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Edward Younan CV12-06-16
1. Edward Younan
eddy_younan@hotmail.com
eddy.younan@gmail.com
About me I am a senior Digital Designer, currently working as Creative Lead at Berkeley Group
Holdings.
Disciplined and grounded in Architecture, with extensive experience in both Graphicand Digital Design.
I am a skilled and seasoned designer who lives and breathes digital, thrives on challenge, thinks beyond
the obvious. Ihave outstandingUI and conceptual skills, an exceptional eye fordetail with a passion for
ensuring the higheststandards. Constantly pushingcreativity and innovation across all digital platforms.
My ambition is to become an exceptional Creative Director who skillfully conducts teams of designers
and developers, creating sublime digital user experiences that will blow yourmind!
Online folio: http://edyounan.myportfolio.com/
What I can offer
Critical eye and attention fordetail (Eagle Eye Ed)
Passion and deep understandingof web design principles
Mastery of Adobe CC Suite. (2D & 3D)
Vastknowledge of capabilities and limitations of Web technologies
Eloquence and confidence in presentation techniques
Effective team leader and patientmentor
Multi-tasking, diligent, strategic and focused on deliveringgreat results
Work
experience
Creative Lead Designer
Berkeley Group Holdings PLC,
Cobham/Woking
February 2008 –Present day
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
Lead digital designer, creating fully responsive web sites, UX, UI.
Proactive in the selection, buildingand steering of the creative team.
Steered and supported Designers in the Creative Studio, ensuring accuracy and
creative consistency of all deliverables.
Championed brand guardianship, ensuringcurrentclientwork is kept 'on brand'.
Organized and attended User testing sessions, Drawn UX user stories, adhered to
User Centric design implementation.
Conception and Design of interfaces and websites for use across multiple devices.
Achieved excellence in Interactive search tools, Email Campaigns, Flash banners,
video optimization, usermanuals and guidelines
Inspiringand motivatingdesigners and widerprojectteams
Senior Online Designer- Rich Media
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Microsoft Corporation - Premiere Media Group
Victoria, London
March 2006 – January 2008
Lead role in the creative team that shares the workload/resources for the MSN front page
innovative advertising solutions.
Organized and presented briefings and pitches to tierone clients and
Implemented innovative and groundbreakingonline advertising, full cycle from
strong story boardingto final online executions.
Pioneered firstrun innovative products: MSN Theme packs, MSN Video, MSN Home
Pages, MSN Rich Media Advertising, helpingto generate £25k worth of sales
Created and successfully launched Innovative - firstrun (Beta) campaigns
includingthe “Transformers Skin” 20-07-07 on MSN Homepage, worth £100k.
Improved design processes vastly by designing“Best practice demos” distributed to
Sales and external vendors, TierOne clients and Ad agencies.
Snapshotof brands worked with: WarnerBrothers, Fox, Paramount, Disney, Coca
Cola, Sky, O2, Orange, Renault, INTEL, Lloyds TSB, and L’Oreal.
UI- Designer
Oregan Networks Ltd
Barnes, London
May 2004 - Mar 2006
http://oregan.net
OreganNetworksisaleading provider ofembeddedsoftware solutionsfor digital home
entertainmentdevices,comprising digital mediastreaming,home networking,TVbrowsing
and user interface technology.
In house creative designerworking alongside thirty developers, directly with VP of
Marketing.
Designingand implementingGenericFlash UserInterface (UI) forthe Oregan Media
Browser.
Creative Web Designer
Toucanblue Marketing Communications
Chertsey, Surrey
December 2000 – December 2004
Workedextensively on creating andimplementing marketing& communications
conceptsandideas:
Corporate ID Advertisingcampaigns, teaser campaigns, corporate events and
corporate brochures all ready for print.
Clientfacingrole included several Blue chip clients
IncludingStaffware, Orange, Motorola and Fosters.
Tools used extensively included Flash, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, PowerPoint,
Designed several versions of the agencies Flash websites, Interactive tools, interfaces
Presented concepts to various clients fornew Corporate ID and
Won several pitches, against HeavyweightLondon Agencies.
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Education Architecture and Town planning
Post Graduate Diploma in Architecture. RIBA part2 - Achieved with Distinction
University of the Southbank, London
Software Skills – The tools I use:
Web design: Adobe Photoshop CC*** , Adobe Illustrator CC***, Flash CC***,
Dreamweaver CC***, XHTML***, CSS2**,
Print Design: InDesign CC***, Acrobat Xi***
3D animation and CGIs: AutoCAD***, 3DStudio Max***,
Bryce*** Poser**,
Video Encoding: After Effects CC**, Final Cut Pro**,
Premier Pro CC**
Photography: Lightroom 6.0***, Photoshop CC***,
Office tools: Microsoft OfficeSuite***, Acrobat***, PowerPoint*** CMS*** Agile
methodology**, Axure***
*** Excellent **Good *Adequate
Interests Fluent in French, English and Arabic.
I enjoy digital photography, Architecture, design, cinematography, AOR music, Cohen Brothers’
movies, 20th
Century Pop Art, Books, world travel, passion for life and fuelled on espressos.
Social networks and online presence:
Photography: www.500px.com/ed_younan
Stories: https://steller.co/eddyyounan
Refs References are available on request.
My digital portfolio showcasing my work will be made available at the interview.
For a quick glimpse: http://edyounan.myportfolio.com/
"Simplicity is the ultimatesophistication"
Leonardo Da Vinci