ABOUT Hi again, I’m Zoey Nguyen 👋. I love ❶ ✹ making improvements to working processes, ❷ ✺ building solid design foundations, and ❸ ✹ creating environments where folks are happy, personable and collaborative.

I recently concluded my sabbatical so I am looking for a ✨ team to be a part of.

EXPERIENCE

2021 – 2024 ✹ Lead Product Designer & Design Manager, Grab

Led the Payments vertical at Grab Financial Group and managed a team of 4 senior and lead product designers.

2016 – 2018 Lead Product Designer, Grain

2019 – 2020 Lead Product Designer, GoBear

2018 – 2019 Product Designer, 90 Seconds

2015 – 2016 UI/UX Designer & Illustrator, Migme

2014 – 2015 Creative Designer, Topotogo

2013 – 2014 Co-founder & Creative Designer, Grain

2013 – 2014 Graphic Designer, Method

COMMUNITY

✺ Portfolio Review Sessions

I organize portfolio review sessions for small groups of trusted fellow designers.

✹ Friends of Figma Singapore↩︎

Founded and led the Friends of Figma chapter in Singapore for 4.5 years. Grew the community to 1000 members. Organized over 30 events to share knowledge and enable designers of all levels to support each other. Started and ran the community Discord server for 1 year.

Sofar Sounds↩︎

Hosted Sofar Sounds music gig from 2022 to 2023.

UXVN Design Conference↩︎

Supported UXVN’s founder as co-organizer of the online conference, in charge of sponsorship and operations.

Speaking & Stuff

✺ Lover’s Magazine↩︎

A short interview, with my favorite Spotify playlist to work to.

World Class Designer Conference

Clumsy attempt at giving a talk about working in a multicultural environment.

UXVN Podcast Series: Design Stories↩︎

A chat about design and FOFSG in Vietnamese with UXVN founder.

Friends of Figma, Singapore↩︎

I spoke at an event... I organized to kick off FOFSG and introduce Figma to the design community.

OFF WORK Beyond making it through the days, I like to make jokes, take photographs↩ , write↩, read↩, draw↩, listen to music↩ and complain about my back. My name means the 🌞 Sun in Vietnamese.

CONTACT I’m looking for my next gig, ✺ email me at: zoeydraws@gmail.com↩ or drop me a ✹ message on LinkedIn↩.

About this site

Because I am definitely a serious designer, this website was built from scratch using Webflow↵. Type is set in GT Alpina↵ by Grilli Type, Reddit Mono↵ by Stephen Hutchings & OrangeRed and Inter↵ by Rasmus Andersson. Let me know if y'all catch any issues with the site pls, k, thx.

© 2025 Zoey Nguyen.