Email

jsalonga@msn.com Mobile +971 50 196 9758 Portfolio http://goo.gl/iS4mR

SUMMARY 14+ years of progressive experience in the field of advertising agencies. I have established myself as a highly successful creative graphic designer with extensive experience in marketing, prints, pre-press and web design. PROFILE Detail-oriented Graphics and Visual specialist with a keen eye for aesthetics and continuity. Dynamic team player with well-developed written and verbal communication abilities. Creative, definitive understanding and technical expertise in color correction and photo retouching. Highly productive, combine a strong work ethic with precise, efficient techniques. Accustomed to performing in deadline-driven environments with an emphasis on working within budget requirements. Organized, hard-working, resourceful and self-taught for quality of work and the ability to lead and teach others in a relaxed yet professional manner. Excel in team collaboration and solution brainstorming.

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE Intrinsic creative talent and lifelong interest in photography; offer for keen eye quality design and document / web site layout. Proficient and knowledgeable in using both flatforms, macintosh and windows operating systems and in-depth experience applying graphic design tools to produce innovative and tasteful created print documents and web sites including: SOFTWARE (Computer) Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Flash QuarkXpress Macromdia Freehand CorelDRAW Artpro v. 4.99 & 4.5 rev D HTML / DHTML Taggings

EXPERIENCE 09.09.10 to Present Flicker Show Productions, Dubai. SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER Successfully manage and coordinate graphic design projects from concept though completion and consistently meet deadlines and requirements into concrete design for corporate identity such as logos, press ads, brochures, corporate stationery, corporate web sites, promotional campaigns and storyboardings. 14.06.09 to September 2010 Miracle Branding, Bahrain. SENIOR DESIGNER I worked on a broad range of projects including the Identity design, brand guidelines for finance company, packaging and new campaign brand opening of Pollo Campero restaurant in Bahrain. Often leading and managing projects from concept to production. Clients: Toyota, Kuwait Finance House, Bahrain Kuwait Insurance Corporation, Pollo Campero and other collateral. 09.07.06 to 30.04.09 (FP7) Fortune Promoseven, Bahrain. ART DIRECTOR / DESIGNER (Print and Web) Appointed to work within a large creative department in one of middle east largest advertising groups. Plays a key role in art direction, design and conceptualizing all phases of Bahrain International Circuit biggest motorsport event such as Formula One, V8 Supercars, International Drag Race and Bahrain National Race. Creatively designed visual for commercial graphics, logos, web design and vector flash animations, and help the team in photo editing to improve the visual. Other projects: Gulf Air, Bahrain Telecommunication Company (Batelco), Dadabhai Construction. 07.06.04 to 09.08.06 Jawad Business Group, Bahrain. ART DIRECTOR / GRAPHIC DESIGNER Plays a key role in executing art direction from creative strategies to planning marketing objectives. Responsible for visualizing and designing in-store print ad layouts, promotional product packaging, brochures, point of purchase, press ad layouts, indoor and outdoor advertisements, calligraphy, illustrations, display & signages, web layouts, pre-press, booth designs, as well as other collaterals. Worked closely with the different Brand Managers to give strategies and marketing planning of international brands. Fashion Accounts: Mango, Monsoon, Accessories, Staff, Celio, FcUK, Origem, Bendon Lingerie, Pixi, Brantano Shoecity, Puma, Aerosoles, Artikel Furniture, Jawad Home, Flamingo, White Company. Restaurant Accounts: Chilis, Magic Wok, Burger King, Costa Coffee. Other; Jawad Supermarket.

20.05.03 to 20.05.04 DesktopStaff Incorporation, Manila. FLASH ANIMATOR / WEB GRAPHIC DESIGNER Create a graphics design and flash animations from initial concept by sketching each landing page thumbnails and transform each sequence through Graphics Interface User (GUI) and worked closely with web developers and administrator to develop each page presentation through the internet browser. 02.09.02 to 15.03.03 Creative FX Design Inc., Manila. ART DIRECTOR / DESIGNER Manage all phases of graphic design projects for a wide range of clients requiring. Creatively designed visual materials and created promotional graphics for client products. Conferred with customers and assisted in transforming intangible concepts by presenting design ideas using prototypes or mock-ups to finish products. Performed art direction and create thumbnail sketch for the initial concept design through collaboration with other artist visual and provide quality color correction of photographs and images for the final output. Worked closely with marketing specialists and copywriter. 17.01.00 to 31.08.02 Super Image Graphics, Inc., Manila. GRAPHIC DESIGNER Designing of logos, commercial arts, packaging and billboards. Applied all phases of graphic applications for color correction, digital photo editing and page-layouting. Reproduced artwork for clients. Outputting films by color separating through Hi-End online Heidelberg imagesetters, LinotypeHell and Purup. Rapidly promoted in my first two weeks in the company and selected by the upper management to lead in operating the european packaging design tools, Artpro. Consistently received for outstanding performance using all graphic design tools and earned a reputation for contributing a big role for teaching and sharing my techniques to other colleagues efficiently.

01.04.97 to 29.12.99 Everbest Graphic Sys., Inc., Manila. GRAPHIC DESIGNER Designed print ads and book covers. Performed photoretouching, color editing and printing for films through different types of imagesetters. Coordinating with the scanner operator to give the proportional enlargement of photographs and transparencies using scaler projector machines and mathematical computation and worked closely to get the exact colors. Communication with customers in order to satisfy their needs and to improve quality of jobs. Managed to handle multiple simultaneous jobs operating 4 computers alone yet schematically applied a complete highimpact graphic designs. Completed 24 issues of print ads and earned a reputation for productive and dedicated employee. 11.09.96 to 01.04.97 Shopping Center Mgmt. Corp., Mnl. VISUAL ARTIST Designed indoor and outdoor display for malls sponsors and monthly features event. Selected to re-inforce for other mall branches and perfomed multiple tasks. Create patterns and templates for props visual and design a backdrops for local and international sponsors to display inside for malls event. Performed all around jobs that consists of styrofore cutting and curving, apply traditional freehand brush painting and airbrush styles and color mixing. Recognized as well versed in freehand lettering. Performed carpentry and mechanical manipulation for heavy props. OTHER CREDITS 2nd Runner-up in 1993 AIDS Awareness Design Contest. A nationwide design contest for a wake-up call theme to educate the public to safe sex using condoms, which also used as the main material of the mechanics. Received a recognition and awarded in the Craftmanship Category. EDUCATION B. S., Computer Engineering - Adamson University Manila, Philippines, April 1994. Additional Training in HTML Web Page Design Workshop University of the Philippines, Manila, April 2002.