Khaleel Ahmed, Team Leader in Prepress Graphics Department

Khaleel Ahmed

Team Leader in Prepress Graphics Department

Noor Carton & Packaging Industry

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Diploma, Post Graduate Diploma In Packaging
Experience
20 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :20 years, 4 Months

Team Leader in Prepress Graphics Department at Noor Carton & Packaging Industry
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • My current job since March 2014

Current Position : Team Lead in Graphics Department

Job Description:

Daily meeting with manager to describe current job status.
Getting job orders from the sales department for new jobs and sample requirements.
Assigning jobs to the Designers and explaining the requirement.
Authorizing sheet size for minimum wastage of paper or board.
After creation of design and layout, cross checking with customer needs.
Submitting mockup sample, dummy sample and colour proof to Quality department.
Co-coordinating with quality and sales department.
Approve keyline and send to die making section with all required information.
Checking the output file prior sending for printing.
Weekly one to one discussion with graphic designers for resolving any existing problems.

Graphic Designers Job Description:

Making samples for folding & corrugated packaging materials such as foods, pharmaceutical, hygienic, beverages etc.
Creation of Carton styles such as crush lock bottom, push lock bottom, side seam, flat supply, erector and tuck lock, 4 corner gluing, 6 corner gluing, Clamshell, French fries etc.
Creation of designs for paper products such as coffee cup, buckets, Popcorn cup, Ice cream cup, Salad Bowl etc.
Packaging structural design (Die cut), 3D presentation and Carton mockup and dummy sample.
Using Esko software packages for prepress.
Making samples in Kongsberg Cutting Table.

Artwork Specialist at Tech Mahindra
  • India - Hyderabad
  • September 2009 to March 2014

Job Description:

 Key Responsibilities:

Designing all types of : Team Lead Initiatives
• Cartons • Generating reports
• Labels • Assigning jobs
• Foils (Flexibles) • Schedule time
• Sachet • Performing impact assessment
• Plastic Container • Giving updates by call’s and mails
• Leaflets
• Sleevers • Taking clarifications and placing discussions.

 Designing PGDT’s which is useful for a number of artworks creation with same drawing and layout.
 Designing artwork for 35 sites and more than 60 countries.
 Arabic typing and type setting.
 Copy fit text.
 Artwork creation in various Languages, as per country standards and counterfeiting with Bar Code creation, print margin, text layout, Varnish(Matt, Gloss, Satin), Embossing, Coin reactive Ink, White layer etc…
 Designing layout as per Pack Management standards.
 Creating mockups and presentations as per requirement.
 Page layout, Logo Designing.
 Photo Retouching
 Creating Artwork for pharmaceutical companies like GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, UCB, Stiefel, Dr. Reddy’s, Mergs, Aspen, Viiv, Aspharma, Consumer health etc…
 Designing Pharma products like Augmentin, Lamictal, Colpol, Crocin, Panadol, etc.
 Designed Consumer products like Sensodyne, Eno, Paradontox, Corega, Horlicks etc.
 Designing Dermatology products like Oilatum, Physiogel, Spectraban etc.

Graphic Designer at Port Saeed Printing Press
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2004 to August 2009

 Key Responsibilities:

Designing all types of : Extra Initiatives
• Ad Design • Checking Separations
• Logo and Identity Design • Adjusting design into printing page size.
• Package Design • Converting Process to Pantone and vice versa.
• Page Layout • Checking separation films before exposing onto plates.
• Photo Retouching • Matching colours with native files and approve the design.
• Type setting text and images • Inverse prints on butter paper for straight exposing on plates.
• Broachers (with Pocket, Spot UV, Varnish etc…) • Straight print for Screen printing.
• School books & Certificates • Designing Blocks for Gold, Silver foiling and embossing.
• Receipt Voucher, Payment Voucher, Invoice, Leaflets • Setting files as per requirement (Offset or Screen)
• All types of Visiting Cards (Die Cut, Embossing, Varnish) • Designing cutter guide or Die line for boxes etc
• Company magazines, Banners, designing to print on Cap’s, Pen, Plastic Bags, T-Shirts etc. • Examining final prints for accuracy.

Education

Diploma, Post Graduate Diploma In Packaging
  • at Indian Institute of Packaging
  • August 2016

Pursuing

Master's degree, Computers
  • at Osmania University
  • April 2013

Master's in Computer Applicaitons. Having knowledge in Programming, Designing, Hardware, Networking and Database.

Specialties & Skills

Adobe Photoshop
Computer Hardware Troubleshooting
Graphic Design
MS Office Automation
Flash, Web Expressions, HTML
Windows & Macintosh
Illustrator
Quarkexpress
CorelDraw
Hardware & Networking
Photoshop
CSS, DreamViewer
Indesign
MS-Office

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Beginner
Hindi
Intermediate
Telugu
Intermediate