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About Me

ABOUT

Designing with

clarity, purpose,

and intention.

Product Designer, Hanoi.

I work at the intersection of UX, visual design, and product thinking.

WHO I AM

A designer who believesthat great products areborn from deep empathyand sharp thinking.

I'm Đinh Trọng Nghĩa — a Product Designer with 5+ years of experience shaping digital products across web and mobile platforms.

I focus on creating clear, scalable, and user-centered experiences by combining strong UX thinking, solid visual design, and practical front-end knowledge.

My work lives at the intersection of strategy and craft — where ideas become experiences that feel inevitable.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Where I've
been building.

01

AI Vietnam — Binh Minh Group

Product Designer Lead
Jul 2025 — Present
Product Design · UX · Design System

Leading product design for an AI-powered education platform focused on intelligent and adaptive learning experiences. Working across UX strategy, user research, and scalable UI systems — shaping how students interact with AI-driven tools while ensuring clarity as the product evolves.

Key projects:Design System · Product UX
02

Pancake

Product Designer
Mar 2023 — 2025
Product Design · Web · Branding

Contributed to Pancake's web builder and e-commerce ecosystem — working across multiple products simultaneously. Focused on usability validation, design system consistency, and bridging the gap between design and engineering teams.

Key projects:Webcake · Storecake
03

Techlab

Product Designer
Oct 2021 — Mar 2023
Product Design · Mobile · Web

Delivered integrated design solutions across web and mobile platforms — from early-stage research to high-fidelity production systems. Worked closely with developers to ensure pixel-perfect implementation.

Key projects:Tikop App · Game4V · 24H
04

Tripath Vietnam

Product Designer
May 2021 — Dec 2021
Product Design · EdTech

Designed user-centered interfaces for education and media platforms, focusing on accessibility and intuitive navigation for diverse user groups.

Key projects:SchoolsVN
05

Amela Technology

UI Designer
May 2020 — May 2021
UI Design · Web · International

Designed applications and web interfaces for international clients, primarily in the Japanese market. Focused on cultural nuance in UX, clean visual language, and precise documentation for cross-team handoffs.

Key projects:Japanese enterprise clients
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

"Design is the discipline of making "complexity understandable."

I believe good design is invisible. It removes friction, builds trust, and guides people to where they need to go — without them ever noticing the craft behind it.

Every decision I make is rooted in empathy, backed by research, and refined through iteration.

01

System Thinking

Seeing the whole before designing the parts.

02

Interface Precision

Every pixel is a decision. Every decision has a reason.

03

Interaction Clarity

If it needs explanation, it needs redesign.

04

Long-term Scalability

Building for today with tomorrow already in mind.

05

Product Alignment

Design that serves users AND business goals equally.

CAPABILITIES

Where I can
add value.

01

UX / UI Design

User Research · Wireframing · Prototyping · Usability Testing · Visual Design · Interaction Design

Creating intuitive, user-centered interfaces that balance aesthetics with functionality. From research and discovery to high-fidelity UI — I design experiences that solve real problems with clarity and purpose.

02

Design Systems

Component Libraries · Token Architecture · Figma Variables · Documentation · Design-Dev Handoff

Building scalable, consistent component libraries and design guidelines that streamline collaboration and ensure visual cohesion across products and teams — at any scale.

03

Frontend Development

Next.js · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · GSAP · Responsive Design · Pixel-perfect Implementation

Bridging the gap between design and engineering. I can implement my own designs — ensuring the final product looks and feels exactly as intended, without the translation loss of traditional handoff.

04

Product Strategy

Product Thinking · Journey Mapping · Research · Iteration · Business Alignment

Aligning user needs with business goals through continuous research, structured iteration, and strategic prototyping — to build products that create real value for both users and the business.

EDUCATION & TOOLS

Education

2023
Google UX Design CertificateCoursera — Professional Certificate
2018–2020
Advanced MultimediaFPT Arena Multimedia Hanoi Major: Graphic Design & Digital Media

Tools

Design
Figma · Adobe Illustrator · Adobe Photoshop Principle · Protopie · After Effects
Frontend
Next.js · React · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS GSAP · Lenis · Framer Motion
Workflow
Jira · Linear · Notion · Slack Git · Vercel · Storybook
5+Years of experience
5Companies worked with
10+Products shipped
2Disciplines (Design + Code)
OPEN TO WORK

Let's build something

worth remembering.

I'm open to full-time product design roles and selected freelance projects. If you're building a digital product or looking for a designer who thinks end-to-end, feel free to reach out.
nghiadt.design@gmail.comGet in touch →