| SHAILA ABDULLAH- Look no Further! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OBJECTIVE: To formulate campaign strategies and assist in the designing, illustrating and rendering of ideas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATION � Highly motivated digital designer who can develop a powerful new profile for any company and produce innovative ideas for selling its products or services. � Proficiency on both Mac and PC platforms accompanied by a state-of-the-art portfolio. � Well-organized and focused professional, sensitive to a company�s individual needs in today�s marketplace. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| WORK/ STUDY HISTORY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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� June 1996-present�Part Time Graphic Designer at United Printing & Graphics. Designing flyers, promotional brochures, logos, stationary, POS materials, etc. � March -May 1998�Temporary position as a Graphic Designer at Europa Watch Company. Designed Promotional flyers/ literature, banners, POS materials and wrote editorials, press releases, etc. for the Industry newsletters. Assisted in the marketing research and formulation of campaign strategies. Designed the company�s corporate logo. � Feb 1998�Designed a flyer for the USC Clinical Laboratory Endocrine Section for their upcoming joint board meeting. � Aug- Dec 1998�Refresher course in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Quark Xpress and Autodesk Animator- Animator Studio at El Camino College� Made the Dean�s List and was also referred to the Honors� Program. � Nov 1996 -Nov 1997�Diploma in Freelance Writing from ICS, Pennsylvania. � 1995-1996�Graphic Designer for Crystal Electronics. Designed the company�s advertising materials and also designed the company�s corporate logo. � 1993-1995�Graphic Designer for International Advertising Limited (affiliated with Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide up till 1995). Managed a team of ten junior artists in collaboration with the Senior Art Director. Worked for clients like Pakistan International Airlines, American Express Bank, ICI Paints, Brooke Bond Tea, Habib Credit and Exchange Bank, etc. and aided in the designing of magazine and press ads, logos, story boards, brochures, annual reports, posters, POS materials, etc. � Jan 1992-Feb 1995�Freelance Writer and Illustrator for certain South Asian publications like Women�s Own, Fashion Collection and Tuesday Review. � May 1993�Project for American Express Bank. Nine airbrush illustrations for the main office in Karachi. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| BACKGROUND AND COMPUTER EXPERIENCE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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� Refresher course in Computer Design at El Camino College (Dean�s List)�Fall 1997 | � Diploma in freelance writing, ICS, Pennsylvania�Nov 1996 -Nov 1997 � Diploma in Graphic Designing, Karachi School Of Arts�July 1989 -June 1993 � Bachelor Of Arts in Advance English, Karachi� graduated in 1992 � St. Joseph�s College for Women�graduated in 1991 � Diploma in Painting, School Of Decor� awarded in 1987 COMPUTER EXPERIENCE � Six years hands on Mac and PC experience with Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Quark Xpress and familiarity with the latest versions of all �knowledge of scanning, digital image manipulation, use of filters, creating paths and masks, proficiency with the pen tool, rendering custom gradients and patterns, transforming and editing paths, importing to and from other programs, raster and vector typography�leading, kerning, tracking & special effects with color, working with style sheets and master pages in Quark. � Worked with Autodesk Animator-Animator Studio on IBM � Introduction to Macromedia Director and Macromedia Freehand 8 on Mac. � Acquaintance with Microsoft Word , Sierra Print Master, Filemaker Pro and Compuserve Publisher on IBM.
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