Hi nice to meet you, I'm a Product Designer & Architect in NYC.
  • Name:Taylor Sams
  • Email:taylorjsams@gmail.com
  • Phone: 571 384 0496
  • Birthday:October 10
  • Favorite Color:Clear & Sparkly
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I’m a designer living and working in Brooklyn NY, and I have a passion for design that delights and solves problems through excellent solutions.

I started my design career studying architecture and earned my professional degree from the Pratt Institute. After graduating I worked as a conceptual architectural designer and visualization specialist for a firm in NYC helping clients translate proposals into beautiful three dimensional digital solutions and marketing tools.
While there I began working with one of the partners to develop a software platform that could better help our clients present the materials we were creating for them across a variety of interactive formats and VR.
This experience led me to discover a career I never knew existed, product design. I found a fantastic set of parallels between designing spaces for people and the work of a product designer in ensuring users can seamlessly and joyfully interact with the tools they need.

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Experience
 

07

Orion Innovation UX Designer: 2022

I worked with a team of designers to deliver world class solutions to clients. Notably for Verizon, we overhauled internal systems for their sales and product teams. More recently I've been working with a major financial services company to redesign their internal and client facing systems

06

MARCH Design Director: 2020

I led the redesign and launch of MARCH’s new website which generated significantly more traffic. I also redesigned and aligned the firm’s graphic standards in addition to overseeing and managing design projects and client relationships.

05

MARCH Senior Designer: 2018

I assisted in the UX design of a custom AR software platform to support new content types being created. The software was later spun off into its own project and now generates over half of MARCH’s revenues.

04

Pratt Institute
School of Architecture
Design Teaching Assistant: 2017-2020

Worked in design studios to mentor students through design challenges and give lectures on spesific skills.

03

MARCH Designer: 2015

I worked closely with a team to design and develop 3D architectural models and visual collateral. We had several of these projects published across industry periodicals and notably our work on 15 Renwick won several awards.
 

02

InProcess Editor 2010-2014, Head Editor 2015

I was hired as an assistant editor for InProcess, a joint publication between the graduate and undergraduate architecture programs. After becoming editor-in-chief, I worked closely with the graduate editor to create two separate publications, a first-ever in Pratt’s history. Our efforts resulted in twice the product under the same original budget.

01

Skidmore Owings & Merrill Design Intern: 2010

I prepared presentation documents, assisted on site visits and participated in design charrettes. I had several drawings I prepared published later in a book about the project by the firm.

Education
 

02

UX Design Certificate Google UX Design Professional Certificate 2021

Completed an in depth series of ux design projects moving through the design process from start to finish covering design theory, professional practices, practical skills, and software tools.

01

Bachelor of Architecture Pratt Insitute 2015

Graduated with honors, professional degree, and several published projects.

Skills
 
  • Design
  • Creative Direction
  • UI/UX Design
  • AR/VR Design
  • Typography
  • Design Thinking
  • Color Theory
  • Branding + Identity
  • Technical
  • Figma
  • Adobe XD
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • 3Ds Max + Vray
  • Davinci Resolve
  • HTML5 + CSS3
  • Sketch