What people say about working with me.
A few recommendations from LinkedIn, from clients, collaborators, and teams I've worked alongside over the years.
"I've worked with Trent for several years across multiple brands and opportunities. Trent is excellent at his craft and also strong at day to day nurturing of customer relationships. It's rare to find someone who is highly competent at what they do but also possesses the EQ and vision to go beyond that, creating a strong bond with clients and teammates alike.
I'd recommend Trent to anyone looking for a strong UX resource who goes above and beyond for not just his team, but his client as well. The genuine desire to connect with people while delivering good work is a rare combination to find."
"I've had the pleasure to work with Trent on the Agency and Client side of interactive marketing for years. Trent is not only an amazing IA but he has the ability to take strategic thinking to the next level to deliver solutions that are proactive and cutting edge. He was my "go to" for UX and IA for many years and he never let me down."
"Trent is passionate about User Experience. He understands the pains users have and processes that don't work and he strives toward finding the simplest and most efficient way to help them. He works well with both product and engineers in finding the best solutions and working toward a shared understanding. His ideas made my work as Product Manager so much easier, by helping me address not just the pain points, but coming up with newer and fresher design."
"Trent is simply amazing UX practitioner. Trent and I worked very closely on several client projects as well as building internal team competency. Trent's leadership and mentorship was one the reasons why the team at Nexient grew and the practice matured.
Trent is wonderful with our business partners, effortlessly bonding with them and guiding them through the complex research and design phases of very complex products. His leadership in the design and user experience spaces was instrumental in building a cohesive, synergistic relationship between business, design, and development, which lead to creation of amazingly usable and beautiful products, repeat clients and profitability.
His contributions to his team members, to my own personal growth as a leader, and to the business as a whole cannot be over stated. Trent is great to work with, and I can only hope to be fortunate enough to work with him again in the future!"
"Trent was a coworker, supervisor, and mentor while I was a Sr. Copywriter at Nexient. There was no problem or situation which I couldn't approach Trent with. He's an amazing communicator, and more than that, he offers insights and empathy for handling any hurdle. Trent also made himself readily available for questions or concerns of any kind. His knowledge and experience with business overall, and specifically User Experience, is unrivaled. He is an invaluable resource of great information, and I am a better and more informed writer simply by working with him."
"Trent was my manager for just over two years. First of all he is a powerhouse in UX knowledge and strategy. I've learned so much having him as a mentor. He deeply cares about not only the people he works with but also the world. He designs with curiosity and challenges clients in a way they can understand and get on board with. His approach is clean, easy to understand and backed with best practices. Trent is an ADA source of reference as he has extended experience working to create universal experiences while meeting WCAG guidelines. He is fun to work with and creates team collaboration and empowers more senior designers to mentor more juniors to excel and feel seen. Overall he is an asset to any company team or project. His high level ability to see the bigger picture for the teams he manages gets people thinking, questioning, strategizing and pivoting when necessary. He continues to encourage me and my career and he is a legend to the UX field and a continued resource for me. Trent made me elevate in all areas and have fun while doing so. He taught me how to align stakeholders and PO even when UX maturity within a company was low. Having soft skills encouraging collaboration led to successful projects and continued engagements. Overall I'm honored to have been able to work with him."
"I had the pleasure of working with Trent on several projects. He is meticulous, creative, analytical and everything else you could ask for from an Information architect. He is very easy to work with and always open to suggestions. He works with software engineers to make sure his designs are technically feasible and at the same time makes sure business needs are not compromised. I would highly recommend Trent to any company looking for talented UX professional."
"Trent is very proactive, creative, insightful, consistently hard-working and devoted to producing high-quality work. While relying upon established principles, he's not at all afraid to question conventional thinking in order to solve a problem, and verifies both established and new opinions with a variety of research and common-sense. (That's how I met him. As a web analyst, he routinely asked for metrics to confirm or disprove his hypotheses on customer behavior). He's collaborative, open to suggestions, and very easy to work with for anyone who cares about delivering an effective design. I'd love to work with him again."
"When Trent Nguyen worked with The Designory, I've had the opportunity to work with him on the Infiniti website account, among others. During his stint with the company, Trent has shown an immense passion for what he does. Attention to detail is one of his greatest strengths, not to mention the overall quality of work that he brings to the table. Likewise, on top of the aforementioned, Trent has a great sense of humor, which comes in handy in times of adversity. Moreover, he works well with others and can be relied upon. Trent has what it takes to be a very successful employee regardless of the position given to him. Indeed, he can certainly deliver the "goods" with much authority, and with great passion."
"I had the privilege of working with Trent Nguyen at Designory and Critical Mass. Trent has always executed at a high standard with enthusiasm and commitment. He is technically proficient and down to earth. He is able to connect to and inspire broad audiences. His audience is always left high-spirited and well educated and this has contributed greatly to project success. I recommend him highly."
"Trent is the first person I've worked with in UX who had an immense knowledge in human factors, both in industry and academia. He was not only an incredible team player, but was able to clearly articulate complex points of view while maintaining full trust from the client. He also helped me organize IxDA LA events as well as offering invaluable advice for a research project I was pursuing. You will not find many diverse UX professionals like Trent who are able to offer qualities of experienced professional and academic background. In fact, I'm looking forward to working with Trent again in the future when the time comes."
"Trent is a great performer! He always met his deadlines and could be counted on to step up when necessary to help meet deadlines. He is a pleasure to work with and was frequently sought out by his peers to lend perspective or to help out as part of the design process."
"I really enjoyed working with Trent on multiple usability projects at iCrossing. He is very knowledgeable in the information architecture and usability fields. He also has great skills in communicating with clients and other team members. Having Trent on the team helped move projects forward faster, smoother, and in a much more productive fashion."
"I worked with Trent for a number of years and have found him to be one of the more pleasant, knowledgeable and skilled technology consultants. He reservedly garnered the respect and trust of all of his team mates, as well as the client, within a very short amount of time. His deliverables were always delivered on time and were always beneficial to the project. He was always professional and calm, even when the client was pushing him down paths with which he may not have agreed."
"Trent has amazing ability to understand clients requirements and provide awesome site flow and information architecture. Trent is a great team player, who is always ready to accept new ideas and implement them with ease. He is an asset to any team."
"Trent is a very talented professional. He is a great communicator, which allows him to work with different kinds of teams (on-shore or off-shore), always conveying a clear message on how things should be done. He is really good at providing innovative and useful ways of organizing information, providing a better user experience and a clear guidance for the development team. His analysis skills were key for our project."
"I've worked with Trent for over two years. He is an excellent Lead Information Architecture Specialist and has been a wonderful project development partner. He is always available to our team to work through ideas and is an active participant in the creative development process. And because of his dedication always stays with a project through completion to ensure that the client gets the best product.
I truly feel that any company would be lucky to get him."