# Jenny Nguyen > Senior Product Designer at BECU Location: Seattle, Washington, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jennynguyen With a prior background in research, marketing and sales - I provide a data-focused perspective to the UX design space. I transitioned into UX with the desire to collaborate with others in a creative space, working together to uncover users' motivations to guide design decisions. Adaptable and resilient, I find joy in solving complex problems. jennythaon.com ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer @ BECU Jan 2022 – Present | Seattle, Washington, United States Currently designing financial health solutions to support and increase financial literacy for BECU members. Products: Financial Health Pilot, Financial Goals & Resources Guide, and BECU Envelopes. ### Product Designer @ Vontive Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Seattle, Washington, United States Designed solutions for Vontive's fintech software. Primary work includes end-to-end experiences/interfaces for real estate investors, financial institutions, and underwriters. ### UX Designer II, Egencia @ American Express Global Business Travel Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Seattle, Washington, United States Designed solutions for Egencia, a business corporate travel platform. As lead designer of the reporting suite, I work alongside product managers and engineers to redesign the reporting experience. ### UX Designer II, Egencia @ Expedia Group Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Seattle, Washington, United States Designed solutions for Egencia, a business corporate travel platform. As lead designer of the reporting suite, I work alongside product managers and engineers to redesign the reporting experience using the Expedia Group design system. ### UX Design Assistant II, PeopleInsight @ Amazon Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Greater Seattle Area Designed solutions for PeopleInsight global enterprise products: an engagement coaching platform and a reporting/web-based analytics tool to help enable Amazon's Human Resources and Operations leaders to make informed decisions. Tasks include usability testing, customer profiles, rapid iterating, leading workshops, building out branding guidelines for the department, and advocating for a stronger presence of UX within the product development roadmap. Tasks are completed within Agile structured two-week design sprints with weekly meetings alongside other designers, developers, and product manager for constant feedback. ### Lead UX Designer @ The Sands Resort Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 Led the redesign and rebranding of the Sands Hotel website. Built website on Webflow. Tasks include interviews, rapid iterating, usability testing, and design reviews with stakeholders. Organized Agile structured weekly design sprints with other team members. ### UX Designer @ Uber Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Greater Seattle Area Provided a proof of concept prototype to stakeholders on how Uber can use their current infrastructure to help local communities in emergency situations with a specified timeline of six months. Tasks included extensive research including subject matter expert interviews, dimensional analysis, case studies, competitive analysis, developing usability test plans as well as multiple design iterations alongside the RITE method. ### UX Research Assistant @ All Star Directories Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Seattle Area Attain for Students is an education tracking app created with the students in mind, providing the ability for students to track their mood dispositions, assignments, attendance, and study sessions. My primary tasks consisted of conducting competitive analysis and landscape research on existing educational apps. Specifically focusing on student goals and how other apps approached tracking, I gathered findings on how our app would best fit in this market. To gather user feedback on this mobile app, I recruited participants for in-house usability testing sessions to pinpoint user’s pain points and confusion. After each session, I conducted usability evaluation on how well our product stacked up against the System Usability Scale (SUS). ### Account Representative @ All Star Directories Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Greater Seattle Area To support the core ASD product, my main responsibility as Account Representative is to ensure the operations side is running smoothly. As the intermediary between clients and technology engineers, I also collaborate with design, finance, marketing, and channel departments to adjust campaigns to fit company and client’s goals. Other tasks includes: •Updating company websites and content as requested by customers •Serve as Account Manager contributing to $60k+ monthly revenue •Manage Salesforce production order workflow among other Account Representatives •Facilitate billing and monthly reconciliation for multiple customer accounts ### Data Collections, Operations & Event Coordinator via Insight Global @ Microsoft Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Bellevue Collected and captured usability data and feedback on Microsoft products. Projects included capturing sensor calibration for Windows Hello facial recognition software, motion sensitivity of HoloLens devices in different environments, and conducting quality assurance to improve machine learning accuracy in Bing images. ### Research Assistant, Center for Leadership & Strategic Thinking @ University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | University of Washington - Foster School of Business Analyzed Fritzy Leadership Fellows program leadership data derived from Qualtrics surveys, transcribed and coded interviews to prepare data for research analysis centered on stages of leadership, edited and updated the Foster School of Business’s blog website with CLST related news, and assisted in-game testing of CLST created game of Wheels Up based on three types of leadership styles: avoidant, transactional, and transformational. ### Community Involvement Resources Development Toolkit Intern @ US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Greater Seattle Area •Conduct internal interviews with members on Community Involvement Team to access helpful documents for toolkit •Develop list of online resources: training webinars, contracting/grant resources, and external partners with whom to collaborate on environmental and human health goals •Locate and create templates staff can use in creating fact sheets, newsletters, public notices, public meeting announcements, postcards, and graphics ### One Million Meals Campaign Corps Intern @ United Way of King County Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 Primary focus of the One Million Meals Campaign was to provide summer meals to low-income communities who rely on reduced/free school meals for their kids. •Gained program outreach skills through interaction with the local community •Compiled and tracked data on number of distributed meals, site attendance and group activities •Led and supervised a group of kids on activities consisting of sports, dance, arts & crafts, as well as reading ### US Public Sector Partner Marketing Intern @ Microsoft Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Bellevue The Microsoft Apprentice Program (MAP) allowed me to explore various aspects of the business and marketing industry during my senior year of high school. Working in a professional setting such as Microsoft taught me how to approach issues in different ways while improving my critical thinking. Some projects I've helped with includes: •creating and updating content on Microsoft websites •implementing the judging process for a partners-only contest •planning a business and networking workshop for high school students (MAP4YourFuture) •tracking and analyzing social media engagement •creating slides for webcasts •brainstorming event logistics for Microsoft WPC (Worldwide Partner Conference) ## Education ### Master of Science - MS in Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Human Centered Design & Engineering Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 ### Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies University of Washington Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jennythaon - Portfolio: https://jennythaon.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/jennynguyen JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jennynguyen/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30