Summary
Taylor Long is a User Interface Designer with 11 years of experience blending cartography, GIS, and UX to build intuitive, map-driven interfaces. Based at Fayetteville, Arkansas, they have led design for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and previously created custom basemaps and mobile workflows for the National Park Service, translating complex spatial data into usable products. Their background in Geographic Information Science and hands-on fieldwork in conservation gives them a rare combination of technical cartography skills and user-centered product thinking. Taylor excels at designing internal editing interfaces and interactive web maps that surface data clearly for both park staff and public audiences. Outside typical UI work, they bring academic teaching and research experience that informs approachable documentation and reproducible design workflows.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Geographic Information Science and Cartography, Master's Degree, Geographic Information Science and Cartography at University of Minnesota
Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Studies, Conservation Biology, Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Studies, Conservation Biology at Middlebury College
Spanish, Chinese