Project Manager Design

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Name: Samer "Samo" Tallauze

Nationality: Jordanian - American

Email: *******@**********.*** Tel: +1-512-***-****

Website: http://SamoSoviet.com/Portfolio/

Personal Statement

Talented graphic design lead with three years experience in print and web

design / development who is highly motivated, creative, and versatile.

Especially skilled in creating and directing corporate and new business

design. Adept at innovating user experience for the web and multimedia

applications. Exceptional interpersonal skills with team members and

subordinates. Accomplished at incorporating the desires of the client

within a superior design solution. Seeking a company that demands high-

quality design to further business experience and professional expertise.

Languages

English, Arabic, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian

Education

Philadelphia University / 2006 - 2010

Graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Philadelphia

University, JO

Recent Work Experience

Syntax Design / Nov 2013 - Feb 2014

Lead Web & Graphic Designer, Animator; UI/UX Designer; Project Manager for:

Mobily

. (Left position in order to pursue work in Austin, TX)

. Managed quality of work by a team of eight, for clients (Umniah and

Mobily)

. Managed the web design and animation of the entire company website:

Mobile, Responsive Web, Branding,

Intuitive User Experience - including several sections, such as marketing

surveys, e-commerce pages, main

Corporate landing page, Page layout design, UI/UX

. Communicated needs between client and project team in order to promptly

and satisfactorily resolve issues

. Negotiate with clients and working with the team, transformed client work

requests into finished products

. Created infographics that were published on client websites and social

media accounts

. Involved in brainstorming innovative new user experience concepts that

would set the clients apart

. SYNTAX awarded 'Website of the Year' prize at the Jordan Web Awards for

Amman's Centennial website

Altibbi / Sept 2012 - Sept 2013

Lead Web & Graphic Designer, Developer; Application Developer, UI/UX

Designer

. Worked with a team of 14 to design new award winning Website and

Corporate Branding Strategy

. After redesigning 80% of the website, the user click through rate

increased from 60% to 95% thanks to a

Better system that improved user Convenience in accessing information

. Led the development of Altibbi's Corporate Branding Strategy, Corporate

Branding Guide

. Created: Online graphics: Infographics, UX Graphics, Icons; Offline

graphics: Posters, Booth marketing

Collateral for event at Royal Jordanian Hotel

. Developed Mobile/Responsive application for company's medical dictionary

in PHP / Javascript / HTML / CSS

. Altibbi awarded 'Arab design & e-content Winners'

Adaptive TechSoft (ATS/TBT) / Mar 2011 - Sept 2012

Lead Web & Graphic & UI/UX Designer, Developer for ATS and ATS' client -

King Khalid University

. Involved in redesigning "King Khalid University" official website & web

pages layout

. Developed ATS' internal, online task management system; Designed graphics

and interface of task

management system's dashboard

. Designed online marketing collateral for client, including: Infographics;

Logos for different academic

departments

. Developed ATS' Facebook Application, also designed graphics and dashboard

. Improved the user experience of the client's website resulting in

significantly increased user activity and

retention

. Created online network application to share information about university

servies with student

population

Achievements

. Art for the people - Austin, Texas / Feb 2014

Received Appreciation letter & valuable prizes from Art for the people for

being Active Photographer / Artist - Pro Bono

. ONE LOVE - JORDAN / May 2012 - Oct 2013

Received Appreciation letter for being 'Active Designer - Pro Bono'

. Sakeena Orphans / Oct 2012 - Jan 2013

Received Appreciation letter for being 'Active Web Developer & Designer -

Pro Bono'

. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh / Oct 2013

Received Appreciation letter & valuable prizes for '3rd Place in Design

Competition'

. Optimal - Business communication lessons, paid for by employer (ATS) /

Feb 2012

Received Appreciation letter for 'Soft Skills'

. Philadelphia University / Mar 2010

Received Appreciation letter for 'The art of public speaking & dialogue'

. Radio Sawa - Hosted talk show on local radio station / Mar 2004

Received Appreciation letter for 'Press Skills'

Freelance Work

. Institut Fran ais / 2012 - 2013

Graphic Designer

. Personal Project: iLoveAmmanCity / 2010 - 2013

Best Jordanian Social Media Page in 2011-2012, JO

Web Development & Design, Social Media Management

. Foresite / 2012

Web & User Experience Designer

. First Bazaar / 2012

First Bazaar selected as a 2013 Red Herring Top 100 Asia

Web Development & Design, Social Media Management

. Media Graphics - Durham, CT / 2011

Graphic Design & Manual Print Production Work

Technology Skills

. Web & Multimedia Graphic Design

Customized graphics built from scratch and from photos, for the Web, Video,

or Print

Multimedia Design - UI/UX Components, Infographics, Videographics,

Animations, Photography & Photo editing

Corporate Design - Tradeshow displays, Posters, Logos, Branding Guideline

Documents, Page layout design

. Web Development

Experience designing and building production applications as well as small

business solutions

PHP, Wordpress, Joomla, FB & Mobile Apps Javascript, jQuery, AJAX

Responsive Design with HTML5, DHTML, XML, CSS

Toolbelt

Adobe CS6 - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Audition, After

Effects, Corel Draw

IDEs - DreamWeaver, Sublime Text 3, Oracle Site Studio Designer, NetBeans

IDE

Microsoft - Word, Powerpoint, Excel

Canon 600D DSLR Still & Video Camera

( Fast Learner of Any MultiMedia Software )

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