Manette Smith

Manette Smith currently serves as the Senior Data Transformation Lead for Telecom at Google since October 2025. Prior experience includes roles at Horizon Media, where Manette held positions as Manager of Channel Observation Research & Resource Development and Strategist for Channel Insights from January 2022 to October 2025. Prior to that, roles at BluShark Digital included Business Development Associate and Digital Marketing Coordinator from May 2020 to January 2022. Manette began the professional career as a Marketing & Digital Ad Sales Intern at Tribune Publishing Company in 2019 and as a Public Relations Intern at Qantm Creative in 2018. Manette earned a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies and a Minor in Psychology from the University of Virginia, complemented by a Certificate in Business Fundamentals from the McIntire Business Institute at the University of Virginia. Additionally, studies included a term at The American College of Greece in 2018.