Dhanushke Tissera

After successfully completion of three years in Abu Issa Holding as a Designer, I promoted as the Senior Designer of the department. With adding some extra responsibili- ties to the same role I was.

SOME OF MY MAIN RESPONSIBILITY ARE:

• Lead & guide the team
• Manage the workflow
• Follow up on going campaigns with the design tem
• Follow up all the upcoming events, sales & promotion with brand managers
• Follow up PR & Media plans
• Develop the team skills/creativity and the facilities of my department

My main role in Abu Issa Holding as a creative designer is to maintain the brand identity of the brands we work with according to specific brand guidelines provided by those brands, and to add more value to the brand with my creative ideas.

Some of my main areas of responsibility are:

• Newspaper and Magazine advertising
• Product launching events
• Sales and promotion campaigns
• Company profiles
• Product catalogues
• Newsletters

Departmental stores, Shops and Brands I work with are as follows:

• Departmental stores: Blue Salon, Highland

• Shops: Elie Saab (Doha) Morgan (Doha), Ethan Allen (Doha), Aigner (Doha), Karisma Cosmetics (Doha), Toys4Me (Doha), Kartell (Doha), Momento Watches (Doha), E-Pro (Doha), Asala Honey (Doha), Gold Gourmet (Doha, UAE), Arabesq Sweets (Doha, UAE), Yves Rocher (UAE), G-Star (KSA), Liwani (KSA)

• Brands: Aigner, Baldinini, Bikkembergs, Desigual, Billionaire, Braccialini, Bvlgari, Breitling, Cerruti, Façonnable, Esprit, Ferrari, Fossil, Galvanni, Ferre Milano, G-Star Raw, Godiva, Just Cavalli, Kissy Kissy, Lesy, Louis Erard, Korloff, Lapin House, Love Moschino, Luke, MCM, Moschino, Nespresso, Naf Naf, Montegrappa, Parfums de Marly, Roberto Cavalli, Samsonite, Sisley, Shiseido, Smalto, Salvatore Ferragamo, Versace, Zenith, Who*s Who, Yves Rocher, Morgan, Kartell, etc.

Click to edit position descriptionAs the creative head in Lamara I was responsible for developing creative concepts and developing the identity of particular products or events.

Some of my successful event branding:
• Doha Seal Show-Qatar Marine Festival
• New Doha Port Project Opening Ceremony
• Halal Qatar Festival-KATARA
• Doha Park
• Falcon Show-Al Gannas Society-KATARA
• Amsyat - KATARA
• Al Mal Lawal Exhibition-Qatar Museums Authority

In LI Studios my challenge was to come up with creative concepts and giving an unforgettable identity to the particular brand/product from the other competitors. I had to deal with different type of clients, understand the product and other competitors to bring my brand to the top in the market.

In Max Television, This is where I met most talented professionals in media industry Sri Lanka. My responsibility was to design studio sets, themes and logos for particular television progra

My baby steps to Amsterdam. People call it Advertising Industry.

My career begins as a graphic designer in a leading photo-editing studio. I was responsible of design albums, photo editing, photo retouch, etc.