
Dalia Hafez Makari
Professional, Hard Worker & Diversified
Cairo, EgyptWork Experience
Lead Graphic Designer” and “Customer Service supervisor and Quality Control Coordinator”Full Time
US Embassy, Cairo
Jul 2009 - Jul 2013 -4 yrs
Egypt , Cairo
- Job Details: Create several layouts for the product that we advertise it (posters, brochures, leaflets, flyers, stickers, booklets, stationary stuff, & outdoor stuff…etc) Responsible for establishing and maintaining professional relationships with our Customers and our head office in Washington. Taking personal and complete responsibility for each customer. Communicate effectively with the Director, Production Manager and Shipping Supervisor. Communicate both effectively and timely with all customers worldwide. Communicate effectively with all GPS worldwide, Vienna, Manila and Washington. Comply with all Department standards in conduct and responsibilities. Accept and catalog all incoming job materials, noting discrepancies and follow up with production. Follow up and anticipate with customer on his/her order and focus on all details. Ensure that all customer requirements are completely met by production and shipping. Review all materials have provided by customer -either hard copies or electronic- to make sure it’s good to be printed. Using any of Adobe applications, evaluate incoming electronic files for completeness and technical production accuracy. Follow systematized or generally approved procedures as outlined in operation manual. Maintain accurate access to jobs in progress and monitor their status at all times. Acknowledge, appropriately greet, assist and entertain walk-in customer in a timely manner. Respond to customer queries in a courteous timely manner, via email, fax or any other modes. Incorporation status from each production department as necessary. Process customer orders in an efficient and timely manner. Coordinate estimates, production specifications and distribution instructions. Provide notification to customers who have submitted incomplete or incorrect materials. Provide complete information and procedures to help customer to submit and order online through GPS website. Create Job Ticket for each job contains all specs (customer info, job description, shipping info., ..etc) to be as a guide for production. Organize components of accepted jobs and workflow for submission into the production system. Attend all customer complaints and concerns immediately and facilitate satisfactory resolution. Manage telephone calls professionally, efficiently and with good communication skills. Using HiFlex Program to enter complete data of jobs. Obtain Fund Cite from customer and provide it to the Financial Dep. Provide Shipping notification to the customer include all shipping information which makes the shipment traceable. Follow up with the customer to ensure that s/he has received the shipment on the specified arrival date. Interested in preventing errors and solving problems.
Head Art DirectorFull Time
Imagine Advertising
Nov 2002 - Jun 2009 -6 yrs, 7 months
Egypt , Cairo
- Job Details: Create several layouts for the product that we advertise it (posters, brochures, leaflets, flyers, stickers, booklets, stationary stuff, & outdoor stuff…etc) Communicate and contact Production Dep. for all agreements around artwork process (kind of paper, measurements, material, colors, quality, deadline, … etc) Communicate and contact Traffic Dep. for collaterals briefs & all updating changes on design. Develop and execute the department work plan and schedule. Follow all matters of Art Dep. up and its employees. Develop & maintain all Art Dep. stuff (Library, CDs, Photographs, and Slides..etc). Share in the development of the concept for the product that we work on. Review & check all chromaline and color separation films to insure that every thing is ready to be sent to the production Department. Finalize some of artworks to be sent to production department. Assist company’s marketing team on most campaigns to be placed in different media channels Monitor and control the Art Dep. needs. Prepare and execute the presentations for either client campaign or our company promotions. Meet weekly with all Art Dep. employees to argue about work flow and discuss any suggestion or problem might stick up to the flow of work. Produce regular monthly activities and impressions reports during the all department of company conference with the general manager.
Senior Graphic Designer & FinalizerFull Time
JWT-TMI Cairo
May 2000 - Oct 2002 -2 yrs, 5 months
Egypt , Cairo
- Job Details: Scanning images and slides. Retouching and fixing images and slides to be ready for using it in the artwork. Working on the layout as well as final artwork. Working on storyboard, ads, packages & print promotional materials. Working closely with production, color separation & press house to get the best image. Make my sense on most of final artwork. Communicating and contacting creation department for the last image of artwork.
Creative & Senior Graphic DesignerFull Time
Stream Line Advertising
Aug 1999 - Apr 2000 -8 months
Egypt , Cairo
- Job Details: Communicate and contact client for reaching the concept of the product promotion. Create several layouts for the product that we advertise it (posters, brochures, leaflets, flyers, stickers, booklets, stationary stuff, & outdoor stuff…etc) Scanning images and slides. Retouching and fixing images and slides to be ready for using it in the artwork. Working on the layout as well as final artwork. Working closely with production, color separation & press house to get the best image. Review & check all chromaline and color separation films to insure that every thing is ready to be sent to the production Department. Develop & maintain all Art Dep. stuff (Library, CDs, Photographs, Slides..etc).
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Graphics Department
Faculty of Fine ArtsJan 1991 - Jan 1996 - 5 yr
High School - Thanaweya Amma
High School for Girls, FayoumJan 1991
Skills
Languages
Arabic
FluentEnglish
FluentFrench
Intermediate
Training & Certifications
Communications Skills
Communications 360·2013Customer Services
AUC·2010Customer Services Excellence
American University in Cairo·2010Web Design
YAT·2007