Ahmad Kadi, Video Journalist

Ahmad Kadi

Video Journalist

Al Arabiya News Channel

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor in Economics, Business Administration and Management, General
Experience
20 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 2 Months

Video Journalist at Al Arabiya News Channel
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since February 2018

-Gather information, produce report and edit assigned stories, add music and text on the videos for website and social media daily.
-Collaborate with reporters, producers, and editors from the newsroom to execute creative concept for story.
-Cover breaking, general, sports, feature, and political news stories.
-Create GIFs to enhance the articles on website and for headlines on social media
-Produce original content on AlArabiya.net and on all digital platforms.
- Edit photos on Photoshop or other graphic programs and upload all graphic materials on CMS
- Post video, pictures and stories to website, Facebook, Twitter and other social media outlets.
-Maintain strong familiarity with local, national news and events across our coverage area.

Digital Content Designer at MBC - Al Arabiya News Channel
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2013 to February 2018

-Create infographics for alarabiya.net and the social media department.
-Asset alarabiya.net editorial department with suitable videos, reports and images.
-Produce video content for alarabiya.net
-Manage and update the official AlArabiya channel on YouTube on a daily basis.
-Create the necessary promotional images for the TV shows and documentaries on Alarabiya official Facebook page.
-Digitise and publish the programs on alarabiya.net on a daily basis.
-Upload media to alarabiya CMS and insert all the associated metadata (images, titles, descriptions, tags) on a daily basis.
-Create short videos (Teasers) to highlight the important scenes of news reports to play it on the main section of alarabiya.net on a daily basis.

illustrator ,Info. Graphic Designer at alroeya newspaper
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2008 to May 2013

-Portrait Authors (Digital & Free-hand)
-Illustrator: Vector drawing and free-hand illustration
-Photoshop: Photo editing and manipulation
-Layout: Create, design and finalize artworks

* Handling the designing of the newspaper daily Info-graphics and illustrations.
* Receiving raw Data from editors and create the Suitable Artwork and info-graphic accordingly.
* Design the newspaper's headers to express the local or global activities and events.

Graphic Designer at S&J Advertising
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2007 to January 2009

-Photo editing and manipulation
-Designing stationery, poster, roll-up banner, brochures

GraphicDesigner at TBZ Cards For All Occasions
  • Syria - Damascus
  • January 2004 to February 2007

-Drawing coloring books, kids stories, and greeting cards
-Designing stationery, and gifts packaging.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor in Economics, Business Administration and Management, General
  • at Damascus University
  • August 2007

Specialties & Skills

Adobe Illustrator
Hand Drawing
Photo Editing
Graphic Design
Adobe Photoshop
illustration
Managing social media platforms
managing website content
CMS expert
Motion graphics
Story boarding
Social Media Specialist
Digital Producer
infographic
social media
Painting
Video editing
Journalism

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

SAE Social media (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2016
Video Editing (Training)
Training Institute:
MBC
Date Attended:
March 2013

Hobbies

  • Painting and drawing
    I do portraits and paintings, started as a hobby and now I'm doing it as freelancing :) you can check my website if you are interested www.ahmadkadi.com