Lofton Taylor
Work
NiftyKit
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer · 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, RallyRd, NBCU, and thousands of independent creators.
As Co-Founder and CPO, I helped design and launch our platform, scale to over 100K+ users, earn $1.5M RR, and raise Series A funding.
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Meta / New Products
Senior Product Designer · 2021-2022
NPE is a community of entrepreneurs at Meta.
As Senior PD, 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
Senior Product Designer · 2020-2021
Marketplace builds the future of commerce by helping people buy, sell, and transact safely across Facebook Marketplace, Shops, Groups, Messenger, and Instagram Live.
As Senior PD, I ran multiple task-forces which helped provide agency and support to millions of users (ie. content appeals) and keep people safe when buying, selling, and meeting-up to exchange goods.
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Facebook / Community Integrity
Senior Product Designer · 2017-2020
Community Integrity helps reduce harmful experiences and keeps over 3-billion people safe across the Facebook ecosystem. We provide people agency over their content through principles of procedural fairness (transparent and fair enforcement).
As Senior PD, I lead design for takedown/appeals experience, account-based health/enforcement, and helped contribute to many additional high-priority projects.
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Facebook / Protect & Care
Product Designer · 2016-2017
P&C builds products that have a strong focus on privacy, security, and hardware authentication to help protect vulnerable populations such as investigative journalists, reporters, and activists.
As PD, I designed and shipped multiple security products including device log-in alerts, two-factor authentication, and malware detection – which helped mitigate hacking, compromise, and state-sponsored attacks to keep millions of accounts secure.
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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.
As Creative Technologist, I redesigned and shipped new versions of the iOS and Android apps, plus managed 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.
As NOC Engineer, 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.
As UX Technologist, 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.
As Co-Founder, I helped launch and grow Freedcamp to half a million users – making project management more accessible to startups, freelancers, non-profits, and students.
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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.