Nicholas Sohail Hussain, Graphic Designer

Nicholas Sohail Hussain

Graphic Designer

Property Shop Investment LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Diploma, Web Designing
Experience
16 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 5 Months

Graphic Designer at Property Shop Investment LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since May 2015
Graphic and Web Designer at Easy Travel and Tours Ltd.
  • Tanzania
  • January 2013 to January 2015

Look into all the communications of the company - print and web.
Improve the marketing end of the company.
Create & maintain data on the websites.
Creation of promotional articles / videos for marketing shows.

Graphic & Web Designer at Extreme Productions
  • India - Kolkata
  • July 2007 to October 2012

Extreme Productions is a registered company, having a Trade License for Sole Proprietorship. I have been working with this name as a freelancer for the past 5 years.

You can find some of my sample works here on my Facebook Fan Page : http://tinyurl.com/9t42mfk

In-House Graphic Designer at SREI Foundation
  • India - Kolkata
  • October 2010 to May 2011

I was hired for a brief period of time to make the creatives for their upcoming conferences and confluences. Following is a more detailed explanation of the same :

1. Meeting clients or account managers to discuss the business objectives and requirements of the job;

2. Interpreting the client's business needs and developing a concept to suit their purpose;

3. Estimating the time required to complete the work and providing quotes for clients;

4. Developing design briefs by gathering information and data through research;

5. Thinking creatively to produce new ideas and concepts;

6. Using innovation to redefine a design brief within the constraints of cost and time;

7. Presenting finalised ideas and concepts to clients or account managers;

8. Working with a wide range of media, including photography and computer-aided design (CAD);

9. Proofreading to produce accurate and high-quality work;

10. Contributing ideas and design artwork to the overall brief;

11. Demonstrating illustrative skills with rough sketches;

12. Working on layouts and artworking pages ready for print;

13. Keeping abreast of emerging technologies in new media (particularly design programs such as Photoshop, CorelDraw, Acrobat, After Effects, Dreamweaver and Flash);

14. Developing interactive design;

15. Commissioning illustrators and photographers;

16. Working as part of a team with printers, copywriters, photographers, stylists, illustrators, other designers, account executives, web developers and marketing specialists.

Education

Diploma, Web Designing
  • at Aptech Computer Education / Arena Animation
  • June 2012

Studied web design and interactive media design.

Bachelor's degree, Accounting and Finance
  • at St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata
  • July 2010

Honors in Accounting and Finance

Specialties & Skills

CorelDraw
Adobe Photoshop
Cascading Style Sheets CSS
Adobe Photoshop CS6
CorelDRAW X6
CSS / HTML / XHTML / PHP
Adobe Illustrator CS5.5
Adobe After Effects CS4
Javascript
Actionscript 3.0
Adobe InDesign CS5

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Diploma Course (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2011
Valid Until:
January 9999
Diploma Certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2005
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • Fitness and Health
    21.5 Km Kilimanjaro Marathon 2013