About Me

Khai Nguyen

Award-winning Visual Designer with experience leading multi-million-dollar installations and crafting immersive brand experiences in hospitality, public, and nonprofit sectors. Specializes in strategic design across digital and physical spaces to elevate engagement and brand impact.

Currently pursuing an MBA at UC Riverside, I aim to merge design innovation with business strategy to create engaging brand experiences.

Experiences:

  • Visual Design Specialist (Yaamava’ Resort & Casino at San Manuel) | October 2024 – Present

  • Administrative Intern – Graphic Design (City of Ontario) | April 2024 – September 2024

  • Graphic Designer (Office of Academic Innovation – Cal Poly Pomona) | March 2024 – June 2024

  • Independent Consultant (Parker Dewey) | March 2024 – June 2024

  • Exhibition Designer (Poly Kroma 2024 – Cal Poly Pomona Art Department) | August 2023 – May 2024

  • Lead Graphic Designer (Survivor Advocacy Services – Cal Poly Pomona) | February 2023 – May 2024

  • Graphic Designer (Counseling & Psychological Services – Cal Poly Pomona) | February 2023 – May 2024

  • Graphic Designer (GT Professionail LLC) | May 2022 – November 2022

  •  Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Dreamweaver) 

  • Adobe Firefly

  •  Rhinoceros 3D

  •  Procreate

  •  Figma

  •  Unreal Engine

  •  Blender

  • Cascade

  • Cinema 4D

  • SketchUp

  • AutoCAD

  • Canva AI

  • Runway ML

  • Midjourney

Softwares

  • Product Photography

  • Post-Production

  • Video Editing

  • E-Commerce Content Creation

  • Visual Storytelling

  • Content Layout

  • Asset Versioning

  • Brand Consistency

  • Campaign Design

  • Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Promotion Activations

  • Presentation Design

  • Conceptual Design

  • Graphic Design

  • Visual Design

Skills

  • Issued by ArrowHeart Foundation - Arrowhead Credit Union (2024).

  • 2021, 2022, 2023.

    Issued by Cal Poly Pomona.

  • 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.

    Issued by Cal Poly Pomona.

  • Issued by Long Nguyen & Kimmy Duong Foundation (2023).

    Gold Prize.

  • Issued by Michi and Walter Weglyn Endowed (2023).

  • Issued by Cal Poly Pomona (2023).

  • Issued by The Sam Francis Foundation (2022, 2023).

  • Issued by Cal Poly Pomona - Art Department (2023).

  • Issued by ArrowHeart Foundation - Arrowhead Credit Union (2023).

  • Issued by PAVE Global (2022).

  • Issued by Metrolink Trains (2023).

  • Issued by Cal Poly Pomona (2022).

  • Issued by Redlands Unified School District (2020.

  • Issued by Redlands Art Association (2019).

Awards & Recognitions

Languages

English, Mandarin, Vietnamese (Native).

Contact

khainguyenst@gmail.com