24+Years in design
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Michelle Trang Nguyen
24+ years of design discipline — federal agencies, brand identity, and front-end builds.
Curriculum Vitae
Michelle Trang Nguyen
Senior Brand Designer · Creative Director · UI/UX Designer · Front-End Developer
Impact Snapshot
Experience, at a glance.
500+Projects completed
14Years on federal contracts
1000+Executive presentations
508WCAG accessibility
Profile
Multidisciplinary creative professional with over 24 years of experience in graphic design, branding, web design, UI/UX and visual communication.
My career spans the Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of State and the Foreign Service Institute, alongside enterprise organizations and small businesses. Every deliverable ships production-ready, accessible, and documented.
Experience
Where I've worked.
- Lead a luxury bridal-accessories brand across creative direction, product development, e-commerce, marketing, operations, and customer experience.
- Created the complete brand identity, packaging system, e-commerce website, product photography, and messaging.
- Manage product design, SEO, content, social media, inventory, fulfillment, and customer service from concept through delivery.
- Direct a multidisciplinary design consultancy serving businesses, entrepreneurs, and family-owned companies from strategy through launch.
- Create brand identities, responsive websites, landing pages, UI/UX experiences, executive presentations, proposal graphics, annual reports, campaigns, and infographics.
- Combine Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, Webflow, WordPress, and AI-assisted tools to improve production efficiency while maintaining senior-level creative direction.
- Lead the digital presence and ongoing web coordination for a family-owned property-services business.
- Designed and developed KVNPS.com from concept through launch, including information architecture, UI/UX, responsive layouts, visual design, content organization, and front-end production.
- Created motion-rich renovation and property content to strengthen the website's visual storytelling and digital marketing.
- Continue to coordinate website updates, visual direction, property presentation, and evolving business needs.
- Led visual communications for county leadership, stakeholders, businesses, and public audiences across print, digital, web, events, and executive communications.
- Designed executive presentations, reports, infographics, newsletters, campaigns, event branding, signage, and accessible web content.
- Created coordinated visual systems that contributed to a 15% increase in brand visibility and a 25% increase in engagement.
- Directed event and aerial photography while supporting WCAG-aligned website content.
- Supported Pentagon communications through branding, SEO, Drupal content management, newsletters, event marketing, and digital graphics.
- Created graphics and content supporting Washington Headquarters Services directorates.
- Contributed to Pentagon event planning, photography, and communications.
- Created responsive user interfaces and visual design solutions for a Department of Defense contract.
- Developed diagrams, site maps, storyboards, and functional specifications to support user-centered design.
- Applied HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, and Angular Material during web-application redesign work.
- Led UI/UX redesign efforts for Department of State applications with a focus on usability, responsive design, and accessibility.
- Supported the modernization of 24 enterprise web applications used by Department of State audiences.
- Led UI/UX planning, interface design, responsive execution, and user-centered problem-solving.
- Translated business and technical requirements into accessible solutions aligned with Section 508 standards.
- Designed secure web applications supporting Department of Defense leadership across 50+ government web projects and numerous secure applications.
- Conducted user research and translated requirements into wireframes, site maps, workflows, and interface specifications.
- Performed Section 508 reviews, documented issues in JIRA, and collaborated with development teams on remediation.
- Previously held a U.S. Department of Defense Top Secret security clearance; eligible for renewal.
- Delivered visual design, content strategy, CMS publishing, and web-production solutions for HUD.gov.
- Contributed to a HUD.gov redesign and integrated Federal Housing Administration content into the broader information architecture.
- Published and maintained time-sensitive public content, press releases, urgent announcements, and high-visibility updates.
- Performed editorial and production QA for accuracy, formatting, links, accessibility, and display quality.
- Designed publications, briefing graphics, web materials, and internal communications supporting U.S. Army programs.
- Led production of print and digital deliverables while coordinating priorities, quality, revisions, and deadlines.
- Established an early foundation in federal visual communication, team leadership, and disciplined production.
Selected Work
Signature Projects
01
Federal · Web
Foreign Service Institute
U.S. Department of State federal web & proposal design.
02
Federal · Cleared
Department of Defense
Cleared communication design at the Pentagon & Fort Belvoir.
03
Federal · Web
HUD.gov & FHA
Citizen-facing federal web redesign for homeownership services.
04
Brand · Web
MKGCS Digital Platform
Full brand + responsive web system for a government contractor.
05
Infographics
Executive Reporting & Infographics
Turning data into newsletters, reports, and presentations people actually remember.
06
Branding · Photo
Prince William County
Campaign design, event photography, and social storytelling.
In Motion
A quick introduction.
Core Expertise
Capabilities that work together.
An integrated practice spanning identity, communication, digital experience and production.
Brand Identity
Strategy, logos and visual systems.
Graphic Design
Editorial, print and campaign design.
Web Design
WordPress, Drupal and responsive builds.
UI/UX Design
Usable, accessible digital experiences.
Presentation Design
Executive decks and proposal graphics.
Infographics & Data
Clear narratives from complex information.
Marketing Design
Social, email and campaign communications.
Photography & Content
Product, event, aerial and visual media.
Credentials & Toolkit
Education, clearance & creative technology.
Education
Marymount University
Bachelor of Arts, Graphic Design — 2002
Credentials
- DoD Top Secret clearance — eligible for renewal
- WCAG / Section 508 accessibility specialist
- NAS.com — Advanced AI & Emerging Technologies coursework
Technology & Creative Toolkit
Design
Web
AI & Emerging
Office & Docs
