Reed Smith is an artist and designer with a master’s in Graphic Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He is currently working at Hybrid Design in San Francisco. In his free time, he maintains an experimental design and painting studio practice.

For work inquiries, please contact at:
reedoliversmith@gmail.com

Experience

Hybrid Design,
Designer, 2025 - Present

San Francisco based design studio providing a variety of graphic design capabilities to industry leading clients. Projects cover a wide variety of services, from identity and editorial to packaging and environmental work. Select clients include A24, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon.

Emotive Brand
Designer, 2023 - 2024

Oakland based design studio servicing clients in the B2B technology space. Worked as a designer building identity systems, motion, and branding materials for a variety of technology clients.

Freelance Design
Designer, 2022 - Current

Worked on a variety of print and digital projects with clients such as Pace Gallery, Verkada, Cranbrook Academy of Art, and a variety of small to mid-sized businesses and institutions.

Publicis Sapient
Project Manager, 2018 - 2021

Worked in Sapient’s NYC office on the Mercedes Benz USA account as a creative project manager. Role included creative timeline management, client communications, and budget maintenance for internal NYC creative teams.

Education

Cranbrook Academy of Art
MFA, 2023

Graduate of the 2D Design MFA program. Two-year masters curriculum consisting of design experimentation and personal studio exploration. Studies focused on typography, art’s intersection with Graphic Design, and engagement with academic dialogue and critique surrounding contemporary design work and industries.

Pratt Institute,
Certificate in Design, 2021

Eight course design curriculum emphasizing Graphic Design fundamentals including typography, motion design, branding, and message strategy. Courses included thorough skill development across a variety of Adobe Suite programs. Classes were attended during night sessions after working hours.

University of Georgia,
BBA, BA, 2018

Business and Advertising double major. Studied business curriculum emphasizing economics, finance, marketing, entrepreneurship, and valuation as well as advertising curriculum focusing on visual branding, SEO, advertising budgets, and branding messaging and strategy.

School of Motion
Motion Design Certificate

Completed a two-month After Effects course emphasizing and building on the fundamentals of motion design. Core skills learned were typographic animations, keyframe animations, mask animations, and building viewer interest through the use of key principiles and techniques.

Clients & Recognitions

Select Clients:

Pace Gallery
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Mercedes Benz USA
XFL Football League
Globality
Talking Dolls Artist Collective
UGA College of Journalism
Found and Form Interior Design
Secure Code Warrior
Neato

Recognitions:
MDW Detroit Arts Community
Publiction Design Grant

Talking Dolls Artist Residency
Selected Summer Resident

Atlanta Creative Circus
Selected Summer Resident