Hi there, I am

Tommy Nguyen

Web Designer / Web Developer

I am a web designer and began my journey as a web developer since 2016, after graduating from University of California San Diego in Computer Science. I specialize in UI/UX design with a strong emphasis on responsive design and website security. I also provide consultation, art direction, and custom design services for corporate and portfolio websites.
My Projects
My Experience
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My Expertise

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UI/UX Design

Structural design and understanding the user journey is what separates an excellent website from a good website. I meticulously put myself in the end-user’s shoes when building out each section. It is important to deliver information effectively while making the user journey aesthetically pleasing by using combinations of typography, color palettes, animations, and imagery.

Wireframes
100%
Mockups
90%
Responsive Design
95%
Figma
70%
HTML5
90%
CSS
90%
JavaScript
70%
Accessibility
85%
Adobe XD
90%
Adobe Photoshop
85%
Adobe Illustrator
80%
Adobe Fonts
90%
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Search Engine Optimization

Coming from a technical background and working on a handful of eCommerce websites, I have a lot experience when it comes to increasing a website’s search ranking. While in school, I was taught to code effectively, which translates to faster page loads. I always use the best practices on any website because it has become second nature to me at this point.

Meta Data
100%
User Experience
95%
Crawl Accessibility
95%
Compelling Content
95%
Performance Measurement
95%
Backlinks
100%
Image Optimization
100%
SEM Rush
90%
Google Analytics
90%
Google Lighthouse
90%
Google Search Console
90%
Google Page Speed Insight
90%
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Digital Marketing

My past job experiences always required me to dwell into the realm of digital marketing because it has become integral in creating a successful website. I have been involved in projects that uses paid advertising to drive traffic and used marketing tools to analyze the cost-effectiveness of an ad. I have also integrated newsletters and live social feeds such as Facebook and Instagram.
MailChimp
90%
Social Media
95%
SEM Rush
90%
Google Analytics
90%
Google Ads
85%
Bing Ads
80%
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Web Developer

One of my first few websites that I built, I had coded from scratch using CodeIgniter, a light-weight PHP framework, and vanilla JavaScript. I was able to build a Content Management System for it because of my understanding of back-end technologies. I always code with good security principles in mind to help prevent XSS, cross-site request forgery, and SQL injection.

HTML5
90%
CSS
90%
JavaScript
70%
PHP
80%
MySQL
85%
CodeIgniter
85%
Bootstrap
85%
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WordPress

Since 2020, I transitioned to developing a majority of my websites using the WordPress engine. I still do custom coding, when necessary, for the HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP. Having worked on more than 30 different websites, I have mastered and familiarized myself with all the top plugins. With a developer background, I can extend base WordPress functionalities.
Elementor
95%
WooCommerce
90%
Plugins
90%
Responsive Design
95%
MailChimp
90%
Live Social Feed
95%
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System Administrator

I was very fortunate to start my career as a system administrator because it created a solid foundation for building robust websites. I learned about server maintenance, security pratices, and the Linux environment. I can manually configure a web server with just the command line and have configured multiple LAMP websites on virtual servers.
Site Ground
90%
Digital Ocean
90%
Cloudways
95%
Linux
90%
GoDaddy
95%
Namecheap
95%
cPanel
90%
LAMP
95%