The Linehan Artist Scholars Program is a four-year scholarship and mentorship program for students who enter UMBC as freshmen with a major in the arts. The program is for talented students who distinguish themselves both academically and artistically through their craft.

Awarded to the recipient for showcasing characteristics of leadership and teamwork at the 2017's SkillsUSA Maryland Fall Leadership Conference.

• Created brand visual assets like illustrations, icons, motion graphics, and physical materials to enhance the company’s digital and physical platforms to promote its services, driving user acquisition and engagement.

• Managed design of physical prints, stickers, and promotional items, handling vendor relationships and specifications.

• Contributed to the company’s brand development and architecture during its time of expansion to ensure consistency with its values and brand identity.

• Designed graphic templates with Adobe Express, streamlining design processes and collaboration within the team to maintain consistency with the company’s visual identity.

• Kept with the new industry trends, tools, and techniques in graphic design and related expertise domains to improve design processes.

At commonvision, we design advertising materials for various student organizations, campus departments, and external marketing. The company provides an environment that allows designers to also collaborate with animators, production assistants, and front desk assistants.

• Designed physical/digital graphic assets for campus organizations, departments, and external clients.

• Communicated and advised various clients and stakeholders about marketing strategies to reach goals and appeal to target audiences.

The UMBC Review is a peer-reviewed publication that is published by UMBC and is sponsored by the Division of Undergraduate Academic Affairs. The current issue of the UMBC Review includes several articles written by UMBC students.

• Designed a 230+ page physical peer-reviewed publication, with 3 editors and 2 faculty advisors.

• Project managed the book design process, including researching, identifying material, creating a design system, and sharing drafts in iterations for feedback from stakeholders.

• Collaborated cross-functionally with team members in Brand and Communication to create marketing content that aligns with the Fearless brand.

• Designed 6 new illustration graphics that will be used for Fearless's social media and contract announcement/portfolio domain blogs.

• Designed a welcome postcard tailored to new Fearless hires and interns, a Fearless logo animation, and an opening title scene for the Fearless Internships: Mentor's/Mentee's video.

• Assisted with creating social media graphics templates and reorganizing the slide pitch deck for Fearless members.

Paradigm Testing is a company that provides testing accommodations and remote proctoring for oral examinations.

• Contributed to the UI/UX development of Knock and its brand identity.

• Participated in conversations with stakeholders about product requirements, user identifications, and project expectations.

• Contributed to creating user flows, site maps, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes with tools such as Figma and draw.io.

• Developed some of the front-end layouts of the product alongside a team of 4+ software developers, who focused more on the backend functionalities.

As a graphic designer coordinator and member of the external communication branch:

• I created flyers, digital ads, and banners for the Student Government Association.

• Suggested ideas to enhance SGA’s and the student body’s relationship and executed them through campaigns and events.

Activities and societies: Vietnamese Student Association (Member), HackUMBC 2022, Technica Hackathon 2022,

Cum Laude Graduate

Relevant Coursework:
CMSC 426 Principles of Computer Security
CMSC 436 Data Visualization
CMSC 437 Graphical User Interface Programming
CMSC 461 Database Management Systems
CMSC 441 Design and Analysis of Algorithms.
CMSC 421 Principles of Operating Systems
CMSC 447 Software Engineering
CMSC 341 Data Structures
CMSC 304Social and Ethical Issues in Information Technology
Computer Science [ II + I ]