Art Director, Custom Media
Springer Nature
Total years of experience :19 years, 0 Months
Art direct and lead online and offline creatives, working alongside senior editorial, marketing, sales
and production teams of the world’s leading science journal, Nature custom media and sponsored
projects globally.
• Recruited and led the art team as the company’s custom media production doubled in size. Sustainably developed the team to take on more projects. Produced design proposals to pitch new clients. Collaborated with colleagues in the US, UK, EU, Middle East, Asia and Australia.
• Created and launched Arabic-language versions of Nature and Scientific American. Also created a new Nature Index supplement and Nature Spotlight section. For all four, built a sustainable art vision for web and print, designing editorial, branding and marketing creatives including animations and multimedia projects.
• Portfolio includes broad range of Nature-branded supplements as well as custom products for worldwide client base including L’Oréal, Merck and the Gates Foundation. Also designs advertising campaigns, social media graphics, and other marketing creatives.
• Strategically build, mentor, and inspire art teams. Setting styles and owning the visual brand, in digital, multimedia and print products. Ensure global penetration into a variety of culturally distinct markets to explain the complex and world-leading scientific content of Nature magazine and journals.
• Proven track record in increasing art quality significantly.
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- Creating and supervising all eniGma magazine's branding materials and services including advertisements, billboards, banners, posters, tickets, invitations, books and more.
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- Assisting in designing and finalizing eniGma's covers and various layouts in the magazine.
- Supervising and guiding junior designers.
- Assisting in designing and finalizing eniGma magazine's corporate projects and services.
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• Junior Graphic Designer - IDENTITY Advertising Agency: July 2006 - November 2006
- Conceptualizing and designing print Ads.
- 2D booth designs.
- Corporate Identity.
- Branding materials (posters, danglers, CD covers and more)
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