Tyler Smith

Content Director, SuperWorld

United States

I've worked as a journalist and copywriter for over fifteen years, with a range of clients, including: Boeing/NASA Systems, Rackspace, PayPal, Wood Mackenzie, Dell, Duke Cancer Institute, Citibank, SETI, NYU and many more. My creative writing has been featured in McSweeney’s, Esquire, UTNE Reader, American Short Fiction, The Morning News, Electric Literature, Tin House, and Texas Monthly, among others. I am also an associate editor at The Nervous Breakdown and a writer for The Telling Project, a national performing arts nonprofit that uses theater to deepen understanding of the military experience.

Portfolio
Texas Monthly
05/26/2016
Dawn Patrol

The familiar waft of hydrogen sulfide and seaweed means we're in Galveston. We turn off the Gulf Freeway onto Sixty-first Street, roll down the windows of my old Volvo, and throw one another significant looks. It's six a.m., and the three of us have come from Houston under a cloak of darkness to execute "dawn patrol."

Delltechnologies
Dell Technologies Cloud

Dell Technologies Cloud is a hybrid cloud solution that simplifies operations and improves cloud economics through a consistent management experience.

Woodmac
Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling: Bridging a Supply-Side Divide

At the heart of the EV revolution is a desire to reduce our carbon footprint. Using recycled LIB metals instead of 'virgin material' reinforces the eco-friendly trajectory of the EV, although recycling-despite its benevolent optics-comes with its own obstacles.

Mainspringmc
A bold commitment to cancer care

Chances are that you or someone you know has been affected by cancer this year. And estimates put the number of new cancer diagnoses for 2018 at almost 2 million. Cancer doesn't take a holiday, but thanks to you and our partners in care, we're changing those statistics and giving hope to more than 70,000 patients every year.

Brownalumnimagazine
Gravitational Pull

Astronaut Jessica Meir '99 is torn. As an amateur but devoted musician, she's concerned that bringing a saxophone into space might be too unwieldy. She could bring her flute, but there's already been a flautist up there, and besides, she explains, the denizens on the International Space Station (ISS) usually have a guitar on hand.

Wlu
W&L Give Day 2019

W&L has a giving tradition that's as strong as our speaking tradition, so join us on 3.14.19 and say hello to future W&L students with a gift.

Mainspring
Make contact with the SETI Institute today!

Name], As a new decade dawns, we're grateful for SETI Institute supporters. Your belief in our mission to discover life in the cosmos fuels the forward-thinking and innovative work we do, and we're eager for you to join us in our quest.