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MAI NGUYEN
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PROJECTS
STORY VINE
A place for writers to plant a small idea and watch it grow.
Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Foundation, JavaScript(AJAX, jQuery),
Redactor JS, Joint JS, Sunspot (solr)
George Mason University
QUOTECLOUD
SKILLS
EXPERIENCE
B.A. Communication
Store and find your favorite quotes on the cloud.
Minor Information Technology Technologies: Sinatra, JavaScript (AJAX & jQuery)
LANGUAGES
Ruby
JavaScript
WEB FRAMEWORKS
Rails
Sinatra
TESTING
Rspec
DATABASE
PostgreSQL
Oct. 2013 to Feb. 2015
Dev Bootcamp, Student, New York, NY
• Dev Bootcamp is an 18-week immersive programming course that focuses on Ruby
on Rails, JavaScript, TDD, HTML, CSS, and SQL. In addition to technical skills, the
course also emphasizes the importance of developing team skills such as communication and engineering empathy.
Feb. 2014
Hanley Wood, Contractor, Washington, D.C.
• Created an outreach strategy to solicit client samples more efficiently.
• Proofread lists for any errors for each supplier to improve the guide’s accuracy.
Jan. 2013 to Nov. 2013
Gaba Corporation, English Instructor, Tokyo, Japan
• Conducted one-on-one English lessons and was a top-rated instructor.
Oct. 2012 to Dec. 2012
Ross Business Mgmt, Digital Strategist, Washington, D.C.
• Managed social media accounts and ghostwrote for the company blog.
FRONT END
HTML5
CSS3
Foundation
Jul. 2012 to Nov. 2012
Toki Underground, Social Media Intern, Washington, D.C.
• Updated their social media accounts every day with the daily specials and found
that there was a strong correlation between the Instagram/Facebook likes and the
amount of that got sold.
VERSION CONTROL
Git
GitHub
Jan. 2012 to May 2012
Brightest Young Things, Editorial Intern, Washington, D.C.
• Produced videos for BYT, which increased awareness and interest for local events.
• Conducted face-to-face interviews with local persons of interest.
SOFTWARE
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Microsoft Office
Final Cut Pro X
Oct. 2011 to May 2012
JESS3, Editorial & Outreach Strategist, Washington, D.C.
• Started as a ‘Digital Strategist Intern’ in Oct. and was promoted in Dec. to ‘Editorial & Outreach Strategist’
• Recorded media hits on company’s content to show clients our company’s impact.
• Created new content for both JESS3’s blog to increase awareness and web traffic.
• Analyzed the impact of each social media post for our clients.
• Contributed to the launch of Google Politics and Elections by researching content,
creating pitch lists, outreaching to other outlets to publish our material and contacting journalists to participate in Google Hangout interviews about the GOP primary
and elections.
• Compiled curated pitch lists and pitch language to promote content from clients.
UX
Wireframing
METHODOLOGIES
Object-Oriented Design
Test Driven Development
Agile Development
MVC Design
May 2011 to Aug. 2011
Northern Virginia Magazine, Food Section Intern, Chantilly, VA
• Interviewed people over the phone, email and face-to-face for daily online blog posts
and print articles, which increased traffic to the website.