Prabha Wijethunga

Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 2 Months

Planning Administrator at Doha International Airport

Qatar - Doha
My current job since June 2012

• Prepare / design graphic related documents and presentations.

• Design signage for the airport requirements.

• Provide graphical / creative support for airport planning projects

• Plan administrative tasks within the department.

Graphic Designer plus page editor at Qatar Tribune

Qatar - Doha
March 2012 to May 2012

• Desgin page layouts for the 'Chillout' section and the 'theme' pages.

• Prepare the 'World' section pages ( US, South Asia, Middle East, Europe and common world page) by selecting news, suitable photographs.

• Prepare the 'Play House' entertainment page

• Edit the news received from the news sources according to newspaper rules and regulations.

Art Director at WISDOM Creations (Pvt) Ltd. Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka
July 2002 to June 2011

• Brief development & preparation of creative concepts, brand graphics, structural design concepts for the requirements of clients.
• Conducting 'Creative Brief 'sessions to the 'Creative Team' involving in the designing work providing guidance & the clear vision how to address the requirements & the problems of clients.
• Providing creative consultation and / development of advertising campaigns.
• Ability to come up with innovative ideas to solve advertising needs/ problems of clients developing proper advertising solutions.
• Developing ATL (Above The Line), BTL (Below The Line) & TTL (Through The Line) advertising & promotional concepts considering the need & the budget of the client.
• Interacting with promotions managers, brand managers, promotional agencies & Media organizations.
• Leading and coordinating the preparation of consumer stimulus materials and follow through with final executions and recommendations to client and brand groups.
• Designing layouts for Internal branding such as paper advertisements, brochures, book covers, booklets, souvenirs, news letters, books, invitation cards, letterheads, visiting cards, logos, e-flyers, stickers, etc.
• Designing layouts for external branding such as hoarding, wall designs, banners, posters, cutouts, pennants, flags, light boxes, vehicle branding, stall designing, etc.
• Photo editing, designing, determining size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, selecting style and size of type, and arranging layouts based upon available space, knowledge of layout principles and aesthetic design concepts.