Coroflot

Resume

Experience
June 2005 AUST Ashrafieh, Beirut
Visual designer
Created a visual identity and signage system for AUST’s annual design exhibition
Starting 2006 till today
Freelancer
Completed several corporate identity, brochures, posters, illustration and
webdesign projects
Seprember 2006-June 2007 ActiveMania, Beirut
In-house Graphic Designer
Completed design projects such as company reports, profiles, and brochures
February-March 2008 Leo Burnett, Jeddah
Junior Art Director
Handled below-the-line accounts
May 2008-January 2009 4th Dimension, Jeddah
Graphic Designer
Handled below-the-line accounts
October 2008-February 2010
Graphic Design Instructor Dar Al Hekma College, Jeddah
Taught several design courses namely Typographic Design, Advanced
Typography, Editorial and Book Design, co-taught Art of the Poster and Senior/
Portfolio Management
August 2010 - February 2011 Medium Rare Advertising- Dubai
Art Director
Handling above and below the line accounts among which Turkey tourism
May 2011- July 2011 Landor Associates
Freelance Designer
Worked on naming and branding projects

Internship
September-November 2006 Graphic Shop Hamra, Beirut
Illustrator
Created several characters and illustrations for SGBL magazine, ‘Nostro Vostro’
Education
1987–2001 St Joseph de l’Apparition, Beirut
Lebanese Official Bacc. II emphasis on math
2002–2006 AUST Ashrafieh, Beirut
BA in graphic design - honor list

Languages
Arabic mother tongue
French excellent
English excellent
Italian good


Conferences
Profile Intermedia 7 - Bremen, Germany 2005
Typographic Beirut - LAU Beirut, Lebanon 2005
Tasmeem Doha - Doha, Qatar 2006
Tawasul - Dar Al Hekma College 2009
ICTVC- Cyprus 2010 in which I was a speaker


Workshops
Reza Abedini arabic typography workshop
Hassan Lavasani reflections on patterns from Phoenicia to Persia
Giorgio Camuffo graphic design workshop
Burkard Schitty and Michael Fitzthum photography workshop
Johannes Assig dirty fashion workshop
Rami Bshara silkscreen printing
Pascal Zoghbi arabic english adaptation
Abeer Al Khouli, Jamila Farsi NCAAA course specification


Discussions
Steve Badanes
Mario Gagliardi
Stephan Sagmeister
Isabel and Ruben Toledo


Achievements
2010
invited speaker to the 4th International Conference on Typography and Visual
Communication- University of Nicosia- Cyprus
2009
given a certificate of appreciation for contributing in organizing Tawasul, the first
design concerence held in Saudi Arabia
2006
honorable mention for the competition that preceded
Tasmeem Doha exhibition
2005
given the responsibility -with 2 other students- to design
the complete visual identity of AUST’s graphic design exhibition


Skills
Adobe Photoshop - Adobe Illustrator - Adobe InDesign - Quark Express
Macromedia Flash - Macromedia Dreamweaver - Adobe Premiere


Volunteering
2000 - 2004
Private theater workshop Nuages
22 - 09 - 2002
Play calling for the preservation of Ramlet El Bayda public beach in association
with Green Line
Summer 2006
Became member of ‘Toufoula’ association helping children suffering from cancer