Niquita Taliaferro

Niquita Taliaferro

Senior Product Designer in Los Angeles, California, She/Her

Awards

2024

Disney+ on Apple Vision Pro

  1. Mobile Apps & Sites
    Entertainment

  2. Mobile Features
    Best Experimental & Innovation

2024

Disney+ on Apple Vision Pro

  1. Virtual & Immersive Features
    Best VR Headset Experience

  2. Creative Innovation
    Metaverse or Game Brand Integration

  3. Virtual & Immersive Experiences
    Media & Entertainment

Work Experience

2021 — Now
Los Angeles, California

Exploring opportunities for personalized discovery and connection to fandom on Disney+.

2016 — 2021
New York, New York

Partnered with a skilled design team to expand creative capacity for diverse clients by combining strategic problem-solving with user and competitive research, shaping brands and delivering impactful designs across digital and physical spaces.

Clients include: American Cancer Society, Amala Beauty, Bank of New York Mellon, Canopy, comScore, Design Within Reach, Durst Organization, DWR Contract, Hungryroot, One World Trade (Freedom Tower)

2014 — 2016
New York, New York

Directed studio operations, finance, and IT maintenance for the design practice while contributing to client work through brand strategy, naming, copywriting, proofreading, art and media buying, and coordinating and producing photoshoots.

Volunteering

2021 — Now
Culture + Community Co-Chair at Disney Streaming

A founding member and Communication Co-Chair for The Melanin Collective, the Black Employee Resource Group (BERG) for the Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology business unit.

  • Developed, designed, and published the organization's community newsletter, For the Culture.
  • Organized and designed communication for community events and engagement activities both virtually and IRL.
2018 — 2019
New York, New York

Through the Built By Girls Wave program, I mentored female high school students interested in careers in technology and design.

Education

2015 — 2016
The Internet

Digital Design + Frontend Web Development

2002 — 2006
Norfolk, Virginia

Fine Art

Contact

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