JAMES FRANCIS M. CRUZ

GRAPHIC DESIGNER/ CREATIVE ARTIST

• Graphic design

• Brand management

• Logo design

• Painting, Sketching

• Illustrating with the use of any type

of medium

• Airbrush painting

• 3D design

• Glass etching

• Packaging design/ Labelling

• Mechanical drawing/ Perspective

• Photography

• Video editing

• Freehand Drawing/ Visualisation

• Modelling paper mache

• Stage designing

• Silkscreen printing

• T-shirt designing

• Digital painting

• Driving with UAE drivers license

• Playing di erent types of musical

instruments

Highly creative and multi-talented Graphic Designer with 25 years of solid and extensive experience in multimedia, marketing and print design. Exceptional collaborative and interpersonal skills; dynamic team player with well developed written and verbal communication abilities. Highly skilled in client and vendor relations and negotiations; Passionate and inventive creator of innovative marketing campaigns; accustomed to performing in deadline-driven environments with an emphasis on working within budget requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SPECIAL SKILLS

June 2014 - May

2020 Dubai Healthcare City Authority (Government of Dubai) Oud Metha Dubai, UAE

Graphic Design Executive

May 2010 - April

2014 Workz Group, International Media Production Zone (IMPZ) Dubai, UAE

Senior Graphic Designer/ 3D Artist

April 2004 - May

2010 Cana General Trading Co./ Ceragem World LLC.

Al Wuheida, Dubai, UAE

Graphic Designer/ Product Developer

January 2004 -

March 2004 Apollo Advertising LLC.

Rashidiya, Dubai, UAE

Graphic Designer

July 1995 -

January 2004 Best Print Textile Finishing Corporation Meycauayan, Bulacan, Philippines

Graphic/ Textile Designer

CONTACT

adgm7i@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/

james-francis-cruz-00310853

+971-**-***-****

503 Lusan Building 1

Al Nahda 2, Dubai, UAE

SOFTWARE

KNOWLEDGE

• Adobe Illustrator

• Adobe Photoshop

• Adobe InDesign

• Adobe Premiere

• Adobe After E ects

• Adobe Dreamweaver

• Adobe Flash

• Coreldraw X4

• Strata 3D CX6

• 3D Studio Max

• Final Cut Pro

• SketchUp

• WingsXP

• CorelDrawings

• Microsoft O ce (Word,

Excel, Powerpoint)

WEB & MULTIMEDIA

• Website design

• Social media artworks

• HTML coding

• Flash animation

• Video editing

• eMailer/ eInvites

• CSS

PLATFORMS

• Mac and Windows OS

PORTFOLIO

www.behance.net/jimcruise

• Nujood AlKhloo

Director - Communications and External Relations,

Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU)

• Khulood Buaisha

Senior Marketing Manager, Al Jalila Foundation

• Dr Fatma AlSharaf

Director - Corporate Quality and Excellence, Dubai Health Authority

• Mark Humphreys

Chief Marketing O cer, Workz Group

• Brand identity guidelines creation

• Design for brochure, newsletter,

business card, poster, logos, iers, o ce

stationaries, infographic, presentations.

• Pre and Post prnting production

• O set printing

• Colored/B&W photography

• Photo Restoration/ Manipulation

• Lithography

• Darkroom process/ developing

• Mosaic design

• All types of plotter and printer operator

PRINT AND PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

PERSONAL REFERENCES

1990 - 1995

University of Santo Tomas, Manila Philippines

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Major in Advertising

2003

MicroCadd Technologies, Quezon City, Philippines

Digital Painting and Composition

2004

FCC, Dubai, UAE

Flash Animation, HTML coding, Web designing

2013

Dubai, UAE

HTML 5 & Advance CSS

2015

Sitespower, Dubai, UAE

Adobe Dreamweaver

2015

Oscar Institute, Dubai, UAE

Adobe After E ects and Adobe Premiere

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