Sohail Ahmed

NAME – Sohail Ahmed
FATHER’S NAME: Zafar-ur-Rehman
DATE OF BIRTH : June 12,1973
Cell – 00971505625632
E-MAIL – sohailansari2@hotmail.com
WEBSITE - www.sohailweb.com

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
BA
4 Years Diploma in Graphic Designing
Certificate in Fine Arts
Online Certification of
Adobe PhotoShop & Macromedia Flash

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
14 years Working & 6 years Teaching Experience in Graphic Design, Web Design and Animation.

WORK ACHIEVEMENT

Dotcom Arabia (Yahoo Middle East) 10/2008 to Date Dubai
	Graphic & Web Designer My responsibilities include: Graphic Designing, Web Designing, Animation & Banner Designing.

Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture 10/2002 to 09/2008
	Computer Graphic Instructor My responsibilities include: Teaching Graphics, Web & Animation Software’s and also design there print media stuff. Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Affter Effects, Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver, Macromedia Freehand, QuarkXpress, 3dstudio MAX.

GEO TV 1/2004 to 4/2005 (Part time)
	My responsibilities include: 2D Cartoon Animation for GEO Cartoon, Alpha Bay & 3D Titling etc.

Samtech Research (California) - USA 5/2000 to 2/2002 Karachi Pakistan (USA Based)
	A US based software house catering to the information technology needs of business and educational sectors. Manager Graphics My responsibilities include: Managing the Graphics department. Dealing with the clients. Worked on major US projects like Herbal Advisor (the largest herbal portal site in USA, comprising of thousands of pages) banners, e-mailers, e-magazine, made products in 3D. Webpage Designing, Animation in Flash & Gif & Teaching.

E-Dev - Canada 2/2000 to 5/2000 Karachi (Canadian Based)
	E-dev is a Canada based software house catering to an array of national and multi-national accounts. Graphics Incharge My responsibilities include: Webpage Designing, Animation in Flash & Gif Software help in Flash Software layout Sites Layout for Intranet.

Naveena Microsystems (Pvt.) Ltd. 9/1999 to 2/2000 Karachi - Pakistan
	Naveena Microsystems is an innovative software house in the Country. Sr. Designer & Animator My responsibilities include: Webpage designing, 3d animation & web animation (Flash, Gif) Worked on 3d games. FLASH Intro for Naveena & ecricketer.

VISTA Graphics (Pvt) Ltd. 6/1997 to 8/1999 Karachi - Pakistan
	VISTA COMPUTER GRAPHICS Is among the first postproduction houses in the country. Head of Designing/Animation My responsibilities include: Graphic designing on power Mac and PC 2D Animation 3D modeling and animation Non-linear editing Composting Key achievements at Vista Computer Graphics
	Worked as lead 3D animator for Habib Bank campaign Worked as lead 3D animator for CBR campaign Designed 3D Virtual Sets for NTM Health Care Program Designed 3D Virtual Sets for ‘NTM Aur Aap’ Developed animated segments and title for FOCUS (a business weekly program). Worked as lead 3D animator for Gillette sports campaign. Worked as lead 3D animator for Hyeworth home shopping campaign. Worked as lead 3d and 2d animator & non-linear editor for Sparkle 2good & Shield Toothbrush. (I have both the 3-d models)

Pastel Communications (Pvt.) Ltd. 10/1996 to 9/1997 Karachi - Pakistan
	An innovative advertising agency having both national and multinational clients like Dawn bread, Bayer and Agrevo. Designer / Visualiser My responsibilities included: Designing of press ads, Designing of magazine ads, Designing of posters, Out door Advertising & Layout Designing.

KSK Advertising (Pvt) Ltd. 4/1995 to 10/1996Karachi - Pakistan
	A small advertising agency serving clients like, Anwar Zeb Cement and Poly Juice. Designer / Visualizer My responsibilities included: Designing of press ads, Designing of magazine ads, Designing of posters, Out door Advertising & Layout

Designing. Computer Skills Proficient in the following hardware and software areas: KEY SOFTWARES: Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Affter Effects, Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Bridge, Freehand, Quark Express, 3D Studio Max, Vecta 3D, Final Cut Pro, Media 100 (Non linear editing software), HTML. HARDWARE Experienced in hardware platforms like, PC, MAC and dedicated hardware like Media 100.