Victoria Nguyen

Summary

Designer with over a decade of experience creating brand communication, packaging, campaigns, and visual systems. I turn strategy into cohesive, compelling, and memorable design. Experienced in art direction, concept development, and collaborating across teams.

Experience

Columbus Craft Meats Visual Designer, 2017 - Present

Brand Design

  • Led brand voice across digital, print, packaging, and experiential touch points, ensuring consistent visual identity and messaging across all brand communications.

  • Partnered with cross-functional teams to translate marketing strategy into clear visual brand expressions.

  • Crafted communication style through copywriting for brand identity, websites, packaging, and advertising campaigns.

  • Developed presentation materials supporting the company’s $850M acquisition in 2018.

Packaging Design Intent & Innovation Development 

  • Built packaging concepts to support marketing positioning for sales presentations.

  • Produced digital renderings to communicate product ideas and design direction.

  • Created visuals that helped stakeholders evaluate packaging concepts before production.

  • Contributed to packaging innovation through concept development and visual storytelling.

Web

  • Developed web ads and product tiles optimized for e-commerce and digital campaigns.

Photography and Art Direction 

  • Defined and maintained on-brand photography aesthetics and visual standards.

  • Directed photoshoots with photographers, stylists, and marketing to create imagery aligned with brand strategy.

Asset Management

  • Created and maintained product guides to support cross-functional teams. 

  • Managed and organized photo libraries and visual asset repositories.

  • Oversaw label maintenance, updates, and production-ready revisions.

Illustration

  • Custom illustrations created across materials to support visual storytelling and strengthen the brand identity.

Anthropologie Display Intern, 2015 - 2016

  • Collaborated with the Visual Merchandising Manager to create engaging, trend-inspired displays that reflect art, design, and culture, while enhancing the customer experience, supporting store sales, and fostering community engagement through floor displays, workshops, and in-store events.

Proficiency 

  • Art Direction

  • Adobe Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, After Effects, Premiere, InDesign

  • Figma, Canva, Procreate

  • Photography, Photo editing & Retouching

  • Video editing, Content Creation & motion graphics

  • Illustration

  • Print Production

Education

San Francisco State University
B.S. in Visual Communications, 2015

victoriakn.design@gmail.com

Bay Area, California