Syed Asfar Hussain Shah, Graphic Designer

Syed Asfar Hussain Shah

Graphic Designer

United Nations Development Programme

Location
Pakistan - Rawalpindi
Education
Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering
Experience
16 years, 0 months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 0 months

Graphic Designer at United Nations Development Programme
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • My current job since November 2014

Design development publications, UNDPs quarterly publication Development Advocate, infographics to interpret data and information available in the reports published by UNDP with the support of DPU team.
• Provide technical support with data cleaning and grouping as per the visual requirements.
• Provide technical advice on information to be displayed on the publications.
• Understand the concepts, design needs, target audience, and purpose of the publications/infographics, propose design options to the team, provide technical support to the team in choosing the final option.
• Clearly describe the data needs for designing infographics, pay special attention to data sources.
• Produce aesthetically designed, easy to comprehend and use graphs and maps for reports, publications, researches etc. as and when desired by UNDP.

Graphic Designer at Roots International Schools
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • July 2013 to October 2014

Designing all the material from Web to Print, from small size to large size formats, using Adobe and Corel tools at the same time :)

Honors & Awards:
Silver Medal Award
Awarded with Silver Medal on overall outstanding performance at Roots Annual Convocation & Recognition Day 2014.

Initiative of the Week
Awarded with Initiative of the Week award in the 2nd month of employement on best performance.
Details: http://www.rootsinternational.edu.pk/index.php/newsUpdates/details/59

Graphic Designer | Social Media Specialist at Riphah International University
  • Pakistan - Rawalpindi
  • July 2012 to July 2013

Worked as Graphic Designer and Social Media Specialist in Al-Mizan campus of Riphah International University as a part of Marketing team.

As a Graphic Designer main responsibilities included concepts visualizing and designing of advertisement material, Brochures, Flyers, Banners, Standees, Other promotional material and Branding(outdoor and in-campus); Banners and other web design related material for Riphah's website and Social Media platforms.

As a Social Media Specialist main responsibilities included Riphah's website management, to keep it updated with new content as well as graphics; Riphah's Official Facebook page management to interact with user on daily basis and to manage the Riphah's presence on social networking sites.

Also providing support to Admission team & Marketing team in different campaigns.

Honors & Awards:
Best Performance Award
Awarded with a cash prize in January 2013 on overall best performance in 6 months.

Freelancer Web & Graphics Designer at vWorker
  • United States
  • March 2008 to June 2012

I am working as a Freelancer Web & Graphic Designer at vWorker.com since Mar. 2009.
My Portfolio : www.AsfarShah..com

Education

Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering
  • at International Islamic University
  • March 2011

Specialties & Skills

Web Software
Graphics Software
Web Design
Team Management
Adobe Photoshop
Project Management
Graphics Designing
Web Desiging
Web Development
3D Designing

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Training and Certifications

The certification covered all the major topics of Digital Marketing including Search Engine Optimiza (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2012
Valid Until:
October 2012