding Designer at Mobile Data Labs \(MileIQ\)** (2015\-01\-01–2015\-01\-01)
- **Senior Designer to Senior Design Manager at Microsoft, MileIQ Post\-Acquisition** (2015\-01\-01–2021\-01\-01)

## Education

- Graphic Design — Art Institute of California, San Francisco (2010\-01\-01)
- Graphic Design — Academy of Art (2007\-01\-01)

## FAQ

### What does Sean do?

Sean is a Product Design Leader & Builder at Sean Smith Design\. Sean’s background includes product design, design leadership, design management, mentoring, and building products and core experiences\.

### What are Sean’s strongest areas of product\-design leadership?

Sean is experienced in leading complex product\-design work, rebuilding core product experiences, coaching designers through candid feedback and autonomy, and shipping quickly while maintaining quality and learning faster\.

### What did Sean do at Microsoft Outlook Mac & Mobile?

Sean served as Principal Design Manager and Principal Design Lead at Microsoft for Outlook Mac & Mobile\. In those roles, Sean drove major Outlook rebuilds across core experiences\.

### What was Sean’s role at Microsoft after the MileIQ acquisition?

Following Microsoft’s acquisition of MileIQ, Sean progressed from Senior Designer to Senior Design Manager at Microsoft on MileIQ post\-acquisition\.

### What did Sean do at Mobile Data Labs?

Sean was the Founding Designer at Mobile Data Labs, the company behind MileIQ\.

### How does Sean mentor and develop designers?

Sean has mentored a senior designer to a principal\-level leadership role\. Sean’s coaching approach includes candid feedback, meaningful autonomy, and building trust until a mentee can own the room\.

### What developer\-workflow project has Sean worked on?

Sean worked on turning chaotic developer workflows into an integrated terminal\.

### What is Sean’s education?

Sean studied Graphic Design at the Art Institute of California, San Francisco and at the Academy of Art\.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/seansmithdesign

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