Taylor Le is the current Creative Director at The San Francisco Standard, where she leads cross-functional visual teams across editorial, product, and partnerships. Since joining, she has restructured departments, scaled talent, and evolved the publication’s existing brand into a more cohesive and recognizable visual system—all while driving meaningful changes in newsroom workflow and culture. As a change agent, she’s known for breaking silos, improving collaboration, and building systems that support high-impact storytelling.

Previously, Taylor served as Design Director at the Los Angeles Times, where she led a 30-person team of art directors and managers across print, digital, events, and social platforms. Her scope spanned features, entertainment, news, sports, food, Latino initiatives, and immersive visual storytelling.

Before joining the Times, Taylor brought sharp editorial instincts and creative systems thinking to organizations like Medium, AFAR Media, and San Francisco Magazine, guiding rebrands and leading process improvements across departments.

As Creative Director at Pacific Standard, she transformed a small academic journal into a nationally recognized media brand, winning a National Magazine Award for Feature Photography and forging partnerships with the Pulitzer Center, NOOR, and Magnum Photos.

With more than two decades of experience across Los Angeles and New York, Taylor has held senior creative roles at Runner’s World, People, Entertainment Weekly, and Fortune, and played a key role in building Source Interlink Media’s photo department from the ground up.

Taylor’s passion for people and process helped her develop an expertise in problem solving, resilience, and adaptability — a skillset that proves to be extremely valuable.

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Select clients: Pop-Up Magazine, Medium, The Assembly, The University of Tulsa, AFAR Media, Visit California, the State of California, KQED, Mother Jones, Modern Luxury, Truth Be Told, Grist, and DrawTogether.

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Recognition
Taylor’s dynamic, story-driven design and imagery have been recognized by the Pulitzer Prizes, James Beard Foundation, National Magazine Awards, Society of Publication Designers, Art Directors Club, Folio, and Photo District News.

Community
2026 ICON Conference main stage speaker; 2026 ASME Awards judge; American Illustration judge; PRINT Awards judge; Society of Publication Designers board member; SPD58 Digital Co-Chair.

Favorite Quote
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou

Available for select collaboration, consulting, and engagement opportunities. Please get in touch.

Email: info@itstaylorle.com

Instagram: @itstaylorle

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