Tim Taylor

Current

• Lead Designer at Flock.com

Past

• Web Designer at Crowd Factory
• Web Designer at OurStory.com (Wisdomark)
• Web Designer at Focus Design Studios

• Lead Designer at Cantrall & Associates
• Student Technician at The Art Institute of Seattle

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Education

• Art Institute of Seattle

Recommended

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Connections

66 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website

Tim Taylor’s Summary

Tim Taylor’s Specialties:

XHTML, CSS, Web Standards, Interface Design, UX Design, Typography & Grid Structures, Document and Page Layout, Color Theory, Web Graphics Optimization, Graphics Manipulation.

Tim Taylor’s Experience

• Lead Designer

  Flock.com

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

• Web Designer

  Crowd Factory

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

• Web Designer

  OurStory.com (Wisdomark)

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  September 2006 — March 2007 (7 months)

  Create and optimize graphics for the web. Construct flexible layouts for user-defined content. Design legible typography treatments. Model interfaces and navigations. Form and create decorous color schemes.
  
  Worked with Product Team creating wire frames, interfaces and layouts for the various pages and modules of the site.
  
  Verified and determined functionality of Product Specs through Photoshop mocks, and paper prototyping. Determined visual look and feel under the guidance of the Product Team.
  
  Working with the Engineering Team to fully rendering Photoshop mocks into the product through XHTML and CSS.
  
  Determined optimal coding methods and CSS implementation under the guidance of the Engineering Team.
  
  Regular meetings with Product Team and Engineering Team to kick off new ideas and strategies, implement and optimize existing code, and troubleshoot design & engineering challenges.

• Web Designer

  Focus Design Studios

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

  January 2006 — July 2006 (7 months)

  Created websites, logos, and printed collateral for the various cliental.
  
  Also helped colleagues transfer from table based design to CSS, XHTML driven websites.

• Lead Designer

  Cantrall & Associates

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  March 2003 — October 2005 (2 years 8 months)

• Student Technician

  The Art Institute of Seattle

  (Internet industry)

  2000 — 2002 (2 years )

Tim Taylor’s Education

• Art Institute of Seattle

  AAA , Web Design & Multimedia , 2000 — 2002

  Worked as an Art Institute of Seattle Jr. Tech while attending College. Help students solve computer problems related to their design projects.
  
  Also worked as Teachers Aid for "Introduction to Design" course, and served as a tutor helping students understand and solve various design projects and assignments.

Additional Information

Tim Taylor’s Websites:

• My Website

Tim Taylor’s Interests:

XHTML, CSS, Interface Design, Web Design, Typography and Graphic Design

Tim Taylor’s Groups:

•    User Experience
•    Art Institute of Seattle

Tim Taylor’s Contact Settings

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