Creative Director & Graphic Designer

Sophie Taylor

Sophie Taylor

Passion, Creativity, and Expertise

Sophie Taylor is an award-winning creative director, branding and graphic designer, and mentor who uses her keen eye for detail, artistic flair, and 20 years of experience to create beautiful high-end designs for elite clients from New York City to Hong Kong.

About

For design inquiries please visit the
Castlefield website.

For general inquiries please email
hello@sophietaylor.com.

Connect on social media:

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Background

  • Nationalities: American, German, Canadian
  • Languages: English & German

Education

  • Bachelor’s Degree
    • University of California, Davis
    • Visual Communication, German
  • Master’s Degree
    • Ryerson University
    • Researched branding in high-end fashion brands

Experience

  • 18 years of in-house and freelance design experience
  • Working with diverse clients in a variety of industries
  • Clients and customers in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asian, and Oceania
  • Business consulting and brand audits
  • Design tutoring

Awards

Organizations

Interests

Graphic design, art, fashion, interior design, culture, history, food, travel, sports

Hobbies

Playing cello, ballet, creating art, reading, and crocheting

 

Brands

Castlefield is a boutique luxury branding and design boutique, and shop offering beautiful home décor, fashion, accessories, and stationery products.

Creative Start™ is a nonprofit that provides workshops, courses, talks, and mentorship in design and the arts to diverse girls and young women, especially those who are Black, Brown, or Indigenous.

The Art of Design is a treasury of creativity, culture, and craftsmanship that tells the stories of design talents across the globe.

A Castlefield brand offering luxe lifestyle goods for home, office, wellness, and travel including décor, apparel, and accessories.

Sophie is Co-Founder and Creative Director for the Beauty Concierge, a directory of high-end BIWOC-owned beauty and fashion brands.

Design services for small businesses and creative entrepreneurs. Shop with pre-made, customizable design templates.

A club for female-led dystopian, magical realism, fantasy, and adventure stories, especially works by BIWOC authors.

A blog featuring art and design inspiration from professionals and creatives around the world.

Our Clients Have Been
Featured By

Our Press & Awards

Castlefield’s client work has been featured internationally in lifestyle publications such as Marie Claire Hong Kong and popular on design sites like 99designs; our stationery has been part of over 50 wedding editorial shoots and featured in publications such as Munaluchi Bride and WedLuxe; and our brand was featured as a case study in the first edition of Marketing Fashion from Laurence King.

Sophie Taylor is a 4x consecutive winner of ByBlacks’ People’s Choice Award for Best Graphic Designer (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) and received the Black Designers of Canada Award of Excellence for her brand and design work in 2022.

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