Islam Abdel-Wahab Art Director, Senior Creative Graphics Designer +2 010 565 9337 islam.abdelwahab@gmail.com OBJECTIVE Seeking a challenging position in the creative field to utilize and enhance years of experience in graphic designing, art directing, desktop publishing and presentation; the perfect position for me is one that enhances my experience on both professional and personal level. SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS Thirteen years of extensive experience in graphic design and desktop publishing. Certificate in Graphic Design and Animation from Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Helwan, Cairo, Egypt. Demonstrated ability to produce a wide variety of graphic products including newsletters, business cards, letter heads as well as different training materials. Experience with Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier, After Effects & Acrobat Pro). Creative, strong communication skills and consistently meet deadlines. EXPERIENCE 2008 2011 Cairo Cartoon Studios Cairo-Egypt Art Director, Project Manager Directing is not all I do as I love to be involved in composting as well as editing most of the work; also graphic designing all prints for the studio. My role in the studio was managing all phases of production starting from concept art to final editing. Converting the pipeline of production from traditional animation to tradigital animation by converting the whole pipeline to paperless animation. Introducing new technologies to production stages as Motion capture systems for 3D department or Toon Boom Harmony & Toon Boom Storyboards Pro. For 2D department. Worked on projects like: 1 Islam Abdel-Wahab, email: islam.abdelwahab@gmail.com Cell: +2 010 565 9337
Super Henedi season 3 "Project Manager, Art Director & Graphic Designer". Fe Altareeq Ella Bayt Almakdes "Animation supervisor, video compositing & Editing". Al Taba een season 3 "Video Editor, Video Compositor & Graphic Designer ". Al Taba een season 2 "Project Manager, Marketing Manager". Englizy Da Ya Morsi "Project Manager". Sultan wa Mabrouk wa Gamila "Project Manager, Technical Support". Sa'fat Al Salam "Project Manager, Animation supervisor". And many others. 2005 2007 Omnix Media Networks Promedia Division Dubai-UAE Multimedia & Graphic Designer Developing creative concept for printed ads, web, magazines, book covers, video editing and compositing Multimedia Presentation. Worked on many projects including: Designing all advertising material for InFocus in UAE and Middle East. Re-Designing all business cards and letterheads for Omnix-Promedia. Designing the interactive user interface for Burj Al Arab. Codirecting and Editing short documentary for QGM. Designing Omnix Smart home logo. And many more. 2002 2004 Talent Advertising Dubai-UAE Creative Designer Printed ads, logos, magazines, book covers, Illustration, Page layout & Cartoon animation. 1999 2002 Nile Channel for Family and Child Cairo-Egypt Animator & Graphic Designer Background Design Developing Storyboard and screen layout Cartoon Character Design Video editing and compositing 2D Animation Trouble shooting for Computers running the graphics applications 1997 1999 Part Time Graphic Designer during Faculty studying Cairo-Egypt Desktop publishing 2 Islam Abdel-Wahab, email: islam.abdelwahab@gmail.com Cell: +2 010 565 9337
Illustrations, printed ads, book cover design, etc. Education 1996-2001 Faculty of Fine Arts Cairo-Egypt B.Sc.in Graphic Design and Animation. COMPUTER EXPERIENCE Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier, After Effects & Acrobat Pro). Familiar with Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, Particle Illusion, Adobe (Soundbooth & Flash Professional). Excellent use of Windows and Office programs. Familiar with major problems that occur to PC and Mac. computers running graphics applications; The ability to deal with any new software in the field of graphic and multimedia within a short period of time. PERSONAL DATA Nationality: Egyptian. Language: Arabic (mother tongue), English. Year of birth: 1979. Marital status: Marred. Portfolio available upon request 3 Islam Abdel-Wahab, email: islam.abdelwahab@gmail.com Cell: +2 010 565 9337
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