Morgane Saout

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Work Experience

DesignLab Events

Designer

Working on high scale and high quality events for the Royal families of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Weddings and private dinners - 500 to 5000 guests.

Designing unique stage sets, furnitures, wallpapers, art installation, luxurious invitations cards, gift sets, personnal stationery.
Identifying new creative ideas for events includings prints, installations and tabledecor.
Identifying new creative ideas for luxurious invitation cards and gift set.
Developing quotations for enquiries
Prepare and manage events budgets and designs budgets
Planning, organising and management of events and design requirements
Development of close partnerships
Production follow -upSelection of international vendors, suppliers and contractors
On site installation - Labors supervision
November 2012 - Present Dubai, United Arab Emirates

David Stark Design And Production

Event design

Assigned as the Creative Director for the design of Apartment Therapy’s dinner Party 2012. Design proposals for Target, National Design Awards, Vanidades, extraordinary weddings and birthday parties.
Creating concept, coordinating with client and all required vendors. Controlling all expenses to stay within assigned budget. Creating graphics and designing specific and custom objects to cope with the concept. Managing production and delays.
Creating designs and graphics for several events. Designingmood boards, building scaled mock-ups, preparing floorplans, table maps and elevations. Searching for the most suitable combination of materials, tableware, furniture and decoration items. Assisting the creative director in budgeting and costs management. Working as part of the production studio team, designers and David Stark.

June 2012 - Brooklyn, New York, United States

Myself

Freelance Art Director

Working for several companies including :
- Malherbe Design - specialised in retail
- Agence Divine - 360° communication agency

Developing logotypes, booklets, ads and websites. Client’s portfolio management including presentations and on going projects followup. Team supervision.

Creating graphics for retailers: logotypes, booklet and architectural concept. Mood boards and material research. Collaborating with designers and 3D specialists.

October 2011 - Paris, France

Myself

Freelance art director

Working with profit and non profit companies and individuals. Creating brand images and communication strategies for various clients: Magazines, Websites, Restaurants. Follow up on the production for printed materials and web process. Coordination and supervision of creation and production partners (photographers, web developers, graphic designers, motion designers).
October 2007 - September 2011 Quebec, Canada

Leo Burnett

Art Director Intern

January 2007 - March 2007 Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Euro RSCG

Art Director intern

Nantes, France

LM Young And Rubicam

Art Director Intern

Nantes, France

Education

ECV

Degree in Visual Communication

September 2003 - June 2007 Nantes, France

Ecole De Design Nantes Atlantique

Nantes, France

Languages

French (Native),
English (Fluent),
German (Beginner),

Skills

Illustrator, Adobe CS4-CS5, Illustration, Indesign, Photoshop, Typography Design, Web Design,

More about me

Always looking for new challenge, feel free to contact me!