About me
I have been working in print industry over 12 years. I have experience in variety of production tasks. I have worked on different positions in production mainly as artwork designer, typesetter, page templates and layout designing. I am a trained web designer with HNC in internet technology. I design web pages using Dreamweaver, PHP/mysql. Recently I self learned designing Android phone Apps using Eclipse.I am a self-motivated individual who is able to work well as a team member and on own initiative. I am an honest trustworthy and reliable person, exercising punctuality and taking pride in completing tasks to very high standards according to given guidelines and within given deadline. My current job will be redundant at the end of March and I'll be available immediately. Beacause of my past experience I put forward my name for this job and I assure you quality and punctuality in my work.
Skills
- Computer literate - with knowledge of most popular designing packages Adobe CS5+, Photoshop, QuarkXPress, Coreldraw, Adobe Illustrator, Dreamweaver and many other graphic packages., - Setting adverts using Quark, Photoshop and Illustrator for local and London newspapers, - Artwork Designing - creating page templates and artwork for estate agents advertising properties in company's newspapers (Uxbridge Gazette, Hounslow Informer, Ealing Gazette, Bucks Free Press, Harrow Times, Hillingdon & Uxbridge Times, Ealing Times,), - Page templates designed and uploaded for Property Wizard3 system used by the estate agents to send property pages to production department, - Web designing and development - designed web pages using Dreamweaver, Flash, PHP MySql, HTML and CSS, - Experience in setting leaflets, brochures, letterheads, cards, classified adverts, property pages and Flash banners in various sizes, - Scanning, processing, retouching and reformatting pictures according to the requirements. Modify and convert artwork sent by the customers., - Familiar with Windows and MAC operating systems, - Designed an in-house internet application called "Area Hunter" to search areas and locations of properties advertised on papers, - Developed Android phone app “Cool Legos” using Eclipse and Flash, - Worked as system champion in property section
Sector Experience
Present job since 2004: Trinity Mirror Southern, Gazette House, 28 Bakers Road, Uxbridge UB8 1RG, Title: Property Templates Originator, Duties - setting new page layouts and templates for property pages, - setting adverts for newspapers, - meeting with customers and design the page layout, according to their guidelines, - scanning and processing pictures, Software used - QuarXPress, Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5, InDesign,, Property Wizard3, 1999 - 2004: Newsquest London Ltd., Bucks Free Press & Times Group, Gomm Road High Wycombe Bucks HP13 7DW, Present address: Loudwater Mill, Station Road,, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP10 9TY, Title: Mac Operator/Typesetter, Duties - setting page layouts and templates for property pages, - take corrections on phone, - creating new adverts for newspapers, - scanning and processing pictures., Software used - QuarkXPress, Photoshop, AdSpeed, PropertyNet, 1997-1999: Watan Publisher, 306-308 Hoe Street Walthamstow, E17 9PX, Title: Typesetter/Designer, Duties: - setting adverts and layouts for company’s magazine, - updating website, - scanning and processing pictures, - creating artwork for the adverts, Software used - CorelDraw, Photoshop, QuarkXPress
Awards
2001-2003: HNC Internet Technology, Bucks Chiltern University College High Wycombe, Jan, 1998-Sep, 1998: Certificate in Visual Basic Advance programming, Amersham & High Wycombe College, Amersham, 1991-1992: D.C.A (Diploma in computer applications software), Petroman Computer Training Institute Lahore (Pakistan)., 1984-1986 : Graduation in Economics, Statistics and English, Govt. College Sahiwal (Pakistan)
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