Smeeth graduated with a degree in Politics and International Relations from the University of Birmingham in 2000.[1] She worked as a policy and research officer for a trade union[5] before working in a public relations role from January 2004 to September 2005 at Sodexo. She then became director of public affairs and campaigns at the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre (BICOM) in November 2005,[6] leaving in early 2007 to work in PR for Nestlé.[7][8]