Senior Video Editor & Photo/Videographer at The Royal Hashemite Court

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1 Bashar Alaeddin Senior Video Editor & Photo/Videographer at The Royal Hashemite Court Summary A visual-media specialist with 11yrs of experience with a focus primarily on photography and video/filming, and secondly on editing and motion-graphics... - Commercial/Lifestyle and Advertising digital photography, all genres from food and fashion to products and landscaping to family portraits to private engagements. - Photoshop Expert; colour-correction, advanced photo-retouching, digital restoration of old scanned images and tracing/clipping techniques. - Time-Lapse and Interior Photography for events, real-estate & home/office decor. - Lecturing and Public Speaking giving seminars and workshops on digital photography, its concepts, technical know-how and education. - Digital Design know-how using Adobe After Effects and Illustrator to produce content such as info-graphics, 2D logo animations, flyers for events, etc to be used through social media platforms. Experience Senior Video Editor at The Royal Hashemite Court December Present (1 year 7 months) Creating the Weekly Wrap Up videos for His Majesty King Abdullah's summary of weekly events that are launched on RHC's social-media pages among other video-media related tasks. Handling visualmedia related responsibilities concerning photos, video and audio media in the Strategic Communications Directorate. Digital Photographer at Adasat Studios January Present (6 years 6 months) My personal Photography/Video & Design agency based in Amman, Jordan where I created and produced images and content for professional and international clients. Exclusive Photographer & Social Media Manager at The Cafe' Gourmand July December 2015 (2 years 6 months) Page1

2 I handle all photography and video promotion for the boutique cafe', bakery and patisserie; in-charge of keeping their Facebook and Instagram page up-to-date with images of their cuisine and news about discounts and events for their customers. Photography Editor & Content Contributor at Kalimat Magazine January June 2015 (1 year 6 months) Photography Contributor Freelance Videographer at Fustany April April 2013 (1 month) Recording video footage of the Fashion Forward event in Dubai, U.A.E and interviews with designers for a promotional, editorial video on Fustany.com Freelance Video Producer at Dirty Kitchen Secrets July July 2012 (1 month) Creating a short promotional montage video for a recipe-book launch event at a Food Bloggers meet-up day for a famous chef. Photographer at Freelancer February July 2008 (6 months) 1-Independent work as a freelancer 2-Main Chief of Photography Judge in local Photography Competition; April-June 2008 Contributed my knowledge in photography in analyzing and judging the winning image in a local photography competition held by called "Snapshot". 3-Jordanian Art: Freshly Squeezed Exhibition; June 2008 Collaborated project with the Local Foresight Art Gallery in Amman, to raise awareness and to create an open-forum for Digital Artists in Jordan. This was done by displaying the work of eight local visual artists including my own. 4-Commissioned for 3 time-lapse photography footage projects for Fluid Productions and Behind The Scenes event management companies. (Int'l Olympic Comittee, World Rally Championship, Audi Launch) 5- Publications on "osocio.org", "magamaps.com" and 'The Independant Jewish Voices of Canada' newsletter, March2009. Head of Visual-FX dept. at Fluid Productions February March 2008 (2 years 2 months) Page2

3 In charge of photography, motion graphics, title sequences, 2D animation of logo's and brands, time-lapse photography and post-production video. Location scout photographer and assisting in managing production jobs for major national clientele. Photographer/Sales at GraphEast December February 2006 (3 months) In charge of researching, selling and distributing images to local and national magazines and companies Volunteer Experience Media Specialist at Save the Children Federation, Inc. (US) - Jordan Country Office February Present Photographing and assisting with images at the Syrian Refugee Camp in Jordan. Photographer at African Impact September Present 4-weeks volunteering with wildlife and environmental conservation on the private Game Reserve, Thanda in the Kwazulu-natal area. Photographer at Under My Olive Tree July Present Documenting and managing the hand-out of food rations during the month of Ramadan to orphans and children in Amman, Jordan for the organisations website and report. Photographer at King Hussein Cancer Center Present Documenting the Arts Day at the King Hussein Cancer Hospital in Jordan. An art teacher spend the day with the children teaching them how to paint, draw, etc and I handled the photography to be used for the organisations internal database. Honors and Awards Honorable Mention Award International Photography Awards 2012 A photo-essay about the streets of Marrakech. Winner in the Food Category iphone Photography Awards 2011 Page3

4 image 59 of 96 Certifications Adobe Photoshop Expert Adobe November 2009 Certificate Of Achievement / Premiere Pro Advanced Soho Editors October 2014 Advanced After Effects Media Training Ltd October 2014 Advanced Portrait Lighting Photography Course London September 2014 Duolingo Spanish Fluency: Elementary (Estimated) Duolingo August 2015 Animation Bootcamp School of Motion, Inc. Courses Diploma, Digital Photography London Academy of Media Film & TV. Stock Photography Post-Graduate Diploma, Digital Design Vancouver Film School Project Management Lighting and Chromakey Art Direction Information Design Motion Design... Photographer Freelancer Food Photography Workshop, Dubai, 2010 Languages English Arabic (Native or bilingual proficiency) (Professional working proficiency) Page4

5 Skills & Expertise Photography Digital Photography Video Editorial Photoshop Advertising Blogging Image Manipulation Image Editing Video Production Post Production Art Facebook Travel Photography Motion Graphics Video Editing Magazines Creative Direction Film Production Final Cut Pro Videography Art Direction Documentaries After Effects Social Media Newsletters Information Graphics Photojournalism Portraits Commercial Photography Fashion Event Photography Portrait Photography Multimedia Visual Communication Wedding Photography Adobe Premiere Pro Education Vancouver Film School Post-Graduate Diploma, Digital Design, Activities and Societies: Class Representative for the Digital Design class 14 (D.D 14) London Academy of Media Film & TV. Page5

6 Diploma, Digital Photography, New York Institute of Technology-Amman BA, Business Management, American University of Beirut "BS", Business Administration, Interests Photography, social issues, charity, food, culture, dining, nightlife, travel, adventure, information-design, datavisualisations, social media, videography and documentaries. Page6

7 Bashar Alaeddin Senior Video Editor & Photo/Videographer at The Royal Hashemite Court 1 person has recommended Bashar "Bashar is a pleasure to work with and has such ambition and creativity. I am confident he will start a new age tidal wave of Art in Jordan and the Middle East." Reem Maroun, was with another company when working with Bashar at Freelancer Contact Bashar on LinkedIn Page7