Sam Cantor

Sam Cantor has had a diverse and successful career in the product and design industry. In 2021, they became the Head of Product and Design at Traject. Prior to this, they were Group Senior Product Manager: Reputation Management at Traject from 2019-2021, where they worked with enterprise customers to understand their requirements, designed and implemented new design systems, and partnered with engineering teams and product managers to develop new shared features across all products. Sam was also Product Manager: Grade.us at Traject from 2019-2020, and Product Manager: Fanbooster (formerly Social Report) at Traject from 2019-2020. From 2017-2019, they were Product Manager at Grand Image, Ltd. From 2015-2017, they were Product Manager/Gallery Director at Cantor Fine Art. From 2013-2015, they were an Art Director at Wieden + Kennedy. From 2009-2013, they were a Web Designer at FUEL CYCLE, where they developed and implemented market research survey websites for customers, created new designs for internal and external marketing materials, created Keynote presentations, recommended, sourced and managed customer creative resources and vendors, and even presented websites to the head of design at GE while they were an intern.

Sam Cantor attended Virginia Commonwealth University from 2011 to 2013, where they earned a Master's degree in Art Direction. Sam then attended UC Santa Barbara from 2005 to 2009, where they earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology. Sam also attended UCSB athletics from 2005 to 2009, where they earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and UCSB.