Hello

My name is
Quang
( koo · wang )

Web designer and professional human being

WORK

Stuff I've worked on recently

Senate of Canada

I maintained the Senate of Canada public facing website as well as led redesigns and new feature projects to make the website more accessible, user-friendly and modern.

What I did

  • Maintained the Senate of Canada website
  • Led redesign/new feature projects with a focus on accessibility (WCAG 2.1) and user-friendliness
  • Provided technical/design support for the Senate

Royal Canadian Mint

Web integrator for their marketing team. Deployed marketing campaigns to sell their numismatic (collector) line of coins. I worked closely with all departments of the marketing team, especially the e-commerce, brand and corporate departments.

What I did

  • Created and implemented web advertisements and landing pages
  • Made image and text based emails for their exclusive members rewards program using IBM's Silverpop to serve customers dynamic and customized emails
  • Used mostly Photoshop, HTML, CSS, and JS

Graphic Design

I have been doing web banners/advertisements for the Royal Canadian Mint for over 5 years. I also did a lot of graphic design during my studies at Carleton University, usually taking on the creative design role for most of the school projects.

What I used

  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
Boxing Week Ad
Armistice Ad
D-Day Ad
Rogers Cup Ad
Nike Ad
Boyz II Men Fan Site

Legas Publishing

Redesigned a publishing company's website that disseminates original works, specializing in the areas of culture, the language arts and social sciences.

What I did

  • Photoshop mockups for initial approval of layout
  • Boostrap as a framework
  • Re-indexed over 300 books for easy uploading using a CSV and spit out into a JSON object
  • Secure order form via Paypal

Game Development

I make games with friends for fun! First learned in school, I was part of a five person team that created a racing game in Unity that went on to win the Judge's Award at Ubisoft's Academia 2014 competition. The same group made a silly, semi-offensive game about feeding your grandpa sushi—also in Unity. My friends and I have participated in the Global Game Jam for the 10+ years where we're tasked of making a game in 2 days, sometimes winning the People's Choice Award.

What I did

  • Managed the project making sure we met deadlines
  • Programmed in Unity, C# and C++
  • Modelled/Created level assets in Maya, Cinema 4D and Photoshop

Photography

I take pictures as a hobby. Lately have been doing more macro and landscape photography.

What I do

  • I have most fun with primes
  • Try not to attract too much attention to capture my subjects in their natural state
  • I've recently converted to Fujifilm's line of mirrorless cameras, in particular, the XT-4
New York City
Raymond, Alberta
Banff, Alberta
Our cat, Dunkey
Japan

ABOUT

Keep learning and keep moving

My name is Quang Nguyen and I love learning things

I graduated with a Bachelor's in Interactive Multimedia Design from Carleton University in 2014.

I'm the first to admit that I may not be the most talented person in the world. But I don't give up. Through discipline, patience and sheer determination, I think you can achieve anything. I love learning and making new things. The feeling of completion and pride once you've seen a project through is something I don't take for granted.

Skills

  • Graphic/Web Design
  • HTML, CSS & JS
  • UI, UX & Web Design
  • Project Management
  • Game Development
  • Team Player
  • Eager Learner

CONTACT

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