Ahmad Ajlouny
Dubai, UAE
Open to work: freelance, contract, full-time or part-time
Function-inclined, detail-oriented graphic designer, combining traditional and digital creative skills in both print and on-screen arts.
Specialties
- Brand Identity Design
- Digital and Print Design
- Illustration and Infographic
- Drawing and Painting
Toolkit
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe InDesign
- CorelDRAW
- Pens and Pencils
- Soft Pastels
- Adobe Animate
- Adobe After Effects
Experience
Licensed Freelance Graphic Designer
Ahmad AJLOUNY – Dubai
August 2018 to Present
- Brand identity design, brand guidelines.
- Illustration, vector art and infographics.
- Print design (books, brochures, stationery, rollups, lampposts…).
- Digital design for websites and social media platforms.
- Coordinating with print shops and preparing files for printing.
Highlighted Contracts
Graphic Designer – Contract
Majid Al Futtaim – Dubai
Two contracts: Nov 2022 to Jan 2023, April 2023 to August 2023
Supported the Digital Content team under the Omni Channel of Mall of the Emirates.
Roles included:
- Designed internal/external emailers.
- Designed posts and stories for Social Media.
- Created infographics for the website statistics, marketing insights, and how-to diagrams.
- Batch edited product images to Mall of the Emirates website/app specs.
- Worked on a project to revamp the leasing brochures for the malls of Majid Al Futtaim in UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Lebanon, and Egypt.
- Provided design support for other malls of Majid Al Futtaim.
Skills
- Presentation Design
- Ad Design
- Emailer Design
- Infographics
- Bulk Image Editing
- Ecommerce
Graphic Designer – Contract
Majid Al Futtaim – Dubai
April 2022 to July 2022
Covered for the in-house graphic designer during her maternity leave. Worked mainly under the Mall of the Emirates (MOE) and its new online shopping experience.
Roles included:
- Designed internal/external newsletters.
- Created infographics for the website statistics, marketing insights, and how-to diagrams.
- Prepared presentations and online shop demos.
- Batch edited images to Mall of the Emirates website/app specs.
- Provided design support for other malls of Majid Al Futtaim.
Skills
- Ad Design
- Newsletter Design
- Infographics
- Bulk Image Editing
- Ecommerce
Creative Consultant – Contract
Kharabeesh – Dubai
August 2021 to October 2021
Provided art direction for an educational project driven by animated videos aiming to raise entrepreneurship awareness amongst Arab youth; providing them with guidance to accomplish their visions and strategies through successful business planning and execution.
Roles included:
- ART DIRECTION: reviewed artwork, storyboards, and videos.
- PRODUCTION: oversaw and streamlined the art production line throughout the illustration, design and animation phases.
- TRAINING: trained designers and illustrators on Adobe Illustrator and using it effectively and efficiently for storyboarding.
- EXECUTION: revised and finalized storyboards and created new ones from scratch.
Skills
- Optimising Art Production
- Storyboarding
- Training
- Art Direction
Creative Consultant – Contract
Kharabeesh – Dubai
March 2021 to May 2021
Played a crucial role in the promotion and coverage of the World Government Summit 2021 event on social media.
Highlights:
- Collaborated with copywriters on script editing.
- Visualized scripts into storyboards for animators.
- Designed static and animated teasers, agenda and various other infographics.
Skills
- Content Creation
- Storyboarding
- Digital Design
- Social Media
Creative Consultant – Contract
Kharabeesh – Dubai
July 2020 to January 2021
Participated in the Madrasa project – an Arabic online e-learning platform available for free. Madrasa.org is part of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI).
Responsibilities included:
- Designing and editing storyboards
- Visualizing information into infographics
- Covering all graphic design needs of the project
- Solving creative and technical problems
Automated the process of creating thousands of video covers utilizing Excel spreadsheets and Adobe Illustrator, thus shortening a two-month task into a one-week task.
Skills
- Quality Assurance
- Storyboarding
- Automation in Illustrator
- Layout
Senior Graphic Designer
Advision Advertising – Dubai
March 2017 to August 2018
- Brand identity design, brand guidelines.
- Print design (books, brochures, stationery, rollups, lampposts…).
- Digital design for the clients’ websites and social media platforms.
- Coordinating with print shops and preparing files for printing.
- Coordinating with the web developers and maintaining the company’s websites.
Skills
- Outdoors Signage
- Coordination
- Print Design
- Branding
- Social Media
- Transition From Corel to Adobe
Graphic Designer
Ahmad AJLOUNY – Amman
March 2013 to March 2017
- Logo and visual identity design
- Install, manage and customize WordPress websites
- Illustration and freehand drawing
- On-screen design (social media, static ads, animated ads, banners…)
- Print design (books, booklets, brochures, flyers, cards…)
- Presentation design
Skills
- Branding
- Print Design
- WordPress
- Social Media
- Presentation Design
Web and Graphic Designer
INFINITYdezign – Amman
June 2007 to March 2013
Web design and layout, HTML and CSS, optimize images for the web, light animation (Flash), print design.
Skills
- UI
- UX
- HTML
- CSS
- Web Design
- Animation
Graphic Designer – Part-time
INFINITYdezign – Amman
July 2002 to June 2007
Print design (brochures, flyers, business cards, folders) and prepare designs for prepress; logo design; prepare vector graphics for Flash presentations; web design.
Skills
- Logo Design
- CorelDRAW
- Print Design
- Prepress
- Campaigns
- Page Layout
CorelDRAW Graphic Suite Beta Tester – Part-time
Corel Corporation – Amman
September 2009 to October 2010
Participated in the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 Beta Program; tested the software before releasing it and its updates.
Education
Bachelor’s in Design and Applied Arts / Graphic Design
Yarmouk University – Jordan
October 2002 to June 2007
Cumulative Average: 86.6%
Rating: Excellent
Placed on Honor List: 7 semesters
Favorite Classes
- Introduction to 2D Drawing
- Photography
- Typography
- Design Methods
- Design Psychology