Mirza Sajjad Ahmad Front-end Engineer, UI/UX Designer

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1 Mirza Sajjad Ahmad Front-end Engineer, UI/UX Designer Current Employment: Front-end Engineer MarkaVIP, (a leading firm of ecommerce industry in GCC) Dubai, United Arab Emirates mirzasajjad80 Objective Seeking for innovative & creative assignments with a prestigious organization, where my abilities, experience and skills will be of true value and self-development in Creative field to play a leading role in UI design/development as a technical lead and team member. Target Job Target Job Title: Target Industry: Employment Type: Career Level: Notice Period: Front-end Developer, UI/UX Designer, Web Designer, Graphic Designer Information technology, Web/desktop applications, Advertising/marketing, Arts, Entertainment, Media, Web industry, Print industry, Internet/E-commerce and Government sector Employee (full time) Professional 1 month Employment History (12+ Years) Front-end Engineer MarkaVIP Dubai, UAE Company Industry: Internet/E-commerce/Web Design/Technology/IT Employment period: Present since February 2015 My responsibilities are to: Design (responsive) websites for desktop, tablets and smartphones retina display. Create markup/css (HTML5/CSS3/jQuery/Javascript) using less preprocessing and other dependency tools. Create markup of marketing s with maximum support of devices and clients. SEO compliant and validated HTML/CSS by W3C. Fix cross browser compatibility issues. Maintain the everyday web and mobile app changes and content through magento. Coordinate with merchandising and marketing team regarding everyday front-end changes through magento. Coordinate with marketing team regarding newsletters and social media. Coordinate closely with programmers regarding front-end to assure quality work. Work with version control system Git, Github. Commit (push and pull the code) the source to Git repositories using SourceTree and Terminal. Test websites production and dev environments on live server to identify bugs and then fix it. Use Jira web application to manage tickets/tasks. Integrate of HTML blocks in Magento CMS. Assist in defining application development project plans, including scoping, scheduling, and implementation. Manage and/or provide guidance best solutions to management. Develop technical documentation to define the implementation planning/strategies. Cooperate with the Quality Assurance team to define test cases, metrics, and resolution guidelines. Organize and participate in meetings with merchandising, marketing and creative team members when necessary. Page 1 of 7

2 Team Lead Front-end Development Seven Software Development Pvt. Ltd. Islamabad, Pakistan / Liverpool, UK Company Industry: Computer/Software/Web Technology/IT Employment period: August 2013 to December 2014 Design (responsive) websites for desktop, tablets and smartphones. Create static Sencha ExtJs based desktop applications using Sencha Architect. Create static Sencha Touch based mobile/tab apps using Sencha Architect. Create markup (HTML5/CSS3/jQuery) which support UID. SEO compliant and validated HTML/CSS by W3C. Fix cross browser compatibility issues. Distribute tasks to team and then take care of them. Coordinate closely with programmers regarding front-end to assure quality work. Pursue additional work through change orders and developing schedule of priorities on projects of higher complexity. Create prototype wireframes in Protoshare. Create hifi interactive wireframes in Protoshare after createing UID. Work with version control systems such as SVN. Commit (push and pull the code) the source to Bitbucket respositories using TortoiseHg Test websites throughout on offshore live server to identify bugs and then fix it. Use Jira web application to assign/create tickets/tasks for the FEDs. Integrate of HTML templates in Umbraco CMS. Assist in defining application development project plans, including scoping, scheduling, and implementation. Manage and/or provide guidance to front-end development team members. Develop technical documentation to define the implementation planning/strategies Estimates on related project work. Cooperate with the Quality Assurance team to define test cases, metrics, and resolution guidelines. Update scrum masters regarding workflow and production process. Lead a small team of front-end developers through the prototype stage. Clearly communicate problem/resolution process to project management Organize and participate in meetings with team members, and clients when necessary Collaborate with developers, project managers and business analysts in conceptualizing and developing new applications and enhancements. Team Lead Design IAK International Inc Dubai, United Arab Emirates Company Industry: Internet/E-commerce/Web Employment period: October 2010 to June 2013 Design/renovate websites. PSD to HTML/CSS. SEO Compliant Markup. Validated HTML/CSS by W3C. Cross browser compatibility issues fixing. Responsive web design. Optimized for computer screen, Smartphone and Tablet. Distributing tasks to team members and taking care of distributed tasks. Pursue additional work through change orders and developing schedule of priorities on projects of higher complexity. Create Google Adwords Ads for marketing campaigns on different occasions (Static image, Gif animation and swf/flash Banners). Page 2 of 7

3 Snr. Frond-end Developer / Team Lead Seven Software Development Pvt. Ltd. Liverpool, UK / Islamabad, Pakistan Company Industry: Computer/Software/Web Technology/IT Employment period: July 2009 to August 2010 Create markup html/css with transitional/stric doc type. SEO compliant and validated HTML/CSS by W3C. Fix cross browser compatibility issues. Distribute tasks to team and then take care of them. Coordinate closely with programmers regarding front-end to assure quality work. Commit the source to offshore servers using TortoiseSVN. Use Jira web application to assign/create tasks for the feds. Integrate of HTML templates in Umbraco CMS. Provide guidance to front-end development team members. Estimates on asigned tasks to me and team as well. Coordinate with QA team to assure the quality work. Creative Designer MachSol, Inc. Islamabad, Pakistan Company Industry: Computer/Software/Web Design/Creative/IT Employment period: May 2008 to June 2009 Create user inteface, branding, corporate identity of Machpanel software. Create logo and icons for the Machpanel. Web designing/renovation. PSD to HTML/CSS. SEO Compliant Markup. Validated HTML/CSS by W3C. Cross browser compatibility issues fixing. Snr. Web/Graphic Designer mblue Design (UK) Rawalpindi, Pakistan Company Industry: E-commerce/Software/Web Employment period: April 2007 to May 2008 Design bespoke, e-commerce, corporate and personal websites. Convert designs to HTML/CSS. Create SEO friendly markup and validate HTML/CSS by W3C. Create browser compatible html templates. Host websites using Cute FTP or FileZilla. Content integration in customized PHP CMS/Control Panel created by Programmers. Design Logos, brouchers, Office stationary, Catalogues and Web banners etc. Page 3 of 7

