RABIA MARAS
VISUAL ART DIRECTOR
PROFILE WORK EXPERIENCE
Creative digital artist and
designer with talent for
developing unique custom
artwork. Innovative approach
to idea and concept
development. Offering 13 years
of expertise overseeing
individual projects and brand
development collections.
Creative Visual Art Director with +10 years experience driving brand awareness, user experience, and consumer engagement for renewed brands and diverse industry clients. Proven track of success in developing highly interactive, user-centric web design and print and digital media collaterals that excite consumers and grow iconic brands. COMPUTER SKILLS
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Microsoft Office
MacOS
LANGUAGES
Turkish
English
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe After Effects
Adobe XD
Adobe Lightroom
Figma
Ableton Live
Cinema 4D
Unreal Engine
Resolume Arena
Spark AR
Meta Park Studio
Sketch
EDUCATION
SKILLS
ISTANBUL AREL UNIVERSITY
- Graphic Design
2014
DIGITAL DESIGN
WEB DESIGN
UI UX DESIGN
PHOTOGRAPHY
SOCIAL MEDIA
TYPOGRAPHY
STORYBOARD PLANNING
GRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT
VISUAL PRESENTATION
TEAM GUIDANCE
5716 Magnolia Chase Way
Apartment 201
Virginia Beach, VA 23464
**********@*****.***
www.behance.net/visualdesignist
WORK EXPERIENCE
KA DESIGN
ILLUSTRATION ARTIST
Concepted and produced daily women’s fashion textile design as required. Proactively participated in weekly team meetings with managers to ensure that their vision and goals were met. Performed quality control and trained illustrators and other designers. Designed various promotional items and updated company needs. Istanbul / TURKEY
BESTIMAGE
SR. ART DIRECTOR
Developed collateral such as display, marketing, digital and packaging materials to support product branding strategies.
Coordinated created design and periodic updates for companies. Worked with clients to gather and define requirements. Developed creative design for marketing packages, including web design, product designs, digital design, photography, art direction.
Istanbul / TURKEY
MANUALEFFECTS
SR. ART DIRECTOR
Developed collateral such as display, marketing, digital and packaging materials to support product branding strategies.
Coordinated created design and periodic updates for companies. Worked with clients to gather and define requirements. Developed creative design for marketing packages, including web design, product designs, digital design, photography, art direction.
Trained as JR. Strategist with best known strategists in turkey. Istanbul / TURKEY
PINAPS
SR. ART DIRECTOR
Strengthened the brand identity by directing creative planning across all marketing mediums, decreasing project costs by 30% and increasing brand awarenes by 40%.
Delivered creative excellence across all variety of mediums, including web/interactive and mobile channels that boosted client sales.
Contiunally achieved higher conversion and retention rates by optimizing the UI/UX of websited, microsites and landing pages.
Developed brand and communication messagin initiatives from research to execution, creating design theme and graphics.
Istanbul / TURKEY
GOODWORKS
SR. ART DIRECTOR
Strengthened the brand identity by directing creative planning across all marketing mediums, decreasing project costs by 30% and increasing brand awarenes by 40%.
Delivered creative excellence across all variety of mediums, including web/interactive and mobile channels that boosted client sales.
Contiunally achieved higher conversion and retention rates by optimizing the UI/UX of websited, microsites and landing pages.
Developed brand and communication messagin initiatives from research to execution, creating design theme and graphics.
Istanbul / TURKEY
EQM
SR. ART DIRECTOR
Authored superior graphic design, print production, ads, marketing collateral, viewbooks, and logo design. worked closely with the communications and marketing team to brainstorm creative concepts and generate frameworks necessary to produce optimal promotional media.Proactively participated in weekly team meetings with managers to ensure that their vision and goals were met. Performed quality control and trained illustrators and other designers. Designed various promotional items and updated company needs. Monaco/France
ANNOFIRE
SR. ART DIRECTOR
Supervise multi-functional project teams of 10+ colleagues to develop creative and effective advertising concepts, from ideation through final projects.
Incorporate and explore client suggestions and directives, resolve questions and concerns, oversee objections. Developed collateral such as display, marketing, digital and packaging materials to support product branding strategies.
Coordinated created design and periodic updates for companies. Worked with clients to gather and define requirements. Developed creative design for marketing packages, including web design, product designs, digital design, photography, art direction.
London/UK
TAVOLA
FREELANCE SR. ART DIRECTOR
Developed collateral such as display, marketing, digital and packaging materials to support product branding strategies.
Organize all creative materials to ensure their smooth transition to other departments. Commission artwork; negotiate costs and usage, oversee completion of artwork, supervise photoshoots, review sketches from illustrators.
Developed creative design for marketing packages, including web design, product designs, digital design, photography, art direction.
Arabia
YORK & CHAPEL
SR. ART DIRECTOR
Created user experiences and interfaces using Figma to create business solutions for a variety of different clients. Presenting design solutions to high profile clients outlining how all design decisions are hitting certain KPls and other success metrics.
Working in tandem with project managers and developers to create technically feasible design solutions for our clients within the given project timeline.
Contiunally achieved higher conversion and retention rates by optimizing the UI/UX of websited, microsites and landing pages.
Developed brand and communication messagin initiatives from research to execution, creating design theme and graphics.
New York / USA