At Taylor, our culture breeds ideas, creativity and innovation. Our staff combines the wisdom of senior strategists and senior art directors with the vitality of younger designers and programmers. All players move easily within the flow of each job—bouncing off each other, welcoming great ideas, seeking opinions and, with the help of our two business managers, making sure we stay on budget and on deadline.
As the founder and namesake of Taylor, Dan is the creative and operating force of the studio. His design expertise and even-tempered, inclusive, “somehow-someway-get-things-done” approach are central to how Taylor Design delivers award-winning communications, digital, branding and marketing solutions. Partnering with clients such as Columbia University, Terex, Mount Sinai Health, Spectrum, Northwestern University, Starwood, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dan simply loves his job. To beat traffic, he rides to the office on his Cannondale. To come up with big ideas, he hires and collaborates with outstanding talent.
On the side: Dan is a Professor of Design at the University of Connecticut and serves on the board of the BCFC’s Growth Network and AIGA Connecticut.
Before Taylor: Creative director at William Snyder Design, Inc., NYC; Designer with Pushpin, Lubalin, Peckolick, NYC; Beau Gardner Associates, NYC; and Steve Burnett, Inc., NYC. Graduated with a BFA in Graphic Design from the Rochester Institute of Technology. As a high school sophomore, Dan was homecoming king—with Hollywood’s Meg Ryan as queen—in Connecticut.
Recommended digital field trips: Instagram, NY Times, Nike+, and Map My Ride
Favorite IRL field trips: Jay Peak, VT, Park City, UT, and Point Judith, RI
Hannah can’t get enough of coding, except when she’s cooing over her adorable Shih Tzu, Ella or making delicious dishes and DIY-crafts. A Briton who came to the U.S. in 2013, she’s already seen many miles of her adopted country, thanks to a five-week, cross-country road trip. Her experience includes developing responsive and e-commerce websites (on the Umbraco and WordPress CMS platforms), social media and email campaigns, as well as SEO and cross-platform testing. She joined Taylor in April 2014 to expand our active in-house digital capabilities.
Before Taylor: Worked as a front-end developer at ADC Marketing Group and a developer at Medialink, both in Liverpool, UK. Graduated from Liverpool John Moores University in Liverpool, UK, earning a Bachelor of Science Degree with Honors in Internet Computing. Her areas of study included: programming, software development, virtual worlds, forensic computing, and network security.
Recommended digital field trips: CodePen, r/webdev, Instagram,
Favorite IRL field trips: California, Portugal
A self-proclaimed fan of family, fun and food, Laura loves restaurants (especially The Homestead Inn) and spending time with her children. She also loves to play tennis, read novels, and watch the Mets. Though she has the name of a tomb-raiding fictional character, she’s never seen the movie. Since joining Taylor in 2008, she’s kept our staff and clients heroically in-the-know.
Before Taylor: Served as project manager and accounts director of Construction Consulting Group, Stamford, for 11 years, and as co-director of the Stamford Public Library’s Visiting Books Program. Earned her MBA from the University of Connecticut and BA from the University of Rhode Island.
Recommended digital field trips: Waze
Favorite IRL field trips: Her honeymoon in Greece
Having earned spare cash as portrait illustrator when he was younger, Steve enjoys the play of illustration and typography in design. He once wanted to be a marine biologist and is a certified scuba diver. When he’s not underwater, he’s kayaking or fishing. Or he can be found hanging with his wife and two cats (Fred and Felini), watching football, and other activities compatible with his love of craft beer. Steve loves big design challenges, such as his award-winning projects for Williams-Mystic and Mount Sinai.
Before Taylor: Steve was a summer intern at Taylor between his junior and senior years at Syracuse University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Communications Design. We immediately hired him upon his graduation in June 2002.
Recommended digital field trips: Instagram
Favorite IRL field trips: Hiking in New Zealand and surfing in Costa Rica
Driven by a love of fine art and drawn to extremes, Bria is dedicated to finding the most provocative, eye-catching, unmissable design solution to any client need. That’s one of the reasons she fits in so well at Taylor Design. Another is that she adds to our collective studio soundtrack, thanks to her Lykke Li and Jake Bugg downloads. A former competitive dancer and fierce karaoke talent, she spends much of her free time on iphoneography and binge-watching Netflix originals.
Before Taylor: Bria joined by way of UConn’s School of Fine Arts and her summer 2014 internship with us. She also studied communication design at Central Saint Martins in London, where she designed the 2014 Gallery Exhibition Poster.
