# Nancy Tran > Senior Product Designer at Carina Location: Seattle, Washington, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/nancytran Hi, I'm Nancy Tran, a Vietnamese American and Seattle-based product designer at Carina (https://carina.org) where I apply my human-centered design thinking and user research skills to improve our platform experience for care professionals, individuals, and families. ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer @ Carina Jan 2022 – Present | Seattle, Washington, United States ### Product Designer @ Carina Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Seattle, Washington, United States ### Junior UX Designer @ Carina Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Seattle, Washington, United States ### Guest Lecturer @ University of Washington Information School Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Seattle, Washington, United States Guest lecturer for INFO 498 A Summer 2023: Design Systems for Digital Experiences. COURSE DESCRIPTION: A unified design system is an essential tool for building cohesive user experience across web, mobile, and offline, embodying usability and accessibility best practices while projecting the branding of the organization it serves. Industry leaders such as Google and Airbnb have recently developed comprehensive design systems and principles for efficiently managing design and interaction consistency across a vast array of digital products, online web properties, and offline visual communications. This course equips students with industry-standard practices for understanding, developing, and implementing design systems for digital environments and experiences. Students will have hands-on project-based activities to research and analyze existing branding and usage contexts, develop principles and components, and apply them to real-world scenarios to test the robustness of their designs. ### Guest Lecturer @ University of Washington Information School Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Seattle, Washington, United States Guest lecturer for INFO 498 B Autumn 2022: Design Systems for Digital Experiences. COURSE DESCRIPTION: A unified design system is an essential tool for building cohesive user experience across web, mobile, and offline, embodying usability and accessibility best practices while projecting the branding of the organization it serves. Industry leaders such as Google and Airbnb have recently developed comprehensive design systems and principles for efficiently managing design and interaction consistency across a vast array of digital products, online web properties, and offline visual communications. This course equips students with industry-standard practices for understanding, developing, and implementing design systems for digital environments and experiences. Students will have hands-on project-based activities to research and analyze existing branding and usage contexts, develop principles and components, and apply them to real-world scenarios to test the robustness of their designs. ### J.sweets Confectionery Retail Associate @ Jalux Americas, Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Bellevue, Washington, United States J.sweets is owned and operated by Jalux Americas, Inc. • Introduced and informed new customers about Yoku Moku, Kobe Fugetsudo, Mochi Cream, and Minamoto Kitchoan by talking about their products and providing samples upon suggestion or request • Assisted and recommended products to customers based on their questions and needs • Conversed in English, Japanese, and Vietnamese to customers whenever necessary based on their preferred spoken language • Assisted with opening packages from new shipments of products on shipment day, taking out the trash and recycling, and maintaining store cleanliness throughout the workday •Gift-wrapped packages and products for customers when asked ### User Experience Intern @ Nordstrom Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Seattle, Washington, United States • Designed, prototyped, and created user flows for a customer-facing web project on Nordstrom.com • Collaborated with a UX Writer, UX Researchers, UX Designers, and various managers for copywriting, usability testing, receiving feedback on design iterations, and staying within business and technical constraints ### INFO 200 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant @ University of Washington Information School Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Seattle, Washington, United States • Led a weekly lab discussion section based on each week’s material in each lecture for Intellectual Foundations of Informatics (INFO 200) • Graded lab assignments, reading responses, and essays COURSE DESCRIPTION: Introduces the intellectual foundations of information, including what it is; how people create, categorize, find, interpret, manipulate and use information; how human values shape the design of information, information technology, and information systems; and how these systems shape people, organizations, and society. Includes analytic, design, empirical, and technical skill development. ### Product Intern @ Upstream Research Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Seattle, Washington, United States • Redesigned Upstream Reports and created user flows to streamline information, decrease bounce rate, and increase user engagement • Implemented two features of the new user experience • Designed and prototyped a mini-project for the Foundation for Global Community Health using Upstream Research’s mascot characters for young teens to learn more about environmental health ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Informatics University of Washington ### Running Start Seattle Central College ### High School Diploma Franklin High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nancy-tran-99bb61132 - Website: http://nancytran.design --- Source: https://flows.cv/nancytran JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/nancytran/resume.json Last updated: 2026-02-23