THAO (SUNNY) NGUYEN
Seattle, WA | P: +1 253 844 7464 | thao.sunny.nguyen@outlook.com
linkedin.com/in/thao-sunny-nguyen EDUCATION
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Interior Design
Cumulative GPA: 3.7/4.0
TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Associate of Arts in Architecture
WORK EXPERIENCE
WEST ELM
Interior Design Specialist
Pullman, WA May 2023
Tacoma, WA Jun 2019
Bellevue, WA Mar 2024 - Present
• Conducted in-store and in-home consultations to design clients’ living spaces
• Accurately measured and assessed clients’ living spaces, creating tailored design plans
• Maintained up-to-date knowledge of sales and promotions, achieving sales goals
• Delivered exceptional customer service, handling special services and complex orders
• Demonstrated strong product knowledge and assisted clients with design solutions
• Prioritized tasks efficiently, ensuring high standards of service and client satisfaction
• Developed strong communication and follow-up skills with clients
BLUE HERON
Interior Design Assistant
Las Vegas, NV Jun 2022 - Jan 2024
• Creating overall color palette, material and finish specifications, and the coordination of architectural elements with interior spaces for custom and community house
• Assisting in the creation and maintenance of all documentation related to the design process, such as interior finish schedules, specifications appendices, technical SketchUp modeling, editing Revit ID set and AutoCAD drawing, and reviewing Bluebeam redlines.
• Maintaining neat and organized work areas and materials storage in the design library and layout/design spaces
• Communicating by email, phone calls with clients, vendors and planning for meeting between teams and clients, vendors
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS - WSU
Teaching Assistant
• Assisting in teaching and communicating with professors and students with in-class material and achieving goals
• Guiding and advising each student to solve certain problems that related to individual abilities
• Tutoring and mentoring students Pullman, WA Sep 2020 - May 2023
SOUTHSIDE CAFE - WSU DINING HALL Pullman, WA Oct 2019 - May 2021
Customer Service & Cashier
ACTIVITIES
SCHOOL OF DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION - WSU
Exhibit Assistant
Jan 2022 - May 2022
• Assisting in all tasks related to the creation of aesthetically pleasing interior spaces for students’ work display on campus
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF INTERIOR DESIGNER (ASID) Committee Member
ADDITIONAL
Jan 2020 - Present