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Category
= Creative Director
Resume_Title = Graphic design, GUI and interface design,art director,
City = los angeles
State = CA
Education
Zangar
School of Fine Arts, Painting concentration, 1987-93.
University
of Tehran, Graphic design major, 1983-84.
Ruthin
Secondary School, North Wales, United Kingdom, 1979-82.
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Work
Experience
Consulting Art Director
Levantine cultural Center, Los Angeles. 2001-2002
Creation
and design of the center's outgoing material, stationary, and collateral
material.
Creative
Director.
Oxelis Corporation, Los Angeles. 1999-2001.
Creation,
development, and management of all visual elements of the ECRM solutions
offered by the company to such clients and business partners as
MsourcE, Mphasis, Fedex, Citi Group and Singapore Airlines.
Visual direction, scripting, and production oversight of a series
of multimedia clips using audio enhanced DHTML and Javascript.
Duties included working with programming, development and marketing
teams to create an on line delivery tool for viewing audio enhanced
DHTML animated self-help guides, with scalable capabilities.
Studio management. Other design related tasks.
Art
Director.
Man vs. Machine Inc., Los Angeles. 1997-99.
Creative
direction, design, and supervision of all visual solutions offered
by the company to such clients as Platinum Technologies, Pick Software,
Mercury Interactive, Netobjects, Symantec, 3com, Mattel, Quicken,
Wingspan Bank, Epicor And Wieden & Kennedy.
Duties included idea and concept development, presentation and production
of on line multimedia presentations. Creation and maintenance of
company's web sites and all other visual material.
Art
Director.
Ketab Corporation, Los Angeles. 1996-97.
Creative
supervision, design and production of Iranshahr. A weekly magazine
devoted to Iranian culture.
Responsibilities included cover design, layout, illustration, and
other design related duties.
Cofounder, Creative Director. 1991-95.
Daarvag Design and Advertising, Tehran.
Founded
one of the top five advertising agencies in Iran. Created and developed
numerous advertising campaigns and design projects for such clients
as Apple computers, Techtronics Printers, Siemens Nixdorf computers,
Panasonic electronics, Lipton Teas, Golestan and Golkis Teas.
Cofounder,
Creative Director.
Soor Design, Tehran. 1989-91.
Creation
and development of advertising campaigns and design projects.
Freelance Graphic Artist, 1982-Present.
Consultant
and illustrator for such publications as Transport Industry monthly,
Film monthly, Gozaresh business monthly, Zaman cultural monthly,
Adeeneh and Mofeed literal monthly.
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Awards
& Distinctions
Medal
d'Or Award for web site design. United Kingdom 1998.
Yaddo
artist's residency. Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York 1995.
Gold
Award for Short Film at the Tak Short Film Festival. Tehran 1995.
Award
for the Best Cover Design at the Annual Press Festival. Tehran 1995.
Award
for the Best Packaging Design at Fourth Design Biennial. Tehran
1994.
Award
for Best Children's Book/Illustration by the Committee for Children's
Books. Tehran 1993.
Young
Talent Award at the Third Design Biennial. Tehran 1992.
Special
Award of Excellence by Adeeneh (a monthly literary magazine). Tehran
1992.
Award
for Best Magazine Cover Design at Second Design Biennial. Tehran
1990.
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Solo
Exhibitions
"Untitled
Boxes Installation" at southern California Institute of Architecture.
Los Angeles 1998.
"Homage
to Censorship Installation" at Evidence Room, Los Angeles 1997.
"Life
Accessories/Installation" at hidden location. Tehran 1995.
"Life
Accessories/Head Gears" at Gallery #13. Tehran 1994.
"Boxes"
at Golestan Gallery. Tehran 1992.
"My
Home" at Golestan Gallery. Tehran 1987.
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Group
Exhibitions
"Middle
Eastern Video Night" at Levantine Cultural Center. Beyond Baroque.
Los Angeles 2002.
"Today's
Art" at Haft Samar Gallery. Tehran 1994.
"First
Painting Biennial" at Museum of Contemporary Arts. Tehran 1989.
"Contemporary
Painting Exhibition" at Museum of Contemporary Arts. Tehran
1988.
"Contemporary
Painting" at Golestan Gallery. Tehran 1988.
"Contemporary
Iranian Watercolor" at Museum of Modern Arts. Tehran 1987.
"Forty-four
Paintings, Four Artists" at the Goethe Institute ( in conjunction
with the German Embassy) Tehran 1986.
"Contemporary
Iranian arts" at Niavaran Arts Center. Tehran 1985.
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