Recommended digital field trips: It’s Nice That, The Sketchbook Project
Recommended IRL field trips: Reykjavik, Iceland and London, England
As our director of all-things-financial, from invoicing and quarterly reporting to forecasting and billing, Mary Ellen knows her numbers. She also knows how to crochet a truly excellent sweater for her sweet great niece Mia Rose. And she’s a lover of all things Italian, especially cavatellis. When she’s not manning the books, she can be found hanging out with her family and pet parottlet.
Before Taylor: Finance manager at Brandman’s in Norwalk. Controller and bookkeeper at Focus Vision and QTV-Autocue, both of Stamford. Educated at Sacred Heart Academy, Stamford, and Norwalk Community College.
Recommended digital field trips: Instagram
Favorite IRL field trips: Italy
If Nora isn’t in the office, she’s probably outdoors. In the summer, she’s gardening at home. In the winter, she spends her time-off mogul skiing in Vermont. She joined Taylor in 1996, helping to build Taylor from a 3-person studio with five clients to the successful multidisciplinary agency it is today.
Before Taylor: Nine years as graphic design director at Goldsmith/Jeffrey Advertising in New York City, working with clients such as El Al Airlines, J. P. Morgan and NYNEX. Two years with Tobias Design and two years with Chiat/Day, both in NYC. Graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, and began her career as a junior designer at Beckman Associates in her hometown of Albany, New York.
Recommended digital field trips: Facebook, Pinterest, online shopping at Sierra Trading Post and REI
Favorite IRL field trips: The beaches of Rhode Island to watch her two sons fish. Or any place with snow.
Conor was first introduced to the field of graphic design in high school. Since then his pursuit of visual creativity has inspired him each and every day. His involvement with sports from a young age is the foundation for his team-oriented perspective. When he is not searching in vain for his laptop charger he is likely browsing mechanical keyboard newsletters, staying fit, playing video games, and grabbing a pint with a friend.
Before Taylor: Worked as a graphic designer at Vibrations Management Group in Philadelphia and earned a BFA in Graphic Design from The University of The Arts in Philadelphia.
Recommended digital field trips: Apple Product Shopping, YouTube
Favorite IRL field trips: Ireland, Cape May, NJ
Basia emigrated to the U.S. as a child of two Polish highlanders (Goralskie), a long line of craftswomen and woodworkers. When she’s not designing, Basia loves spending time with her family (which includes a three-year-old rescue dog named Penny), refining her photography skills, or daydreaming about starting multiple art and home projects.
Before Taylor: After earning a BFA from UConn’s School of Fine Arts, Basia started her career interning for Alexander Isley, freelancing at Taylor Design, and working at CO:LAB Inc. She then moved across the country to San Francisco to work at the California College of the Arts before returning east to Brooklyn, NY. Later, back in Connecticut, Basia honed her digital and UI skills at the Amsterdam-based company Foleon and assisted various freelance clients before enthusiastically joining Taylor Design on a full-time basis in 2023.
Recommended digital field trips: Eye on Design
Favorite IRL field trips: Abroad: Iceland. Locally: Any home furnishings store or bookstore
Since 1992, Taylor has helped shape brand destinies through deep strategic understanding and an innovative mindset. Our work is never by the numbers. And we don’t simply apply our aesthetic to our clients’ projects. Business performance, marketing flexibility, real time analytics, 1-to-1 customer connections, your sales and marketing goals—these are the things that drive our decisions and spark our creativity.
Our growth is limited to the high-level talent that we attract. So we’re always on the lookout for someone special. Is that you? [email protected].
The ideal candidate is a graduate of a respected four year design school who is passionate about great design, can approach projects from a strategic perspective, and plays well with others.
Musts:
If this sounds like you, please send a cover letter, résumé, and a link to digital samples of your work to [email protected].
The ideal candidate has at least 4 years of experience working for or with a design-related agency, is passionate about developing clean and well-structured code, is always looking to improve and learn on their own, and plays well with others.
If this sounds like you, please send a cover letter, résumé, and a link to your website to [email protected].
The ideal candidate is an undergraduate student in a rigorous design program who is passionate about design, storytelling, and thrives in a collaborative environment. Must love pizza.
Must also have:
If this sounds like you, please send a cover letter, résumé, and a link to digital samples of your work to [email protected].