ABOUT / Liem Nguyen is currently a UI Lead Designer at eBay. He has a strong fine arts background with more than 10 years of technical and commercial experience in the design industry. Among his strongest points as a designer is that he works first by pre-visualizing high level concepts with pen and paper before finalizing on the computer. Currently working on eBay.fr classified site in France, in an effort gain ground from competitors in the space.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE /
UI Lead Designer, eBay, San Jose, CA (8/09-present)
Sr. User Experience Designer, Obopay. Inc, Redwood City, CA (1/08-8/09)
Sr. Visual Designer, Cisco WebEx, Santa Clara, CA (2/07-1/08)
Art Director, The Mercury News, San Jose, CA (6/05-2/07)
Art Director, Viet Mercury, San Jose, CA (9/98-5/05)
Graphic/Web Designer, AVA, San Jose, CA (9/98-3/04)
Newsroom Designer, The Mercury News, CA (10/01-12/01)
Features Designer, The Mercury News, CA (9/00-1/01)
Multimedia Artist, Six Foot Two, Larkspur CA (12/97-1/98)
Web Designer, Navigator Internet Marketing, Fremont, CA (5/96-9/96)

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE /
Expert abilities with Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator, OmniGraffle, Flash, InDesign, Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS / Also knowledgeable with PowerPoint, Visio, Aperture, After Effects, Premiere, Lightwave, Softimage 3D

EDUCATION/
BFA in Computer Arts, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
AA in Graphic Design, West Valley College, Saratoga, CA