Lofton Taylor
Work
NiftyKit
Co-Founder, Product Designer / 2022-2024
NiftyKit empowers creators, artists, brands, and businesses to unlock new economic opportunity and build their community onchain. NiftyKit is a no-code platform that provides true ownership of digital assets through tools that are easy to use, accessible, and affordable.
NiftyKit has helped creators earn over $25M in revenue and has minted over 6 million assets onchain. We've been recognized as one of the top platforms, launching successful projects with Takashi Murakami, GUCCI, COLORS, and thousands of independent creators.As co-founder, I helped design, build, and launch our platform, scale to over 70K+ users, and raise Series A funding.
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Meta / New Products
Product Designer / 2021-2022
NPE is a community of entrepreneurs at Meta. I co-founded and lead design for a new standalone product which focused on empowering the justice-impacted community through their reentry journey. Our initial product vision was internally acquired and fully-funded by Meta NPE.
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Facebook / Marketplace & Commerce
Product Designer / 2020-2021
M&C builds the future of commerce by helping people buy, sell and transact safely across Facebook Marketplace, Shops, Groups, Messenger and Instagram Live Shopping. I ran multiple task-forces which helped provide agency and support to millions of users (ie. content appeals, donations).
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Facebook / Community Integrity
Product Designer / 2017-2020
Community Integrity helps reduce bad experiences and harmful behavior and keeps over 3-billion people safe across the Facebook ecosystem via transparent and fair enforcement. We provide people agency over their content through principles of procedural fairness. I lead design for appeals, account status, content warnings, support inbox and more.
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Facebook / Account Security
Product Designer / 2016-2017
AS builds products that have a strong focus on privacy, security, and ethical authentication to help protect vulnerable populations such as investigative journalists, reporters, and activists. I designed experiences to mitigate hacking, compromise, and state-sponsored attacks and keep accounts secure through features such as security checkup, device log-in alerts, and two-factor authentication.
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BigOven
Creative Technologist / 2014-2015
BigOven lets you take your recipes anywhere. Make grocery lists, reduce food waste, and easily share your favorite food inspiration with your community. I helped ship new versions of the iOS and Android apps, as well as manage customer support, QA, and email marketing.
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HAWKEN
NOC Engineer / 2013
Winner of 10 E3 awards, HAWKEN was a MMO FPS that places you inside a Mech on the battlefield of a dystopian world. I helped ensure a successful alpha, beta, and public game launch through server optimization, community management, QA, and support.
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Hornall Anderson
UX Technologist / 2012-2013
Hornall Anderson Experience Lab (HAX) was a space used to evoke innovation in experience design. I partnered with designers and engineers to work on a blend of mixed media ranging from spatial recognition, motion design, and 3D printing.
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Freedcamp
Co-Founder / 2010-2012
Freedcamp enables people to plan, organize, discuss and collaborate effortlessly. The first, truly free project management app with a robust and community inspired marketplace. I helped co-found, launch, and grow Freedcamp to half a million users including startups, freelancers, non-profits, students, and more.
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GM Nameplate
System Administrator / 2008-2011
Youngest sysadmin in the game. I helped operate a corporate network of Windows/Linux machines, including internal domain controllers, Active Directory/Group Policy, MS Exchange, RDS, Hyper-VMs, Citrix, Windows Server Backup, and WSUS. Ran helpdesk for 500+ PCs, Macs, and legacy DOS machines, and was responsible for network and security troubleshooting and compliance.