Shahrzad Nakhostin

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SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:

Over 28 years of experience in the following areas:

Design of 3D graphics, animation and modeling using Maya, Cinema 4D and ZBrush.

Design of motion graphics and multimedia TV packages using Maya, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Motion, Sound Track Pro, Adobe Premiere and Adobe Flash.

Operate professional caliber field and studio cameras.

Design of graphics and page layouts for web sites using Dreamweaver, Flash and Fireworks.

Design of 2D graphics using Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Freehand and PageMaker.

Design of illustration, typography and page layouts using InDesign, PageMaker and Illustrator.

Design of cover pages, billboards, posters, brochures, page formats and grids for newspapers, magazines and books.

Design of advertisements for sports, business, automobile, women’s, comic and children’s magazines, calendars and newspapers.

Design of exhibition booths.

Research, write, edit, and produce shows with experience in both studio and field.

Expert use of design software on Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows systems.

Instruct graduate level courses in graphic design.

Instruct Adobe creative suit: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Premier, Adobe After Effects. Avid, Maxon: C4D,

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Voice of America/East Asia & Pacific April 2012 – March 1st 2024

Working for Vietnams service on: TV Temple PKG: Chyorn, Open, Closing, Lower third, Closing, Double Box, Big little Box. Animated Loop, BG Loop, Animated BG, on social media, Face book, Instagram & YouTube channel.

branch ‘s TV ( Wei Shi) : Design 3D graphics, Animation, Music Bumper, News 3D Promo, Bumper for 2 hours news show. Edit Video in a short time on breaking news and especial event on a daily basis. Post still graphics on TV studies. Cooperating for transferring SD ( 4x3) size TV promos to 16x9 SD.

Working for China branch ‘s TV ( Wei Shi) : Design 3D graphics, Animation, Music Bumper, News 3D Promo, Bumper for 2 hours news show. Edit Video in a short time on breaking news and especial event on a daily basis. Post still graphics on TV studies. Cooperating for transferring SD ( 4x3) size TV promos to 16x9 SD.

Working as a 3D TV graphic Artist and editor for 10 language services: Mandarin, Cantonese, Indonesian, Thai. Lao, Vietnamese, Khmer, Tibetan, Korean and Burmese. Utilizing Maya, Cinema 4D, After Effects, Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator

Working for LSS (Language Service Share): Edit Package and Design still and motion graphics. Utilizing Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Dalet Plus.

Working for EAP Share & Share Point: Cutting SOTs & PKGs of State Department Briefings, White House Briefings, also EAP news. Utilizing Dalet Plus, Ingest folder, Final Cut Pro.

Working for EAP Web: Design banners and graphics for EAP web’s services. Utilizing Pangea & Photoshop,

Adobe Creative Suit training: Train video editing EAP( East Asia& Pacific) Utilizing Adobe Premiere pro

Final Cut Pro 6 and X, Adobe Creative suit training: Cooperate with and train 25 people at Mandarin service to edit their TV packages for Feature team and News team. Utilizing Final Cut pro & Dalet Plus, Adobe Creative Suit.

Design 3D & 2D motion graphics & animation : Laporan TV news (Indonesia), English American style (Burma), Learning English (Mandarin), and VOA Express( Vietnam) which broadcasts on 2 satellites.

Worked on ABU (The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting) exhibition: Promo, Bumper, Edited EAP Loop for Laptop, Edited the Samples video for 9 services (EAP) and put them in individual CDs. Design CD labels

utilizing Cinema 4D, Maya, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Final Cut Pro

Voice of America /PNN Nov 2009 – Mach 2012

Create promo and bumper for original TV programs such as Tonight’s news, Sport utilizing Maya, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Motion, Freehand, Illustrator and Photoshop.

Design still graphics for studios in HD and wall plasma. Covering 5 to 6 shows per day such as: Horizon, Sports, Street of life, Check & Balance, Last Page, Album, Late Edition, Straight Talk, News talk.

Design graphics and webpage layouts for VOA website utilizing Maya, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Motion, Freehand, Illustrator and Photoshop.

Create 3D and motion graphics for TV programs such as Tonight’s News, Parazit, Noruzit and Café 7 using Maya, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Motion, Freehand, Illustrator, Sound Track Pro and Photoshop.

