Anthony King’ori CV
- 1. Anthony King’ori Graphic Designer PERSONAL SUMMARY A highly talented, driven and flexible graphic designer with a proven record of delivering creative and innovative design solutions. A proven ability of developing projects from inception through production to final delivery, ensuring that all work is effective, appropriate and delivered within agreed time scales. Able to work as part of a team with printers, copywriters, photographers, other designers, account executives, web developers, commercial artists and marketing specialists. WORK EXPERIENCE Next Level Graphics Limited OPERATIONS MANAGER /GRAPHIC DESIGNER June 2013 - Present Developing concepts and artwork, creating graphic design solutions from concept through to completion. Responsible for developing and creating both digital and print design for a wide range of print and online campaigns, publications and advertising. Duties: • Managing, producing and designing projects from brief to fulfilment. • Designing & creating marketing & e -marketing materials on a range of projects. • Ensuring consistency in a clients corporate and promotional brands. • Presenting finalised ideas & concepts to clients, colleagues and senior managers. • Answering queries from clients. • Creating original artwork for short and long term projects. • Involved in designing advertisements, brochures, handouts, flyers and online graphics. • Working with a range of media, including photography, to create final artwork. • Designing sales pitches and presentations for the sales teams. • Keeping up to date with new software, post -production techniques & industry trends. • Producing graphic content for site re-skins, page layouts, email designs, site graphics & static & Flash banners. J.K Communication OPERATIONS MANAGER May 2005 - June 2013 Duties • Layout of artwork for use in wall- branding signage and vehicle branding • Vinyl plotting and cutting • Field work supervision and coordination’s to ensure clients satisfactions • Training young up -coming graphic artists Freeland Graphic Design FIELD COMMERCIAL ARTIST March 2001- May 2005 Duties • Layout of artworks • Sourcing materials for wall branding, indentifying wall branding sites across the county and doing the actual branding to the satisfaction of the clients. AREAS OF EXPERTISE Adobe Creative Suite Photoshop In-Design Illustrator Screen printing Embroidery Wall-branding Banners Signboards PERSONAL SKILLS Problem solving Thinking creatively Attention to details Communication skills
- 2. KEYS SKILLS AND COMPETENCES • Innovative, highly creative, good at thinking “out of box” Keeping abreast of relevant new techniques in design software media , photography • Experience with catalogue, brochure, and magazine design • Willingness and ability to work independently and as part of a team • Able to work under pressure , meet deadline and multitask • Highly organized and able to priorities own work schedule • Excellent graphical skills creative flair avoid good colour sense ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS TERTIARY Creative Art Centre 1998-2000 Diploma in Graphic Design Passed with credit SECONDARY Gataragwa High School 1994 -1997 Kenya certificate of secondary education Scored mean grade C+ PRIMARY Galugi Primary School Kenya certificate of Primary School HOBBIES Music, sport. Art, travelling REFERENCES Benard Mwanza JK Communication Ltd P.o box 8936-00300 Nairobi , Kenya Tel: 0725 471,581 Hiram Njau Uplift Connections P.o Box 134313-0400 Tel: 07207557860 PERSONAL DETAILS Anthony Kingori Tel: +254 722 441 376 +254 731 083 079 Email: [email protected]