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Waleed Abd Elzaher

Senior Graphic Designer at "The Edge Advertising", Dubai - U.A.E

Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

  • Creative Graphic DesignerFreelance / Project

    "Altair Advertising", Doha - Qatar

    Mar 2018 - Present -7 yrs, 3 months

    • Job Details:• Create and developing new Arabian-package designs and illustrations for kids' toys. • Vectorize characters, children book illustrations, t-shirt cartoons, and funny kids elements. • Create and design interactive pop-up books for kids that keep pace with the new generations. • Design indoor printing for a variety of events to include weddings, cocktail parties, and birthdays. • Design and optimize graphics for use in the online maternal and child health awareness programs.

  • Graphic DesignerFreelance / Project

    "Freelancer.com" | "99Designs.com", Worldwide

    Aug 2017 - Present -7 yrs, 10 months

    • Job Details:For many years, and I still, work with many wonderful people, and honorable agencies foreign and domestic, armed with passion and ambition. I developed and designed many Ad concepts, and introducing new graphic designs for branding identities, logos, brochures, posters, packaging, and book covers. Really, feeling I'm alive and breathe the arts, imagination, and colors-charm, from the smallest idea born into a creative campaign, to the most complicated and dazzled output.

  • Senior Graphic DesignerFreelance / Project

    "The Edge Advertising", Dubai - U.A.E

    Feb 2017 - Present -8 yrs, 4 months

    • Job Details:• Designed, and coordinated various branding projects, working remotely with the marketing team. • Design social media accounts ads, and website banners, studying analytics to improve for posts. • Design a large variety of printed marketing material, like catalogs containing 500+ items now. • Conceptualize, develop new design-ways for the indoor-ads for Megamax and Jumbo retail shops. • Create countless posters and flyers for non-profit organizations such as Dubai Charity Association.

  • Creative Graphic Designer | Art DirectorFull Time

    "Good News Film & Music", Cairo - Egypt

    Apr 2006 - Nov 2016 -10 yrs, 7 months

    • Job Details:Responsible for design, output the most artworks, supervising projects workflow from concept to printing, working closely with the marketing team to understand the client's needs, target markets, the concept of the product, and all relevant details in order to achieve the best result from any job required, to keep efficient and prompt productivity from the art-department. • Research and gather data on key modern design trends as colors, materials, and execution-style. • Working with print-houses to execute many offset-projects within a deadline-driven environment. • Design, and editorial optimization process for the first issue of Egyptian Export Council magazine. • Conceptualize, design the teaser's posters for "Halim, Ibrahim Labyad, Hasan Wa Morqos" films. • Preparing necessary designs for the opening ceremony of the "Bollywood Film Festival" in Cairo. • Redesign, adaptations of all prints for the French cartoon movie premiere of "Princess of The Sun". • Create and design many of "BMW, Etisalat, Virgin, HP, Fly Emirates, Illy Coffee, SONY" Brand-Ads. • Attending, overseeing the photography sessions for Iram jewelry in preparation for designing, execution the special prints for "Africa and Middle East Jewelry Exhibition" which was held in Egypt.

    • Education

    • Bachelor's Degree in Bachelor of Arts

      Cairo University (CU)

      Jan 2003 

    Activities

    • Graphic Designer at "Sonaa El Mostaqbal Charity", Cairo - Egypt

      Volunteering

      Aug 2018 - Oct 2018 -2 months

    • Graphic Designer at "Resala Charity Organization", Cairo - Egypt

      Volunteering

      Sep 2010 - May 2013 -2 yrs, 8 months

    Achievements

    For many years, and I still, work with many wonderful people, and honorable agencies foreign and domestic, armed with passion and ambition. I developed and designed many Ad concepts, and introducing new graphic designs for branding identities, logos, brochures, posters, packaging, and book covers. Really, feeling I'm alive and breathe the arts, imagination, and colors-charm, from the smallest idea born into a creative campaign, to the most complicated and dazzled output. My collective experience over digital, print, advertising, social media, and expressive designs serving your product marketing means that I can offer a complete service. I love what I do. So, I care very much about the details of what I do and it shows. This is creating the reputation that I still hold it, till today.

    Skills

    • Adobe Photoshop
    • Adobe illustrator
    • Creative Design
    • Art Design
    • Advertising
    • Digital Art
    • Graphic Design
    • Artwork
    • Branding
    • Poster Design
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    Languages

    • Arabic

      Fluent

    • English

      Advanced

    Training & Certifications

    • Digital imaging innovations

      Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University·2003
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