Pemberton is the practice of Taylor Pemberton, a New York City based product designer, creative director, and founder. ⤵

• Building a mobile or web app from scratch
• Leading design on a digital product, pre- or post-launch
• Naming and/or building a new brand identity from scratch
• Designing/developing an eCommerce or marketing website
• Expanding, redesigning, or tweaking an existing graphic identity
• Concepting and executing a 360º product launch campaign
• Providing creative direction for strategic company bets

Depending on company size, I feel best leading projects as a senior designer or helping manage bigger scopes of work as an executive-level creative director.

I look for companies who prioritize user research supported by a lean development process. I’m drawn to project’s whose stakeholders have strong self-awareness, domain expertise, and business ethics.

Pemberton fluctuates like most services-based businesses. Once a larger team, I’ve since scaled back to focus more on an independent consulting model. This allows a much closer working relationship with stakeholders and founders.

• 2013-2015 (5 people, New York)
• 2015 (Sabbatical)
• 2016 (2-3 people, remote)
• 2017 (Independent, Chicago)
• 2018 (Independent, Los Angeles)
• 2019 (Independent, New York)

For larger projects and budgets, we can talk about building/scaling a team if needed.

I offer one-off consulting services when a client needs help with:

• Guiding an existing design or creative team to fruition
• Fundraising for pre-seed, seed, or series A scenarios
• Helping lead workshops and defining product roadmaps
• Company culture, hiring, and team build-outs
• Auditing an existing process or project timeline
• High-level business and brand strategy

Pemberton (the studio) is based in downtown Manhattan, but I occasionally travel for project kickoffs, workshops, sprint planning, presentations, and post-mortem reviews. I also believe in working remote, especially if a team’s process is firmly developed.

Great question!

For project-based scopes, I quote based on time and value. For longer, retainer-based scopes, I quote based on % bandwidth for several months or quarters at a time.

For larger projects, I’m only able to work with budgets of 65k or above. I’m sometimes open to discussing equity as a supplement to cash, but only if team dynamics feel especially positive. If you’d like to discuss smaller, one-off projects, please get in touch.

Since quoting projects can take considerable time and effort, it’s best to meet after you’ve defined a ballpark budget and timeline for our intro conversations.

Venture refers to early-stage environments where Pemberton has helped create the business model or concept itself, or has been involved in the go to market phase of the project. Venture implies that Pemberton either: a) has partnered as a stakeholder in the founding team, b) has been brought in to help round out an existing ground-up team, or c) created the entity ourselves.

→ Related, I may be interested in making an angel investment or serving as an advisor.