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P R A V I N B A J A JPortfolio | Résumé
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Pravin Bajaj is an artist and designer with 15 years experience in the graphic design and publishing industry. He has been a resident of the UAE for 36 years, and has been illustrating for 27 of those years creating compositions and comic-book art. He spent almost 2 years in Canada as a freelancer designing corporate identities and various marketing collateral. In 2008 he won an International Tabbie Bronze Award for his magazine cover illustration. Some of the client accounts he has worked with include Hasbro, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Entertainment, Dreamwave Productions, DHL and the Timeout Group.
A D V E R T I S I N G
Full-page print advertisements and posters designed in-house and utilised across all trade titles as marketing tools for: launches, award shows/events, exhibitions, recruitment, client participation or online presence.
A D V E R T I S I N G
Digital Illustrations for magazine covers, editorial features, special inserts and exhibitions.
I L L U S T R A T I O N
A D V E R T I S I N GI L L U S T R A T I O N
E V E N T S B R A N D I N G
Designs and branding graphics for award shows and events encompassing invitations, menus and on-site branding.
C O M I C A R T
Comic art designs and drawings for covers, interiors, posters and art books.
B R O C H U R E S & C A T A L O G U E S
Brochure and Catalogue design for sales/marketing, events & trade shows.
www.spe.org/events/lsrs
CONFERENCEPROGRAMME
Supported By
Society of Petroleum EngineersAnnual Technical Conference and Exhibition
26–28 September 2016 Dubai World Trade Centre Dubai, UAEwww.spe.org/atce/2016
CALL FOR PAPERSPaper Proposal Submission Deadline: 25 January 2016
Channelling knowledge. Connecting the world.
Under the patronage of H.E. Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohamed Al Khalifa
Minister of FinanceMinister in Charge of Oil and Gas Affairs
Chairman of National Oil and Gas Authority, Bahrain
SPE MIDDLE EAST ARTIFICIAL LIFT CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION
www.spe.org/eventsmeal
CONFERENCEPREVIEW
C O R P O R A T E I D E N T I T Y
Logos designed for award shows collateral, event branding while maintaining the organisation’s brand integrity across several marketing platforms.
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O B J E C T I V E
Seeking employment in a senior position of a private sector company dealing with Media, Advertising, Publishing, Events, Creative Services or PR. Preferred area of specialisation would primarily consist of communication via print design and graphics. Offer my skills and experience in the areas of design, illustration and visual communication, that I have acquired in 15 years of working in the industry.
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Society of Petroleum Engineers, Dubai, U.A.E.Marketing Designer• Created brand identities for conferences and exhibitions, leading to the design and layout of marketing collateral such
as brochures, flyers, booklets, posters, rollup banners, stands, t-shirts, contracts, stationery, web graphics. • Responsible for the creation and design of on-site branding for conference, exhibitions and award shows.
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MEED, Dubai, U.A.E.Designer & Ilustrator• Graphic designer / Illustrator for covers and editorial pieces of organisation’s various magazines and supplements.
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ITP, Dubai, U.A.E.
Senior Marketing Designer• Conceptualised & managed corporate image of trade titles and in-house magazine advertisements. Completed over
1800 assignments encompassing numerous marketing jobs of the companys’ trade publications.• Created specialisied graphics & branding for events, designed illustrations for magazine covers, marketing collateral for
external foreign exhibitions, editorial features & stationery.• Responsible for designs and layout of advertisements, logos, magazines, invitations, menus, roll-up banners, posters,
subscription forms, stands & stalls, T-shirts, stationery, catalogues, brochures, media packs, table plans, photo backdrops, wall banners, poly bags.
• Creating and maintaining consistent corporate identity for over 25 of the company’s trade titles & publications.• Helped Production Department in maintaining clientele advertisement integrity and solving artwork difficulties.
NAME:NATIONALITY:PHONE:E-MAIL:ADDRESS:D.O.B:MARITAL STATUS:
Pravin BajajCanadian[Mob]: [email protected] 3621124th September 1976Married
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Media One Publications, Dubai, U.A.E.
Magazine & Marketing Designer • Graphic designer for magazine & directory layout, clientele & in-house advertisements, catalogues, brochures, consumer/retail products, logos and stationery.
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Graphos Design, Edmonton, Alberta-Canada
• Lead graphic designer for the creation of corporate identities, stationery, media packs and logos.
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H3 Creative Inc, Ottawa, Ontario-Canada
• Graphic designer for variety of flyers and creating package design concepts utilising established corporate identities.• Concept designer for Music CD Artwork and package design.
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Acorn Interactive, Plainfield, Illinois, USA
• Designer for the creation of IT-related corporate identities and stationery.
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88 MPH Studios, Montreal, Quebec-Canada
• Pin-up artist for graphic book “ Transformers: Genesis”.
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Hasbro Inc, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
• Pin-up artist for marketing collateral and various promotional pieces.• Digital colourist for posters.
Dreamwave Productions, Markham, Toronto-Ontario, Canada
• Penciller for various promotional materials.• Inker for comic books and art pieces.• Colourist for assorted comic books.• Layout designer for various comic books.
T R A D I T I O N A L & G R A P H I C A R T S
• Well versed in cover creations, advertisement design, event and theme- branding, magazine design and creating corporate identities. • Accomplished artist since 23 years, with strong creative abilities in both traditional free-hand art and digital illustration.• Visual communication expertise; capable of layout design, logo creation, conceptual and technical art design. Extremely knowledgeable in comic, cartoon, fantasy and graphic arts.
2 D G R A P H I C S
• Expert command of Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator and familair with techniques for preparing and editing art and photo entities, print and web graphics. Capable of producing vast array of special effects used in print.• Higihly skilled in computer-colouring, drawing, inking, texturising, photo-retouch/ manipulation, colour-correction concepts and special image effects. • Well versed in shading and blending concepts, typography, compositing, image optimisation and compression, layers and channels.
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K N O W L E D G E
S O F T W A R E A P P L I C A T I O N / L A N G U A G E P R O F I C I E N C Y
Comfortable on both PC & Mac
E D U C A T I O N
A D D I T I O N A L I N F O R M A T I O N
A W A R D
Tabbie Award for business publication cover design, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
• Adobe Photoshop 5 - CS5• Adobe Illustrator 8 - CS5• Adobe InDesign 2 - CS5• Adobe Acrobat/Distiller 5 - 8• Adobe Streamline 4• Corel Painter 6 - 10• Quark Xpress 4, 5• Freehand 10, MX, CS4• Paint Shop Pro 4 - 9
• Visual Basic• HTML / Javascript• VB Script• Oracle SQL• Oracle Developer• MS Project• Foxpro• AmiPro• Cobol, C, C +++
• BSc Software Engineering, Mid Kent UK• Higher National Diploma Software Engineering, Mid Kent UK• Diploma in Software Engineering, South Kent UK• Diploma in Hardware Engineering, South Kent UK
