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Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. Aristotle Looking for a digital leading role at a reputable agency/company that provides me with a chance to lead a well established or growing digital team to success.
Name Ehad Kamal Mobile +971.55.316.6242 Email ehad@ehadkamal.com Nationality Jordanian Date of Birth 23 November 1980 Gender Male Marital Status Single Portfolio www.be.net/ehadkamal Education Fanshawe College 1999-2002 3 Year Diploma in Graphic Design London, ON, Canada University of Western Ontario 1998-1999 Computer Science London, ON, Canada Amman Baccalaureate School 1994-1998 IB Certificate Work Experience Digitall, Sr. Digital Art Director Dubai, UAE 2013-2014 Took overall responsibility for managing digital resources which included the creative team, development team and project managers in addition to managing offshore team. Managed client expectations. Prepared reports using different analytics tools. Helped in the research and assisted in the crafting of digital strategies. Face to Face Sr. Digital Art Director Dubai, UAE 2013-2014 Worke closely with client servicing team in defining the creative idea and engagement platform. Provided input regarding development and design technologies. Contributed in defining the creative direction from a digital perspective. Developed interactive digital concepts inline with the digital strategy. Cypher Digital Media Creative Director 2009-2012 Managed team to ensure delivery of high quality deliverables on time. Managed company resources. Planned and implemented Social Media Strategies. Came up with Social Media creative concepts. Liaising with clients. Madison Digital / Publicis Graphics Digital Creative Director 2010 Managed creative and production team including web developers. Was responsible for the creation of digital creative concepts. Refined creative production process. Designing and implementing layouts. Visualizing and implementing out of the box ideas. eworks / Publicis Graphics Digital Art Director 2007-2008 Lead and worked on growing the creative team. Maintained level of innovation. Was responsible for seeing the idea through the creative process to final sign off. Dakkin Advertising Art Director Riyadh, KSA 2006-2007 Worked along with Creative Director to manage the design and production workflow. Worked on several Branding and Corporate Identity projects. Assisted in media planning and buying. Presented creative concepts and artwork to clients. JAID Productions / ITG Design Team Leader 2005-2006 Supervised Graphic Designers, animators and illustrators maintaining the quality of work delivered. Communicated with technical team and ensured that all design deliverables are technically compliant for development. JAID Productions / ITG Sr. Graphic/Web Designer 2004-2005 Planned and worked on guidelines for new projects ensuring that no technical errors take place during implementation. Was responsible for enhancing UI/ UX for web and desktop solutions. Set up a team of illustrators and animators. JAID Productions / ITG Graphic/Web Designer 2003-2004 Designed web site and print media layouts. Designed GUI for both Desktop and Web Solutions Worked on improving the GUI and enhancing usability for ITG s Document Management System and elearning Portal EduWave
Other Experience Odeh Computer Consulting Computer Technician (Trainee) 1997-1998 Kamal Currency Exchange Customer Care 1999, 2000 Amman Baccalaureate School Summer School Volunteer 1998 Recommendations Ehad is creative and resourceful. He has demonstrated enthusiasm and creativity towards a variety of projects. I recommend working with Ehad. Abe Seksek Chief Operating Officer at CrysTelCall Ehad is running a professional and responsible web development and digital media agency, the ideas, online strategic planning, content and news coverage, design,creative solutions for both offline & Online campaigns, collateral materials and web development & online solutions that Ehad is providing and suggesting through Cypher fully meets our requirements within the fields of digital marketing, communication and design. Khaled Malhas Marketing and Communication Manager at Royal Motorcycle Club of Jordan I had the chance to work with Ehad on several projects during my time at Madison. He showed dedication and creativity in each single job he delivered along with high level of cooperation. His management skills and commitment toward team members are very effective and shall add great value to any agency, organization or company he joins. Wish him all the best! Loai Taha Web Developer Ehad is a very professional and dedicated person, we worked together on many campaigns under pressure and he always managed to produce quality work on time. He is very creative and always paid attention to the little details. What I believe gave him an advantage over the other creatives was his diversity, because his knowledge in both print and online media are very impressive. Tariq Seksek Account Executive at ewroks/ Publicis Graphics Ehad is fun and a total delight to be around, his work ethic is extremely professional; he s the guy to go to if you need great deliverables that are creative, on time and to the point!! Luay Zakaria Senior Professional Services Team Leader at Integrated Technology Group (ITG) I come from the strategic side of the business and it is important to find the right communication and brand implementation strategy to suit the high level of thinking that is conducted for the brand. Ehad through his organization Cypher Digitial Media provide the integrated communications solutions which is absolutely critical for the brand strategy. When I worked with Ehad I was impressed with how on brief he is and how talented he was with hitting the right brand bulls-eye from communication, social media to creating the right logo and brand identity. If you want to tremendously increase the chances of brand success I highly recommend Ehad and Cypher. Ramzi Ghurani Brand Architect at PIQUE: Strategic Marketing
Skills Mac OS/ Windows Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Dreamweaver Adobe Flash (Animation) Adobe Flash (Actionscript 2.0) Basic Sony Sound Forge imovie HTML/ XHTML CSS UI/ UX DSLR Photography MS Office MS Project Drupal Wordpress Joomla Magento Begginer Basecamp Affiliations The Canada Alumni Founding Member & Treasurer 2011 The Canada Alumni Founding Member & President 2010 Languages Fluent in English and Arabic both spoken and written.
The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life. Muhammad Ali I am a true believer that no matter what knowledge one gains, there is always more to learn, I enjoy working with others seeking new challenges that broaden my horizons and allow me the chance to learn more.