About me
Hey there! My name is Kristen Nguyen and I'm a Boston-based designer. Since graduating from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2022, I have been working as a visual designer at State Street creating a multitude of internal and external assets involving branding, advertising, and product design.
EXPERIENCE
State Street
Visual Designer
May 2022 — Present
Directly report to the design director to develop collateral assets, advertising campaigns, event displays, social media posts, annual reports and promotional signage. Actively collaborate alongside the global design director, marketing, and UX design team to assist with the development of content strategies, user and competitive research, wireframes, prototypes, and visual systems for external platforms.
Wentworth Institute of Technology
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
July 2021 — April 2022
Designed and led marketing campaigns that consisted of print displays and signages, digital promotions, mock-ups, merchandise, brand guidelines, and social media campaigns for the Fitness & Wellness department
JobGet Inc.
Brand & Marketing SpecialisT
Sept 2020 — Dec 2020
Worked directly with the brand and marketing team to stylize campaigns and advertisements for social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook.
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Graphic Design Intern
June 2020 — Aug 2020
Collaborated with a team of writers, animators, and photographers to compose advertising campaigns throughout the Massachusetts’ region. Worked with the lead designer to produce web pages, mock-ups, public service announcements, and brand guidelines.
EDUCATION
Chomp Chew Studio
FOUNDER & LEAD DEVELOPER
Jan 2026 — Present
Developed a creative studio that focuses on product design via video-games, mobile-apps, and web-extensions. Constructed products leveraging languages such as HTML, CSS, Javascript and using programs like Godot to execute programs. Created illustrative components and animations for products such as sprites, backgrounds, menus and designed an artistic brand and website.
Chewmai Studios
FOUNDER & VISUAL DESIGNER
April 2023 — Present
Constructed an illustrative brand to promote, develop, and distribute artworks for a large-scale global audience. Designed digital and physical assets, including packaging, brand materials, store-front webpages, social media illustrations, and physical products that are consumed and distributed worldwide.
Massachusetts College of Art & Design
BFA, Communication Design
Sept. 2018 — May 2022
AWARDS
Graphic Design USA
American Graphic Design Award
2023
TALENTS
User Interface
User Experience
Web
Branding
Advertising
Editorial
Packaging
Videography
Photography
User Experience
Web
Branding
Advertising
Editorial
Packaging
Videography
Photography
SOFTWARE
Figma
Illustrator
Photoshop
Indesign
Lightroom
Premiere
After Effects
InVision
HTML
CSS
Godot
Github
Visual Studio Code
Webflow
Illustrator
Photoshop
Indesign
Lightroom
Premiere
After Effects
InVision
HTML
CSS
Godot
Github
Visual Studio Code
Webflow
INTERESTS
Film & Editing
Animation
Motion Graphics
Game Development
Illustration
Animation
Motion Graphics
Game Development
Illustration
