Niquita Taliaferro
Senior Product Designer in Los Angeles, California, She/Her
Awards
Disney+ on Apple Vision Pro
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Mobile Apps & Sites
Entertainment -
Mobile Features
Best Experimental & Innovation
Disney+ on Apple Vision Pro
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Virtual & Immersive Features
Best VR Headset Experience -
Creative Innovation
Metaverse or Game Brand Integration -
Virtual & Immersive Experiences
Media & Entertainment
Work Experience
Exploring opportunities for personalized discovery and connection to fandom on Disney+.
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)
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
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.
Through the Built By Girls Wave program, I mentored female high school students interested in careers in technology and design.