Licensed Graphic Designer
Ahmad AJLOUNY
Total years of experience :17 years, 0 Months
- Brand identity design, brand guidelines.
- Illustration, vector art and infographics.
- Print design (books, brochures, stationery, rollups, lampposts...).
- Digital design for websites and social media platforms.
- Coordinating with print shops and preparing files for printing.
Portfolio: https://www.behance.net/ahmadajlouny
Website: https://www.ahmadajlouny.com/
Supported the Digital Content team under the Omni Channel of Mall of the Emirates.
Roles included:
- Designed internal/external emailers.
- Created infographics for the website statistics, marketing insights, and how-to diagrams.
- Batch edited product images to Mall of the Emirates website/app specs.
- Worked on a project to revamp the leasing brochures for the malls of Majid Al Futtaim in UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Lebanon, and Egypt.
- Provided design support for other malls of Majid Al Futtaim.
Covered for the in-house graphic designer during her maternity leave. Worked mainly under the Mall of the Emirates (MOE) and its new online shopping experience.
Roles included:
- Designed internal/external newsletters.
- Create infographics for the website statistics, marketing insights, and how-to diagrams.
- Prepared presentations and online shop demos.
- Batch edited images to Mall of the Emirates website/app specs.
- Provided design support for other malls of Majid Al Futtaim.
Provided art direction for an educational project driven by animated videos aiming to raise entrepreneurship awareness amongst Arab youth; providing them with guidance to accomplish their visions and strategies through successful business planning and execution.
Roles included:
ART DIRECTION: reviewed artwork, storyboards, and videos.
PRODUCTION: oversaw and streamlined the art production line throughout the illustration, design and animation phases.
TRAINING: trained designers and illustrators on Adobe Illustrator and using it effectively and efficiently for storyboarding.
EXECUTION: revised and finalized storyboards and created new ones from scratch.
Played a crucial role in the promotion and coverage of the World Government Summit 2021 event on social media.
Highlights:
- Collaborated with copywriters on script editing.
- Visualized scripts into storyboards for animators.
- Designed static and animated teasers, agenda and various other infographics.
Participated in the Madrasa project - an Arabic online e-learning platform available for free. Madrasa.org is part of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI).
Responsibilities included:
- Designing and editing storyboards
- Visualizing information into infographics
- Covering all graphic design needs of the project
- Solving creative and technical problems
Automated the process of creating thousands of video covers utilizing Excel spreadsheets and Adobe Illustrator, thus shortening a two-month task into a one-week task.
Madrasa: https://madrasa.org/
Kharabeesh: https://www.kharabeesh.com/
- Brand identity design, brand guidelines.
- Print design (books, brochures, stationery, rollups, lampposts...).
- Coordinating with the print shop and preparing files for printing.
- Coordinating with the web developers and maintaining the company's websites.
Identity design; illustration; freehand drawing; presentation design; on-screen design (social media ads, banners...); print design.
Print design (brochures, flyers, business cards, folders) and prepare designs for prepress; logo design; prepare vector graphics for Flash presentations; web design and layout; HTML and CSS; optimize images for the web; light animation (Flash).
I have participated in the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 Beta Program.
Cumulative Average: 86.6% Rating: Excellent Placed on Honour List: 7 semesters
Activities and Societies: Football Team, Scout Movement, Drawing Club, Carpentry Club.