Design logos, promos, bugs, show opens, boxes and banners for TV programs such as American Road Trip, 2.0 and Late Edition.

Create news and feature packages.

Escape Studios July 2011 – Sept .2011

Work with a team of 3D and animation artists on the design of Spiders 3D.

Access Montgomery Community Access Televison Sep 2009 – Nov.2009

Training and experience in a wide range of television production skills, both studio and field, including floor direction, camera, chyron, tape, lighting design, audio and technical direction.

Production of finished show using Apple Final Cut Pro across variety of show layouts

ICG,LLC., Washington, DC Oct 2007 – June 2009

Graphic Designer

(Televisionwashington.com)

Produced multimedia packages using Final Cut Pro, Motion and Sound Track Pro. Shot interviews and events in Washington DC area.

Designed graphics and webpage layouts for Farsi and English news sites. Retouching old photographs for a photo storage site.

Designed logos for web sites, business cards, ID cards and letter heads. Responsible for the review and copy editing of Farsi language news and feature articles as well as their subsequent uploading to the target web sites.

Design of advertisements intended for use on a number of high profile sites.

Independent Graphic Design

Freelance experience working with a variety of clients and diverse projects producing multi- media packages, designing cover and page layouts, editing old photographs for books, designing websites, advertisements, brochures and logos. Clients include:

MehrIran Publishing – Produced multimedia packages using Adobe Premier and After Effects ( Shoot, interview, Edit)

Designed cover and page layouts, and edited old photographs for books.

ACI Channel – Design web site

Montgomery County Police - Designed brochures and advertisements for educating immigrant communities about certain crimes.

JUBILEE Foundation – Designed advertisement printed in Montgomery Gazette.

Bethesda Shelter – Designed logo and template for newsletter.

Sunshine News, Inc. – Designed newspaper page layout and advertisements for clients.

Kayhan Institute October 1998 – September 2004

Director of Advertising

Headed a group of nine graphic designers responsible for the production of advertisements for six newspapers and five magazines owned by Kayhan Institute. Responsible for advertisements in order to make necessary adjustments for various printing machines such as Digital, Offset, Rotative, GTO and Nyloprint. Used Photoshop versions 7.0 and 8.0, Illustrator 10, and Freehand versions 7, 8, 9, 10 and Mx to design cover pages for Sports Kayhan, Kayhan for Children, Today’s Woman, Automotive Magazine, English Kayhan, Monthly Comics and Kayhan Photography. Designed a wide variety of printed material including cover pages, appointment books, calendars, logos, catalogs and advertisements.

Yellow Pages February 2003 – August 2003

Freelance Graphic Designer

Headed a group of fifteen graphic designers. Responsibilities included design of cover pages, table of contents and page layouts for a telephone product directory analogous to the Yellow Pages (Ketabe Aval).

School of Fine Arts, Tehran University January 2000 – June 2004

Lecturer

Taught graduate and undergraduate level courses in graphic design. Subjects included photo editing using computers and advanced graphic design.

Deedar Inc. May 1998 – January 2003

Freelance Graphic Designer

Designed brochures and catalogs for seminars held by the Iranian National Oil Company, the City of Tehran, Iranian Insurance Company and the College of Medical Sciences. Designed packaging for auto parts for Iran-Khodro Corporation, Iranian automaker.

Gilan Packat Printshop January 1996 – January 1998

Freelance Graphic Designer

Designed commercials for billboards and shopping. Designed packaging for commercial goods.

Hamshahri Newspaper January 1995 – September 1996

Full time Graphic Designer

Designed B&W and color advertisements.

Tamashagaran Magazine December 1991 – January 1995

Full time Graphic Designer

Designed cover and page layout for a sport’s magazine. Designed calendars for sports fans.

EDUCATION:

Master of Arts in Graphic Design. Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran, 2000- December 2002.

Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design. Azad University, Tehran, Iran, 1991- October 1996.

Founder of Parto,LLC 2018 - 2022

Founder of VenoArt,LLC. 2020 - Present

Head of Online Art Auction house

www. Veno.Auction

Board member of MEAAG (working under Montgomery County Executive office). 2020 - Present

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