MOHAMED ELKHASHAB

Sr. Art Director

Suwanee, GA, USA
A highly talented creative director with 19 years of experience in the Creative & Marketing industry with high-end clients worldwide, and extensive experience with conceptualizing and managing marketing campaigns over all mediums including Social Media. Professional in branding, advertising, and publications projects, where vast knowledge of logo design, corporate identity, advertising campaigns, and book designs. Drafts own ideas using programs such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and Indesign.

Work Experience

9Yards Media & Marketing

Sr. Art Director - Cairo Office

Brainstorm with Creative Director and Account Management to develop a concept and provide creative ideas
Created layouts that are creative, fresh, innovative, and involve a good use of media
Supervise the graphic design members of the creative team and train and nurture them
involved in briefs and communication with the headquarter team in Abu Dhabi.
Effectively build, motivate, and direct design and production teams.
Create and conduct highly persuasive sales and marketing presentations.
Lead the graphic design team to meet the creative requirements.
Reporting to the creative director.
United Arab Emirates

Pencil B Graphics

Founder/Creative Director

Manage and provide my clients with complete creative services.
The range of services covers the following:
Branding and graphic design
Advertising campaigns
Publications design & print services
Digital design and Publications
Promotional gift items
Motion graphics videos
Social Media Campaigns
I have a powerful business relationship with high-end clients in the Middle East Region, USA & Australia.
May 2019 - December 2021 Cairo, Egypt

ORO Interiors

Creative Director/Business Development

Leading the Branding & Advertising Department and creating innovative projects for clients.
Co-leading business development in identifying potential clients and pitching new opportunities.
Meeting work standards by following production, and quality customer service standards and resolving daily operational problems
Meeting cost standards by monitoring expenses; implementing cost-saving actions.
Member of an internal committee to develop creative concept interior designs from a creativity and innovation perspective.
Enhancing department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
Utilizing networking skills to develop new business leads and register the company with large organizations and government entities.
Working closely with the business management team in identifying potential tenders, and delivering competitive proposals; technical and commercial.
Building strategic relationships with suppliers and business partners.
Reporting to senior management.
December 2017 - April 2019 Qatar

QATAR FOUNDATION

Senior Graphic Designer - Communication Directorate

Working with Telegraph & The Foundation Magazine Team, “Secondment from GEM Advertising - outsourcing contract”.
Attending the newsroom meeting and understanding the basic lines of the newsletter and magazine guidance
Layout the articles of The Foundation Magazine & Telegraph Newspaper.
Create different publications for some of the members of QF like QCDC, EAA, and QF R&D.
December 2014 - November 2017 Qatar

GEM Advertising & Publications

Senior Graphic Designer - Head of Arabic Department

Creating new and innovative ideas for all types of printable items like (logos, Brand Identity, Publications, Books, Annual Reports, Paper Bags and Boxes, websites layout, Newsletters, social media pages, and Advertisements).
Creating new brands and handling clients’ corporate brand identities.
Managing the advertising campaign and organizing the teamwork.
Supporting the team on the Arabic language in the matter of creating the slogans and correcting the language grammar for both Arab and non-Arab Designers.
Meeting the clients with the account managers, making work plans, and offering them the latest ideas and services which we can provide.
Organizing the creative team meeting and putting the talks plans.
Reporting to the Creative Director and the General Manager
February 2006 - November 2017 Qatar

Oryx Advertising

Senior Grapgic Designer

Part time.
January 2009 - April 2009 Doha, Qatar

A.P.C. Graphics

Graphic Designer

Attending the brainstorming meetings with the Art Director & Creative Director
Attending meetings with clients at different stages with the account managers to meet their requirements and develop the work in a professional way
Working on designs according to the guidance of my leaders
Finalizing the artwork for the production process - printable materials for both offset and digital print
Coordinating the production requirements with the production manager.
August 2004 - February 2006 Egypt

Adcom Advertising

Graphic Designer

December 2003 - July 2004 Cairo, Egypt

H.L.M. Advertising

Junior Grphic Designer

Creating new and innovative ideas for all types of printable items like (Logos, Brochures, Desk Calendars, Books, Greeting Cards, Roll-ups, and Banners).
Creating Special advertisements on Black & White bride’s catalog.
Reporting to the Art Director
July 2003 - November 2003 Egypt

Education

Faculty Of Fine Arts

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Department: Graphic
Branch: The Art of Book
September 1998 - May 2003 Minia, Egypt

Languages

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

Skills

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Freehand, MS Office , UI/UX Design,