Summary
Emily Nguyen is a multidisciplinary senior web designer and developer based in Oakland with eight years of experience crafting brand-driven marketing sites, design systems, and Webflow-first implementations. She combines product-minded visual design with hands-on front-end development, having led large-scale redesigns and built component libraries—most notably a 1600+ component system for HoneyBook. Emily has moved fluidly between startups and enterprise teams (Webflow, MongoDB, Carta) and now balances product leadership as Co-founder/CTO of Here* while designing at Carta. Her background in cognitive science and HCI, plus a CS minor, informs her user-centered approach to interaction and information architecture. Beyond polished deliverables, she mentors designers and has taught web design practicum work, showing a consistent focus on scaling teams and systems. Curious and entrepreneurial, she often bridges strategy, brand, and code to turn complex design challenges into production-ready sites.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San Diego
High School, High School at Wilson High School