# Trevor McNaughton

> Designer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/trevormcnaughton

I am a software designer focused on building great products and user experiences.

With over 8 years of experience, I have worked across many disciplines including photography, advertising, brand and marketing design, product design, software development, and product/project management, giving me a broad range of skills working with teams of all sizes.

Specialties
- Software/Product/UI Design
- User Experience Research
- Sketch/Creative Cloud
- Product/Project Management
- JS/HTML/CSS
- React/Redux
- Git/Version Control
- Photography

## Work Experience
### Principal Designer @ MoonPay
Jan 2025 – Present

### Design @ Meso
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025

### Designer @ Apple
Jan 2017 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Designer working on Siri

### Design Manager @ Apple
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
Design Manager working on Siri

### Co-Founder & Director of Design @ init.ai
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
As a Co-Founder and Director of Design I bring my passion for design in at the ground floor to help establish solid product design principles and an interesting brand identity. I help define the vision, product, and roadmap for the company and implement and ship features regularly.

Accomplishments
- Create and maintain all design assets including marketing and branding
- Develop design processes and disciplines for product design and user experience
- Implement designs to ensure a high bar of quality for product design
- Was accepted into TechStars class of 2016 in Boulder, CO

Skills
- Product Design
- Product/Project Management
- User Experience Research
- Marketing/Brand Design

### Product Designer @ Braintree
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
I started at Braintree on the design team when it was still in its younger years. Through out my time there I helped grow the design team from 5 people to 13. I eventually moved out to San Francisco to help start a local design team in the San Francisco office.

Accomplishments
- Built a culture of design within an engineering focused company
- Helped grow the design team from 5 to 13 people
- Began building a local design team in the San Francisco office
- Re-designed the developer experience properties to help increase integration speed and ease
- Re-imagined the onboarding experience for European merchants, increasing conversion by ~30%
- Worked closely with marketing, brand, and design teams to create a cohesive vision for Braintree design

Skills
- Product Design
- Front-end development
- Management/Leadership
- User Experience Research
- Marketing/Brand Design
- Hiring/Interviewing

### Interactive Designer & Developer @ TRVRDSGN
Jan 2008 – Jan 2016
As a Freelance Web Designer & Front End Developer I was  in charge of managing projects, timelines, assets, clients, development, design and deployment of websites.

### Adjunct Professor @ Columbia College Chicago
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
Adjunct Professor teaching a fundamental digital design course.

### Senior Designer @ Picturelife, Inc.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Greater Chicago Area
Accomplishments
- Designed and developed a new marketing site and landing pages, increased sign up conversion rates by ~11%
- Designed new features for the web app streamlining user experience
- Designed a new onboarding flow for mobile users increasing engagement

Skills
- Product Design
- Front-end development
- User Experience Research
- Marketing/Brand Design

### Digital Designer @ Energy BBDO
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Chicago IL

### Front End Developer & Designer @ We Cant Stop Thinking
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012

### Digital Photography Lab Part Time Staff @ Columbia College Chicago
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011
Responsible for the Digital Photography Lab Teaching Assistants during shifts, providing help for students and faculty members, and Imaging and Deploying image to the Lab computers.

### Digital Photography Lab Teaching Assistant @ Columbia College Chicago
Jan 2007 – Jan 2009

### Darkroom Teaching Assistant @ Columbia College Chicago
Jan 2006 – Jan 2007


## Education
### B.A. in Photography + Web Design
Columbia College Chicago


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/trevormcnaughton
- Portfolio: http://trvr.co
- Portfolio: http://trevortrevor.tumblr.com
- Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/trvr

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Last updated: 2026-04-13