Raghda Moataz

GRAPHIC DESIGNER + ART DIRECTOR + PUBLISHED ​​​​​​​AUTHOR

Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

Zyda

Art director

— Establishing a design department, managing it and meeting all the company’s design needs, while establishing the design strategy for each quarter based on the business needs, having the CEO as my direct manager.
— Rebranding the visual identity of the company and implementing the new identity across company touchpoints.
— Working on maintaining the brand identity and image, on social media posts, as well as on sales material (e.g. presentations and direct ads), booth design for events, printed material, branding assets for the digital product teams (e.g. app icons, app stores screenshots, and the UI integration with the brand).
— Working closely with the marketing department on ideation in alignment with the marketing strategy and refining them for execution with talented marketers.
July 2022 - Present Cairo, Egypt

Misk Art Institute

Instructor of “Arabic branding” masterclass

— Preparing the content and lecturing an intensive masterclass for professional visual designers to up their skills and get more insights into what a professional branding project is all about.
— Working one-on-one with every student (20 students in total) on their final project for this masterclass in a series of in-class workshops.
August 2023 - September 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sharaf Studio

Senior graphic designer

— Handling full projects from ideation to execution, while conducting presentations for the clients and handling the communication needed with other designers included in the project in alignment with the studio manager.
— Working on a variety of projects, e.g. Kuwaiti Science Week campaign design, Happy Ellie restaurant branding, Cal’s restaurant branding, and E-raf virtual bookstore branding and along with various social media designs.
August 2021 - July 2022 Kuwait City, Kuwait

Self-Employed

Freelance graphic designer

— Working and handling all projects first-hand, from creating brand concepts to ideating and executing.
— Working on great briefs e.g. See Hassan restaurant branding, Dubai’s Tarboosh restaurant branding and “My Company Towards Success” and “Egyptian Food Bank Strategy” book designs.
March 2020 - Present Egypt

Absolute Egypt

Author, researcher and editorial designer.

— The book is sold globally in New York City, Berlin, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Cairo and New England.
— Presenting the book as a guest lecturer to students at four universities around the world: Falmouth University in England, Sharjah University in UAE, German University in Cairo (GUC) and TKH Coventry in Cairo.
— Featured in Slanted magazine website article, Germany.
— Interviewed on national TV twice as the author on Egypt’s Nile Life channel and Sada Al-Balad channel.
— Featured in an article in 100 BAP competition catalog round 3.
— Featured in Mainstream Egyptian media outlets like Sync community, Filmmydesign, Cairoscene, Cairo360 and Kemet Art & Design.
May 2020 - Egypt

Noon Educational Platform

UX/UI midweight graphic designer

— Establishing the digital product’s design language, and UI library.
— Getting promoted to the UX designer for one of the development teams, supplying all designs per sprint and assets, and aligning in sprint meetings on the new designs.
July 2019 - March 2019 Cairo, Egypt

Kemet Art And Design

Instructor of Graphic design courses

Create course content, deliver lectures and give feedback for students
June 2019 - Cairo, Egypt

German University In Cairo

Teaching Assistance

November 2018 - May 2019 Cairo, Egypt

100/100 BAP Round 02

Art Director, Graphic Designer

Responsible for the Art direction and Graphic designs of the 100/100 Hundred Best Arabic Posters competition, Round 02.
2018 - 2019 Cairo, Egypt

Hasala Startup

Co-founding member and graphic designer

— Creating the visual identity and executing all the needed designs from website to print and pitches.
— Acting as a member of the founding team on start-up competitions and conducting incubation pitches.
Present Egypt

Hellofarm Design Studio

Communication and graphic designer, intern

— Assisting designers on various projects in the studio while working on a journal design titled “Hallo, Raghda” which focuses on my experience that summer of living and working in Germany.
Germany

JWT (J. Walter Thompson)

Graphic designer, intern

- Assisting senior graphic designers and art directors on various projects in the agency.
June 2016 - July 2016 Egypt

Education

The German University In Cairo

Bachelor of Applied Arts - Graphic Design Major

City of New Cairo, Egypt

Languages

English (Fluent),
German (Conversational),

Awards

100 Best Arabic Posters

Selected as one of the best hundred posters in the Arab world

2018

Adobe - Design Achievement & MAX Awards

Semi-finalist for the project "KidsCare"

2017

Skills

Art Direction, Branding, Illustrations, Photography, Poster Design, Typography, UI/UX Design, Webdesign,