Design Manager
Resume:
curriculum vitae
personal details/
saeed salimpour
full name
australian
nationality
cell 042*-***-***
email ******@**************.***
******@****************.***.**
postal address
Alfredton
VIC 3350
education details/
qualifications
bachelor of visual arts (graphic design/multimedia)
past academic achievements
high school diploma (british system)
O-level (IGCSE) university of cambridge examinations syndicate
A-level (GCE) university of cambridge examinations syndicate with majors in Astronomy & Astrophysics
meg (midland examinations group)
delph 1 & 2
language ability
1
first language: english
second language: french
awards/
graduated at the top of my class - bachelor of visual arts (graphic design/multimedia)
2008 martha pinkerton award for academic excellence
2008 packgaing concept innovation award
skills/
Branding & Corporate Identity
Advertising Campaigns
photography (analogue and digital)
packaging design(construction and surface graphics)
web design (HTML, CSS, Javascript, Actionscript, CMS - Wordpress)
motion graphics
signage, large format printing and vehicle graphics
pre-press and repro
fluent with MAC and PC
technical support and troubleshooting (MAC and PC)
using computers for the past 25 years
experience in teaching physics at school and pre-university level
experience in teaching introductory astronomy, astrophysics & cosmology
software/
adobe CS
acrobat, after effects, audition, bridge, dreamweaver, encore, fireworks, flash, imageready,
indesign, lightroom, photoshop, premiere, soundbooth.
quark express
corel draw
final cut pro
ms office
iLife and iWork
work history/
july 2006 current/
three little words (ballarat, australia)
position held
senior designer
responsibilities
print, photography, packaging design, branding, corporate identity, advertising campaigns,
signage, vehicle graphics, web design and motion graphics.
august 2006 current/
the ballarat foundation (ballarat, australia)
(voluntary charity work)
position
designer // member of the marketing committee
responsibilities
designing all identity and marketing material related to the foundation.
december 2007 current/
kingprint (ballarat, australia)
(contract)
position
designer
responsibilities
contract work related to print design, branding, corporate identity, advertising campaigns,
packaging and web design.
july 2007 jan 2008/
university of ballarat - arts academy (ballarat, australia)
position
2
tech support, web development, digital imaging
responsibilities
providing technical assistance to staff and students at the arts academy
assisting in the development of the new arts academy website
(www.ballarat.edu.au/ard/artsacademy),
assisting research/graduate students with digital imaging
july 2006 july 2007/
signworld ballarat (ballarat, australia)
(signworld is currently operated by mcintosh signs)
position held
senior designer
responsibilities
designing signage and vehicle graphics for a range of companies
vinyl cutting and large format printing.
june 2000 february 2006/
Science Educator, Astronomy & Astrophysics
Private tutor, physics
Ran introductory courses in astronomy, astrophysics & cosmology
Science writer (writing weekly columns on space sciences)
june 2000 february 2006/
jamshidi advertising / dynamic publishing fz llc (dubai)
position
art director / photographer
responsibilities
art direction of 2 weekly magazines
photography (mainly focused on product but extending to modeling, landscape,
food & architectural)
supervising the design team
receiving briefs from clients and presenting concepts to clients
converting client briefs into a concise and informative brief for the designer in-charge of a project
acting manager
science writer (writing weekly columns on space sciences)
referees/
nicholas wai/ university of ballarat - 03 5327 8618
ross morgan/ three little words - 03 5335 5464
allan mann/ university of ballarat - 03 5327 8610
noel trengove/ the ballarat foundation - 03 5329 4613
john schreenan/ kingprint - 03 5331 1911
anthony nunan/ fastweb - 043*-***-***
adam heath / ballarat signs - 041*-***-***
other information/
6 years teaching pre-university physics, mathematics and astronomy/astrophysics
Over 12 years experience within the design industry
external assessor for year 12, photography and illustration portfolio (Ballarat Grammar)
in addition, to above jobs mentioned, I have done contract jobs for colourfield creative
and mars snackfoods (ballarat)
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