Ali N.

COMPUTER SKILLS Design and Publishing: Adobe programs (Most importantly... Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, InDesign CS2, Distiller), Corel Draw 12.0, 3D Studio Max 9.0, ScanVec CASmate Pro 6.52 (CNC Router S/W), Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Quark Express (4.11 + 6.5) Multilanguage Passport Edition (with experience in both English/Arabic layout) as well as many plug-ins and subject specific (e.g. Complete prepress solutions such as CreoPREPS) and specialized programs (e.g. Lighting and sound effects). High speed and precision vector illustrations as well as photo-retouching are my strong suits. Programming: Visual Basic (Visual Studio 6.0) and asp.NET with a little database tackling and DHTML. Some shell, vbscript, javascript, java, C++ and others. General: Knowledge of various PC and Mac Classic and OSX applications and management including networking, protection and user-rights customization and general computer administration. Word processing (50 English words per minute, 28 Arabic words per minute), spreadsheets, databases, correspondence, research and many internet related programs and tasks. EDUCATION 2001 - 2005 American University of Science and Technology (LEBANON) [login to view URL]. Computer Science 1999 - 2000 National Evangelical Institute for Girls and Boys (LEBANON)American Secondary School Education (Grade 12) British IGCSE's and A/S Level's in various arts and sciences WORK EXPERIENCE Positions Held: ART DIRECTOR, GRAPHIC DESIGNER, FLOOR SUPERVISOR, HEAD GRAPHIC DESIGNER Job Descriptions: Responsible for the creation and maintenance of a website through which customer services were delivered, managing a network at the office between Macintosh and PC computers. Exclusively responsible for coming up with any creative ideas for the company or its clients. Data-entry using a customized corporate solution software package. Book-keeping along with data-sorting which made extensive use of spreadsheets. Whether it was a menial task such as designing a birthday invitation card, maintaining a website, or constructing an entire set out of polystyrene with 3D rendering, presentation and CNC routing (including operation), deadlines had to be met in accordance with events' precise date. I have also attempted an odd job or two, such as research, data analysis and business report creation. HOBBIES AND INTERESTS Reading, exercising, everything art, and playing guitar (intermediate level lead guitarist).