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Jafar Abulayla

Brooklyn,NY
Jafar Abulayla

Summary

Experienced Creative Director with over 20 years of experience in Design, Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction.

Energetic Creative Director skilled at focusing on finding solutions and meeting deadlines. Committed to producing quality set designs and murals.

Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level Events Managements position. Ready to help team achieve company goals.

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.

Work History

Eye Of Riyadh

Creative Director
10.2016 - Current

Job overview

  • Managed campaigns with specific focuses in order to meet customer needs and creative visions.
  • Developed high-impact creative trailers and promotional content for company campaigns from concept to completion.
  • Developed strategic communication and marketing plans.
  • Evaluated and contributed to creative team ideas and translated into actionable project plans.
  • Collaborated with outside agencies to manage project progress and milestones.
  • Supervised design and production staff developing innovative designs
  • Negotiated vendor contracts and services to meet budget requirements.
  • Improved quality standards of company's digital printing process.

Eyes Of Cities

Events Operation
10.2016 - Current

Job overview

  • Established positive and effective communication among unit staff and organization leadership, reducing miscommunications and missed deadlines.
  • Identified and resolved unauthorized, unsafe or ineffective practices.
  • Set, enforced and optimized internal policies to maintain responsiveness to demands.
  • Devised processes to boost long-term business success and increase profit levels.
  • Partnered with vendors and suppliers to effectively manage and budget.
  • Planned and resourced personnel and logistics for operations component exercises resulting in highly trained personnel ready to act quickly in critical roles.
  • Worked in matrix management environment with oversight of division level managers, operations, sales, finance, human resources, safety and compliance.
  • Collaborated with process owners to refine procedures, devise best practices and correct quality audit findings.
  • Investigated and resolved departmental non-conformances.
  • Assessed supplier quality to maintain tight cost controls and maximize business operational performance.
  • Directed initiatives to achieve regulatory compliance, foster good manufacturing practices and meet component quality standards.
  • Helped build and review master service agreements for work eligibility.
  • Supported events execution and venue set up and tear down.
  • Assisted in content development for events, drafting and distributing promotional materials.
  • Contributed to social media outreach, content development and schedule management.
  • Helped plan meetings, distributed agenda and took minutes.
  • Contacted vendors, venue and stakeholders.
  • Conducted phone and video calls to pitch event concepts to collaborators.
  • Coordinated florists, photographers, videographers, musicians, officiants and ceremony participants during rehearsals and pre-ceremony, ceremony and reception events.
  • Managed administrative logistics of events planning, event booking and event promotions.
  • Evaluated existing plans, processes and events planning services to identify opportunities for improvement.
  • Supervised onsite team of caterers, audio-visual technicians, and facility management team.
  • Fulfilled contractual obligations for rehearsal and day of event coordination.
  • Organized logistics and materials for each meeting, arranged spaces and took detailed notes for later dissemination to key stakeholders.
  • Interviewed clients to understand event scopes of work, establish budgets and determine timelines for venue selection, guest list finalization, and rehearsal, ceremonies, and receptions.

Al Jazeera Paints

Creative Director
02.2014 - 09.2016

Job overview

  • Managed campaigns with specific focuses in order to meet company needs and creative visions.
  • Collaborated with outside agencies to manage project progress and milestones.
  • Supervised design and production staff developing innovative designs for products projects while managing deadlines.
  • Developed high-impact creative trailers and promotional content for company campaigns from concept to completion.
  • Developed strategic communication and marketing plans.
  • Evaluated and contributed to creative team ideas and translated into actionable project plans.

Al Dammam University

Creative Director
05.2012 - 02.2014

Job overview

  • Developed high-impact creative trailers and promotional content for e-learning department campaigns from concept to completion.
  • Developed strategic communication and marketing plans.
  • Evaluated and contributed to creative team ideas and translated into actionable project plans.

IGC Group

Art Director
02.2010 - 03.2012

Job overview

  • Contributed to creative process through original ideas and inspiration.
  • Collaborated with art director to implement artistic vision.
  • Presented concepts, copy and art during internal and client reviews.
  • Researched industry trends and evaluated competitive products.
  • Collaborated with production on task list creation to meet overall project goals on time.

Real Estate TV

Art Director
02.2007 - 11.2009

Job overview

  • Contributed to creative process through original ideas and inspiration.
  • Collaborated with art director to implement artistic vision.
  • Presented concepts, copy and art during internal and client reviews.
  • Researched industry trends and evaluated competitive products.
  • Created storyboards, 3D models, animation and visual effects to meet design goals.
  • Designed visual models meeting both aesthetic and technical criteria.
  • Managed client relationships and expectations for creative projects with varying budgets and objectives.

SpotLight Advertising

Art Director

Job overview

Spotlight Advertising

Senior Graphic Designer
02.2004 - 08.2007

Job overview

  • Developed creative design for print materials, brochures, banners and signs.
  • Created digital image files for use in digital and traditional printing methods.
  • Employed design fundamentals when selecting typography, composition, layout and color in design work.
  • Designed website layouts, templates and unique branded looks.
  • Worked with clients to gather and define requirements, establish scopes and managing project milestones.
  • Created designs and collaborated with technical team to complete projects.
  • Completed final touches for projects such as images sizes and font selection.
  • Applied knowledge of production to create high-quality images.
  • Created broad range of work using various design techniques.
  • Applied creative expertise to present marketing concepts.
  • Developed display, marketing and packaging materials to support product branding strategies.
  • Built corporate brands by designing cohesive looks between elements such as logos and letterheads.
  • Coordinated, created and scheduled content, designs and periodic updates to company website.
  • Met with customers to present mockups and collect information for adjustments.

Skylark Advertising

Graphic Designer
09.2002 - 02.2004

Job overview

  • Developed creative design for print materials, brochures, banners and signs.
  • Created digital image files for use in digital and traditional printing methods.
  • Met with customers to present mockups and collect information for adjustments.
  • Completed final touches for projects such as images sizes and font selection.

Education

Philadelphia University
Amman, Jordan

Bachelor of Arts from Graphic Design
08.2002

University Overview

Skills

  • Department Development
  • Particle Systems
  • Graphic Arts Design
  • Photographic Editing
  • Visual Communication Expertise
  • Art Direction
  • Corporate Identity Branding
  • Department Operations
  • Art Consultation
  • Mockups and Prototypes
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Production

Languages

Arabic
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional

Timeline

Creative Director
Eye Of Riyadh
10.2016 - Current
Events Operation
Eyes Of Cities
10.2016 - Current
Creative Director
Al Jazeera Paints
02.2014 - 09.2016
Creative Director
Al Dammam University
05.2012 - 02.2014
Art Director
IGC Group
02.2010 - 03.2012
Art Director
Real Estate TV
02.2007 - 11.2009
Senior Graphic Designer
Spotlight Advertising
02.2004 - 08.2007
Graphic Designer
Skylark Advertising
09.2002 - 02.2004
Philadelphia University
Bachelor of Arts from Graphic Design
Art Director
SpotLight Advertising
Jafar Abulayla