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product designer

about

hello there, i'm john williams taylor, a hands-on design leader who specialises in enabling and scaling product design as a discipline to support growing products and businesses — whether as a the first design hire a company makes, or supporting an existing group of designers, researchers, and writers.

it's pretty unlikely that you've stumbled across this site, so i'll assume a former client, colleague, or friend has recommended me. throughout my now 20+ year career that's how the majority of my roles and projects have started out, which i hope speaks to some aspect of the impact and quality of the work i do.

as a design leader i drive impact by focusing on understanding, distilling, and simplifying complex problems and opportunities into intuitive, delightful, and empowering experiences that make a meaningful difference in peoples' day-to-day lives.

brands and clients

  • apple
  • bbc
  • bethesda
  • citroen
  • ef education first
  • fitbit
  • google
  • habito
  • itv
  • the labour party
  • monzo
  • nintendo
  • peak
  • samsung
  • sky
  • wise

recent projects

below are a selection of recent projects i've contributed to over the past few years. there are so many folks who contribute to large-scale and complex projects like these; product designers, ux writers, researchers, engineers, product managers, and so on, so i've highlighted my roles as they relate to each.

  • fitbit

  • staff ux lead and manager
  • 2021—2023
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  • health connect

  • staff ux lead and manager
  • 2022—2023
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  • google fit

  • staff ux lead and manager
  • 2020—2023
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  • ef teacher first

  • vp product design
  • 2015—2019
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