4 Web/Graphic Designer Beacon House (Head Office) Company Industry: Education, Training, and Library Employment period: July 2004 to April 2007 Design bimonthly magazine for kids/students. Design hoardings, banners, leaflets for their marketing campaigns. Design office stationary, year planner, calendars, brouchers etc. PSD to HTML/CSS Renovate and maintain corporate websites. Graphic Designer Marvel Concepts Company Industry: Advertising, Marketing Employment period: August, 2001 to June 2004 Create logos, product catalogues, leaflets, calendars, X banners, street banner, books titles, greeting cards, business cards, letterheads and envelops etc. Package designs for product's boxes and labels for bottles. Products photography of leather items for catalogues. Corporate identity. Corporate/product branding. Academic Qualification B.A University of the Punjab Completion Year: 2000 F.A Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education Completion Year: 1998 Matriculation Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education Gujranwala, Pakistan Completion Year: 1996 Training and Certifications Multimedia Design Punjab University College of Information Technology, Lahore Pakistan Duration: 3 months - ( From 3 July 2001 To 1 October 2001 ) Type of Training: Macromedia Flash, Photoshop, ActionScript, Animation and Drawing in flash. Web and Graphic Design Punjab University College of Information Technology, Lahore Pakistan Duration: 3 months - ( From 2 April 2001 To 1 July 2001 ) Type of Training: Freehand, CorelDRAW, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, RGB/CMYK, HTML/CSS, and JavaScript. Page 4 of 7

5 Graphic Design Nicon College of Computer Sciences, Lahore Pakistan Duration: 11 months 25 days - ( From 5 April 2000 To 30 March 2001 ) Type of Training: Freehand, Illustrator, Photoshop, Graphics principles, Colours, Photography, Typography, Packaging, Advertising/Marketing concepts Skills Adobe Photoshop CC Adobe Illustrator CC Adobe Dreamweaver CC Adobe Flash CC Adobe InDesign CC Adobe Lightroom Corel DRAW Sencha Architect (Builds touch and extjs apps faster) Sencha Ext JS (A javascript framework for desktop applicatons) Sencha Touch (A javascript framework for mobile apps) HTML5 CSS3 SASS (CSS Preprocessor) LESS (CSS Preprocessor) Compass (CSS Authoring Framework) Javascript, jquery PHP MySQL Action Script XAML (WPF) (an XML-based markup language) Bootstrap, Foundation, Gumby, Lemonade, Boilerplate, Modernizr Umbraco (.NET CMS) Joomla (PHP CMS) WordPress (PHP CMS) Magento (an e-commerce application) Cute FTP, FileZilla Swish MX, Sound Forge, Flax, Swift 3D Ms Office Git Github sourcetree Atlassian - Jira (a project management tool) Atlassian - Confluence (a team collaboration tool) Atlassian - Bitbucket (a collaborative revision control application) Atlassian - Bamboo (Tests and deploy builds on server) ProtoShare (interactive Web/mobile App s Wireframing & prototyping) TortoiseHg (a mercurial revision control client) IBM PC Apple OS X Yosemite Page 5 of 7

6 Projects I have a strong track record in front-end development and successful project delivery. This includes lots of work. Some of them are listed below Strengths Ability to work independently and with the team as well. Superb skills of creativity. Flexible enough to adjust myself in any type of environment. Interpersonal relationship skills. Self-motivated and willing to set goals and work to achieve them. Writing SEO Compliant markup. Responsive web design. Optimized for various screens and retina display. Experience to develop Sencha Touch based Android and ios apps. Experience using LESS, SASS and Compass frameworks. Experience using jquery plugins. Experience creating (SPA) single page applications. Experience of developing Sencha ExtJs and Sencha Touch apps. Styling and architecting extjs/touch app in Sencha Architect. Prototyping/wireframing of applications. Responsible for ensuring that delegated tasks are done accurately. HTML5 and CSS3. Page 6 of 7

7 Browsers compatible markup/css and validated by W3C. Modern Web design standards and advanced experience of writing markup. Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities. Attention to detail and the ability to manage several projects at once Experience in creating clean and intuitive interfaces on large scale websites and apps Marketing s, Compliant for various clients. Pursuing additional work through change orders and developing schedule of priorities on projects of higher complexity. Ability to work within tight deadlines and effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment. Flexible, adaptable and quick in regards to learning and understanding new technologies. Create the markup of a high quality to rigorous standards, focusing on performance, and re-usability Willingness to actively participant in whole development life cycle including being involved in development plans Thirst for knowledge specifically for new technologies. Organize and participate in meetings with team members, and clients when necessary Can read code written by others Enjoy working in an agile and collaborative environment Clear understanding of Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology and respective experience with its application in design and development phases Languages Speaking Reading Writing English Urdu Punjabi Arabic Personel Information Full Name: Mirza Sajjad Ahmed Date of Birth: Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Nationality: Pakistani Passport #: CG Address: Barakaat Building, Al Barsha 1, Dubai UAE Driving Licence: Yes Visa Status: Employment, (Present since February 2015) Portfolio & References Can be furnished on request. Page 7 of 7