Gufran Khan

PRESENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Working with “Q2A Media” as a Sr. Graphic Designer for Naylor Magazines Canada/US since 05-Aug 2013 to till date.
ROLE OF WORK
• Designing Cover and Internal pages for Magazines.
• Coordination with Editor/Sales.
• Working on the redesign mockups for Magazines as per client specification and self creativity.
• Visualizing the designs according to client’s quality standards.
• Creating ads as per client standard and self.
SUMMARY
Designing magazines as per client standard, Design print ads as per classification.

PAST PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Worked with “Thomson Digital” (a division of India Today Group) as a
Design Associates in Books and Magazine since 22-Nov-2010 to
04-Aug 2013.
ROLE OF WORK
• Analyze the Project.
• Worked on Magazine/Book as per client specification.
• Responsible for all queries.
• Coordination with PM.
• Job uploading and Mailing.
SUMMARY
Worked for Magazine and books for various clients CSIRO, Bv-Ins, Plantyn, LWW, John-Wiley, Harper-Collins, Govi and Pearson books and magazine.

PAST PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Worked with “Planman Technologies” (a division of Planman companies) as a Team Leader in publishing unit, from 14th Feb 2007 to 22nd Nov 2010.
ROLE OF WORK
• Analyze the Project.
• Create Addendum, Instruction Sheet & Workflow of Projects.
• Responsible for all queries.
• Define target for individual person.
• Job tracking.
• Maintain daily production record.
• Distributing the job as per the skill.
• Planning to meet the schedule on time with quality.
• Job uploading and Mailing.
• Maintain daily attendance record.
• Arrange weekly discussion meeting.
SUMMARY
Leading 18 member’s team and handling five big projects at a time. Motivate team members for productivity and quality. Encourage team members for increasing technical skills levels. Measuring performance for every team member. Taking actions to improve performance. Solve queries while production. I have experienced to worked with both EL-Hi and Higher Education publishers like McGraw-Hill, Cengage Learning, Perfection Learning, Folens, Enslow, Leckie & Leckie, Disney, CSIRO, Harper-Collins, Black Dot (BD) and Marshall Cavendish.

PAST PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Worked with “Tech Books (Aptara) International Pvt. Ltd.” as a InDesign Executive in EPG (Educational Publishing Group) since 2006 to 2007.
ROLE OF WORK
• Create Template and Go-Bys.
• Typesetting all kinds of Academic, College, Professional, Mathematics, Engineering, and Children Books.
SUMMARY
Created all types of Go-Bys and Templates. Worked with 1, 2, 4 and 5 colors. Independently handle various projects like Mc-Graw Hill (Glencoe, SRA & CTB), Scott Forsman, Halfton Mifflin, Kaplan, John Willy and Pearson.

PAST PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Worked with “Leading Edge Solutions” as a Graphic Designer since 2002 to 2006.
ROLE OF WORK
• Layout & Design Magazine.
• Layout Books.
• Layout Brushers.
• Layouts CD Covers.
• Layout Advertisement.
• Layout Single and Multi-Color Visiting Card.
• Create, Scan & Edit Graphics.
SUMMARY
Layout 4 color books and magazine. Scan and Edit Graphics for clipart. Layout the CD Covers. Layout creative and attractive advertisement. Layout books for BPB, S Chand, Madhuban publication and New Age Books.