Elsy Assaker, Senior Graphic Designer

Elsy Assaker

Senior Graphic Designer

United Nations-ESCWA, UN-House Beirut

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Bachelor's degree, Graphic Design
Experience
23 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :23 years, 5 Months

Senior Graphic Designer at United Nations-ESCWA, UN-House Beirut
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since March 2003

- Design layout and development of high quality books, catalogs, flyers, leaflets, book covers, posters, invitation cards, business cards from concept and layout till final printing stage.

- Help proofreaders in accurate editing for copyright purposes.

- Compile and maintain files related to the field of work, collect files for back up and online upload.

- Design of ESCWA weekly news.

- Scan and photo retouch of several kinds of visuals.

- Transform charts and tables into formats compatible with applied design softwares.

- Coordinate with Text Processing Unit and Editorial Assistants to finalize ESCWA publications and documents.

- Filing of activities related to reproduction and design process.

- Coordinated with colleagues from several ESCWA divisions to achieve designs of related publications and advised for choices of pictures, colors, design styles etc.

Graphic Design Instructor at Manar University of Technology
  • Lebanon - Tripoli
  • February 2005 to June 2009

- I worked as a part-time instructor, i taught "printing and production" course (techniques of preparing a print job from A to Z)

Senior Graphic Designer at Chemaly & Chemaly printing press
  • Lebanon
  • March 2004 to July 2007

- Design and development of books, catalogs, flyers, cards (business cards, invitation, wedding) and several commercial products.
- Magazine layout using quark express.
- Packaging design for various products (molding, cliché).

Graphic Designer at Forum de Beyrouth
  • Lebanon
  • October 2000 to December 2002

- Development and design implementation of advertising concepts for magazine ads, billboards, unipoles, flyers, posters, promotional items, radio and TV.
- Interacted with marketing and sales department for organization of events.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Graphic Design
  • at Notre Dame University
  • July 2000
High school or equivalent, French Bacc II
  • at Sainte Famille Francaise
  • July 1996

Specialties & Skills

Desktop Publishing
Adobe Software
Creativity
Graphic Design
Adobe Photoshop
Quark Express
Adobe illustrator
Microsoft Word
Adobe Indesign
Microsoft Power Point

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert
Spanish
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Jewelry Design Levels I,II & III By Patrizia Rahme (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2019
Creative Thinking Workshop I & II (Training)
Training Institute:
CREATE by Patricia
Date Attended:
January 2018
Duration:
48 hours
Writing and Editing Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
UN-ESCWA
Duration:
16 hours

Hobbies

  • Hiking
  • Swimming, traveling, excursions, drawing, manual artwork, psychology.