Sharif Ajez, Freelance Graphic Designer

Sharif Ajez

Freelance Graphic Designer

Freelance

Location
Kuwait
Education
Bachelor's degree, Graphic Design
Experience
23 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :23 years, 4 Months

Freelance Graphic Designer at Freelance
  • Kuwait - Hawali
  • My current job since September 2017

1) Social Media content design, creation, and management.
2) Social media covers (Social Themes)
3) Social media ads booking on Facebook & Instagram.
4) Bulk emails design
5) Logo and stationery Design
6) Magazine illustration and layout design
7) Digital composition and illustration
8) Infographics Design
9) Brochures, flyers, newspaper ads, Posters/Rollups, & any other designs based on the brief.
10) Web site contents design (Banners, icons, files, and pdf files)
11) Web site design.
12) Web banners design

Graphic Designer at Infocenter Training Institute
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • September 2009 to September 2017

1) Social Media content design, creation, and management.
2) Social media covers (Social Themes)
3) Social media ads booking on Facebook & Instagram.
4) Bulk emails design
5) Logo and stationery Design
6) Magazine illustration and layout design
7) Digital composition and illustration
8) Infographics Design
9) Brochures, flyers, newspaper ads, Posters/Rollups, & any other designs based on the brief.
10) Web site contents design (Banners, icons, files, and pdf files)
11) Web site design.
12) Web banners design

Art Director / Designer at Dart Media
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • November 2006 to October 2008

- Develop a design concept and create the design and how it will be finalized.
- The company is still small in size so I'm playing the designer role also.

Graphics Designer at Promedia Advertising Agency (Currently Pulse DDB)
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • September 2001 to July 2002

- Work on designs for MTC (Currently Zain) & Future Communication Co. (Nokia Sole Agency in Kuwait)
- Implementing designs as per the Creative Director/Art Director request.
- Develop a design concept according to the job brief.
- Report the concept ideas to the Creative Director or the Art Director.

Graphics Designer at The Sultan Center
  • Kuwait
  • July 1999 to September 2001

1. Assist in Establishing Visual Communication Department.
2. Assist in Establishing the in-house Advertising Department.
3. Supervise the production of signs to the stores, & responsible for producing periodically charges and reports for signs production.
4. Produce In-house Flyers.(Local Print; not a press print)
5. Produce daily signs to the stores in-house. (250 signs daily)

Customer Support at The Sultan Center
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • January 1999 to June 1999

1. Data Entry; entering data for customers joining the program into the system
2. Take care and follow up with customers complains and suggestions regarding the Frequent Shopper Program (Sultan Club Card) members.

Customer Service Supervisor at The Sultan Center - Shuwaikh Chabra Branch
  • Kuwait
  • July 1996 to January 1999

1. Handling Customer Complains.
2. Handling of Refunds and Exchanges.
3. Taking the Customers Request for items that is not available in the store and informing them weather the item is out of stock or in stock and when they can get it.
4. Guide the Customers inside the store.
5. Supervise the Cashiers and Baggers.
6. Make orders for the store for the Supermarket, Home Center, and Consumables items.
7. Item Transfer inside the store and out to other stores.

Cash Office Person at The Sultan Center - Shuwaikh Chabra Branch
  • Kuwait
  • April 1997 to January 1999

1. Cash Safe Counting.
2. Cash and Credit Deposits.
3. Cash Reconciliation.
4. Supervise the Cashiers and Baggers.
5. Daily and Weekly Sales Reports.
6. Make orders for the store for the Supermarket, Home Center, & Consumables items.
7. Item Transfer inside the store and out to other stores.

Service Desk Person at The Sultan Center - Shuwaikh Chabra Branch
  • Kuwait
  • December 1995 to June 1996

1. Answering phones.
2. Handling of Refunds and Exchanges
3. Supervise the Cashiers and Baggers

Education

Bachelor's degree, Graphic Design
  • at Yarmouk University
  • June 2006

1- General Ranking at the university: Excellent 2- 4th Rank in Jordan among all students in Jordan Universities for the graduate year of 2006. (The Efficiency Exam) 3- Awards: 1- Certificate of Participation, ODYSSEY OF LIGHT: EARTH, COSMOS, AND HUMAN HERITAGE, JICA, Sep 20, 2004, Jordan. 2- Certificate of Appreciation, Sultan Qaboos University, designing the project of the training course in Media andJournalistic Translation, Jul 27, 2005, Oman. 3- Certificate of Appreciation, Yarmouk University, Semester 2, 2005, Jordan.

High school or equivalent, High School Diploma
  • at Ikhlass Scientific High School
  • June 1995

Specialties & Skills

Adobe Illustrator
InDesign
Graphic Design
Adobe Photoshop
Social Media Content Designer, Desktop Publishing, Illustration, Layout Design, Photo composition.

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Become a Product Photographer (Training)
Training Institute:
Linkedin Learning
Date Attended:
October 2017
Duration:
17 hours
Administering Wndows NT 4.0 (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons - Kuwait
Date Attended:
December 2000
Adobe Illustrator CS2, Adobe InDesign CS2 Training Certificate (Training)
Training Institute:
Graph East - Jordan
Date Attended:
August 2006
Foundations of Photography: Lenses (Training)
Training Institute:
Lynda.com
Date Attended:
August 2013
Adobe Photoshop 5.0 Adobe Certified Expert (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
Date Attended:
January 2001
A+ Microcomputer Support & Service (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons - Kuwait
Date Attended:
April 1999
Introduction to Content Marketing (Training)
Training Institute:
Lynda.com
Date Attended:
April 2016
Computer Science Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Computer Academy
Date Attended:
August 1995
Foundations of Photography: Night and Low Light (Training)
Training Institute:
Lynda.com
Date Attended:
October 2013
Duration:
4 hours
Photography 101 (Training)
Training Institute:
Lynda.com
Date Attended:
July 2013
Foundations of Photography: Exposure (Training)
Training Institute:
Lynda.com
Date Attended:
August 2013
Digital Marketing (Training)
Training Institute:
EduPristine
Date Attended:
April 2015
Duration:
80 hours
Graphic Design Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Sultan Qaboos University
Date Attended:
July 2005
Mastering MS Visual Basic 6 (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons - Kuwait
Date Attended:
April 1999
3D Studio Max (Training)
Training Institute:
High Studies Institute
Date Attended:
January 2000
Foundations of Photography: Macro and Close-Up (Training)
Training Institute:
Lynda.com
Date Attended:
October 2013
Quark Xpress 4.1 (Training)
Training Institute:
IT Ziggurat
Date Attended:
July 2001
Club Course (Photoshop, Corel Draw, PowerPoint 97, internet, Front Page 97, Access 97) (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons - Kuwait
Date Attended:
September 1998