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Jesusa Celis, Senior Graphic Designer / Art Director

Jesusa Celis

Senior Graphic Designer / Art Director·United Development Company for Consultation & Training

Kuwait

Bachelor's degree, BSBA in Management

Work experience

Total years of experience: 33 years, 8 months

Senior Graphic Designer / Art Director

October 2015 - Present

United Development Company for Consultation & Training

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

October 2015 - Present

Basic Functions:
Determine how best to represent a concept visually.
Determine which photographs, art, or other design elements to use.
Develop/execute the overall look or style of a publication, an advertising campaign, or a photoshoot.
Review and approve designs, artwork, photography, and graphics development.
Talk to clients to develop an artistic approach and style.
Coordinate activities with other artistic or creative sectors.
Develop detailed budgets and timelines.
Present designs to clients for approval.
Reviewed and monitored the prints, and recommended changes to be made in order to perfect the product.
Analyzed the shortcomings of the project in order to quickly construct possible solutions and implement them.

Company industry:
Primary, Prep, & Secondary School
Job role:
Design, Creative, and Arts

Senior Graphics Designer

May 2014 - September 2015

4Films Printing Group

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

May 2014 - September 2015

Basic Functions:
Develops, prepares and creates/executes different campaign projects for KOC and 4 Films Printing Group.
Provides technical advises with regards to any pre and post production printing jobs such as color separation process and any form of print advertising.
Multi-tasking of different jobs like 3D design, photo shoot and copywriting when necessary.

Company industry:
Other Business Support Services
Job role:
Design, Creative, and Arts

Analyst/Graphics Designer

January 2009 - April 2014

Gulf Investment Corp - PR & Communication Dept

Kuwait

January 2009 - April 2014

Develops, prepares and creates high-quality design for advertising and marketing requirements (campaign elements, brand & corporate materials like Annual Reports, newsletters, Articles of Association, collaterals, premiums, etc.) with significant focus on meeting both the GIC’s needs and effective use of resources and budget.

Assists in the development of campaign strategy.

Provides ideas, giving advice on appopriate media solutions.

Monitors the GIC Website’s visibility and proper functionality on the net as well as its maintenance which requires modifications and updates from time to time (uploads of different kinds).

Monitors usage of GIC Branding on all aspects & application as per GIC’s Corporate Branding Identity which I created.

Facilitates corporate requirements from different departments which include the GIC branding. Likewise assisting other department colleague’s inquiry on usage of branding.

Provides technical advises with regards to any pre and post production printing jobs such as color separation process and any form of print advertising.

Recommends additional peripheral and software to accelerate production for the department.

Collaborates creatively on GIC’s large projects (Open Day, Conferences, Major Presentations)

Provides creative support to different department personnel.

Company industry:
Financial Services
Job role:
Design, Creative, and Arts

Senior Graphic Designer / Art Director

July 2004 - December 2008

TBWA\BCOMAD (formerly Be Advertising)

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

July 2004 - December 2008

Art Direction and consultations, conceptions and designs of all Investment Dar Company and its 16 subsidiary companies, likewise, on other projects prior to my assignment in Investment Dar. Designing corporate presentations, collaterals, print publications and multimedia requirements of Investment Dar.

Company industry:
Advertising
Job role:
Design, Creative, and Arts

Senior Graphics Designer

July 1994 - June 2004

Intermarkets Advertising

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

July 1994 - June 2004

Graphics and Layout Design/Visualization
Visual Manipulation (Retouching, Color Correction, etc).
Serves as Technical Adviser with regards to Color Separation process, Pre-production and Post-production of Ad and Print Jobs.
Responsible for the maintenance and expansion of the department by recommending additional peripherals and softwares to accelerate production.
Organizes texts and graphics files in the server to provide easy access to other colleagues.
Gives training instruction pertaining to technical and software inquiries.

Company industry:
Advertising
Job role:
Design, Creative, and Arts

Desktop Artist

October 1992 - June 1994

Manila

Philippines

October 1992 - June 1994

Visual rendition as per client's specification.
Image manipulation (color correction, retouching, etc.).
Serves as Technical Assistant to this department
Coordinates with Quality Control circle regarding project requirement or quality control discussions.
In the absence of the Department Head, act as the officer in- charge of the department
Gives training instructions to my co-employees if
necessary.

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Design, Creative, and Arts

Education

Feati University

June 1982

June 1982

Bachelor's degree, BSBA in Management

Philippines

Skills

Physical
Expert
Physical
Expert
More than 20 years of advance experience in almost every field of Graphics and New Media: advertisin
Expert
More than 20 years of advance experience in almost every field of Graphics and New Media: advertisin
Expert
Video & Sound Editing
Intermediate
Video & Sound Editing
Intermediate
Copywriting
Intermediate
Copywriting
Intermediate
Website Content Management
Expert
Website Content Management
Expert
Interior Designing
Intermediate
Interior Designing
Intermediate
Conceptualizing
Expert
Conceptualizing
Expert
Physical
Expert
Physical
Expert

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Training
Financial Crime - Middle East
Training & Competence Certificate
Jul 2011
Excel 2007 Advanced
New Horizons
Dec 2013
Anti Money Laundering & Combating Financing Terrorism
Ernst & Young
Jun 2012
Web Design CS3
United Arab Institute for Private Training
Feb 2010
PowerPoint 2007 Advanced
New Horizons
Nov 2013

Hobbies

  • Cooking, baking, writing poems and essays