Hello there, I'm Ariel Nguyen

A content and digital strategist with a designer's hands.

For 15 years I’ve worked across graphic design, motion, video, and web, and over time the job has grown from making things to deciding what should be made, for whom, and how we’ll know it worked.

Today I lead digital communications across four brands. I build campaign strategy around business priorities and audience research, manage the websites that carry it, and produce much of the creative myself. I track performance and turn it into recommendations, so content planning runs on evidence rather than habit. Lately I’ve been building AI-assisted workflows that give the team back days of production time each month.

What I enjoy most is taking an idea from a rough brief to a working experience, and making complex subjects clear enough that the right audience actually cares.

Tools

Wordpress
Google Analytics
Google Looker Studio
SemRush
HubSpot
Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe After Effects
InDesign
Adobe XD
Figma
Sketch
Invision
Miro
Zeplin

Skills

UX Design / Web Design 90%
Digital Marketing / Branding 95%
SEO / AEO / GEO 80%
Graphic Design 90%
Motion Graphics / Animation 85%
Video Editing 95%
HTML 95%
CSS 85%
JavaScript 75%
PHP 50%

Experience

2021 – present Full Time

Sr. Website Coordinator

– XL Construction –

2020 – 2021 Full Time

Marketing Consultant

– CSE Insurance Group –

2016 – 2020 Full Time

Media and Marketing Manager

– Franciscan Charity –

2022 – present Contractor

Creative Designer

– BakerAvenue Wealth Management –

2022 Contractor

Product Designer

– SAFI Label –

2012 – 2013 Part Time

Video Editor

– Mi Casa Broadcasting Network –

2011 – 2012 Full Time

Account Executive

– Ogilvy & Mather –

Education

Class of 2022

UX Design Career Track

SpringBoard

Class of 2016

BS in Motion Pictures & Television

Academy of Art University

Class of 2013

MBA in Marketing

University of St. Thomas (TX)

Class of 2011

BA in Marketing

University of Economics in Ho Chi Minh City

Class of 2010

AA in Multimedia Design

Arena Multimedia Institute