1. Ehab Elkhatib
Art Director - Digital / Marketing and Advertising Director
Maya, Adobe creative Suite, Final Cut and more
3d Modeler/Animator – Motion Graphics Animator – Video Editor – Graphic Designer
Storyboard Artist – Concept Artist – Info-Graphics Artist – Websites Designer
Showreel: http://youtu.be/tvX3d_I0bNQ
Youtube Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1K5CdBnd23EssmVIWCeK-
YMwTOUaYHDr
UAE: +971 50 8576942
Egypt: +201157304443
Achievements:
I am an Art Director with extensive experience in Bahrain, Qatar, Egypt and other Middle East
countries in production houses, TV channels, advertising and marketing agencies. I am a
creative professional with broader expertise in post-production, filmmaking, advertising and
marketing.
I am proficient in producing creative materials in multiple software's such as Maya, Poser, Final
Cut Pro, Adobe CS After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator and
Sound Editing programs. For creating TV Commercial, promos, trailers, documentaries,
animations, websites and digital media.
Education:
-Media Arts and Animation, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh (online division).
-Mastering of Maya (2004)
-Mastering of Adobe After Effects & Premiere (2005).
-Mastering of Adobe Flash (2003).
-B.SC of commerce - Major: Accounting (2001), Ain Shams University.
-KG1 to high school (1995), El Salam College Language School.
-Proficient and updated in all software's for digital/media productions.
2. Employment History:
August 2013 – January 2015: Marketing and Advertising Director – Emirates Heights in Egypt.
January 2012 – June 2013: Art Director – Ali Bin Ali Group in Qatar.
August 2008 – February 2012: Digital / Art Director - Media Links Advertising Agency in
Bahrain.
October 2001 – July 2008: Art Director - Graphica Advertising Agency in Egypt.
Experience:
Director of Marketing & Advertising
Emirates Heights - اماريتسهايتس
August 2013 – January 2015
- Directing the In-House creative department and work in cooperation with production houses
and advertising agencies for creating rich media projects such as branding, TV commercial
campaigns, documentary films, animations, digital media and print productions.
- Direct, develop and maintain marketing strategies to meet the organization ambitious growth
objectives.
- Manage direct and online surveys and databases.
- Manage, coordinate and monitor for all marketing, advertising and promotional staff and
activities.
- Develop pricing strategy.
- Manage the productivity of the marketing plans and projects
- Analysis of customer research, current market conditions and competitor information.
- Secured PR opportunities for President & CEO
- Prepare and negotiate marketing and advertising contracts.
- Confer with department heads and/or staff to discuss topics such as contracts, selection of
advertising media, or product to be advertised.
- Monitor and analyze sales promotion results to determine cost effectiveness of promotion
campaigns.
- Read trade journals and professional literature to stay informed on trends, innovations, and
changes that affect media planning.
- Assemble and communicate with a strong, diverse coalition of organizations and/or public
figures, securing their cooperation, support and action, to further campaign goals.
3. Art Director
Ali Bin Ali, Qatar
January 2012 – June 2013 (1 year 6 months) Doha, Qatar
http://www.alibinali.com/
The Ali Bin Ali Group is a privately owned company with a heritage that dates back to 1945.
Roots began with a vision to provide quality international products and services to the people of
Qatar. Today the Group is one of the largest retail and distribution companies in Qatar.
Ali bin Ali Group main brands:
Evian, Pepsi, Aquafina, Lipton, Mountain Dew, Azzaro, Radio shack, Kodak, Alitalia,
Always, Braun, Camey, Casio, China Airlines, Clorox, Colgate, Crepaway, Dell, Dettol,
Dunhill, Epson, Fairy , Galaxy, Gillette, Head & Shoulders, Heinz, Kent, La Vache qui rit,
m&m's, Mars, Microsoft, Nestle, Oman Air, Oracle, Oral B, Pampers, Pantene, Philip
Morris, Qatar Cinema, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Siemens, Snickers, Sudan Airlines, Tang,
Tide.
As head of the Creative department for Ali Bin Ali Group, oversee all communications, public
relations and promotional activities selected to support the brands and marketing strategies.
This includes design, production and distribution of print materials such as brochures, ads and
direct response plus radio and television spots needed for broadcast campaigns. In line with
keeping the brands in front of the target audience, managing press relations, speaking
engagements, special events and community outreach activities. Website design and
maintenance, social media participation and trade show exhibitions.
Digital / Art Director
Media links Marketing and Advertising services ltd.
August 2008 – February 2012 (3 years 7 months)
- Reporting to Managing Director
- Directing and creating rich creative media projects such as TV commercial campaigns and TV
branding, promos, trailers, documentary films, animations, set design, websites, digital media
and print productions in multiple software’s using Maya, Final Cut, After Effects, Premiere,
Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop, Sound Booth, MS Office and programming tools.
- Brainstorming all over the time to deliver new ideas to life.
- Maya 3D artist.
- Storyboard artist
- Motion FX, Sound FX and Video FX editor by After Effects, Final Cut, Premiere, Flash, Sound
Booth and Adobe Audition.
- Concept, design and art direct collateral, packaging and advertising materials that creatively
and consistently reflect brand identity.
- Design, develop, animate and manage interactive rich websites by Dreamweaver, flash,
HTML, PHP, CSS, XML
4. - Managing social media, websites marketing and advertising for our clients’ brands, websites
and products.
- Support the Business Development Team in creating necessary presentation material,
collateral, promotional and advertising.
- Bilingual Graphic Designer Arabic and English.
- Reviews creative briefs and other forms of project initiation to ensure team has essential
information and sufficient time.
- Plays primary role in client presentations and consistently demonstrates a high level of ability
to sell an idea, respond to questions and communicate our point of view.
- Providing on job training for less experience designers, sharing with them great and new ideas
and always it can be done, our generation has no limits in design except the BUDGET.
- Working across multiple projects with team members of diverse backgrounds.
Art Director
Graphica Advertising Agency
October 2001 – July 2008 (6 years 10 months)
Portfolio:
My showreel
http://youtu.be/tvX3d_I0bNQ
Youtube Playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1K5CdBnd23EssmVIWCeK-YMwTOUaYHDr
Art work portfolio:
www.webysity.com/ehab.pdf
Video Production:
W Hotel, Doha
http://youtu.be/IYqlSvlSMjU
Saraya Islands, UAE
http://youtu.be/z8ylMXm8UUY
School Olympics, Qatar
http://youtu.be/kBtAv3scj1c
5. Qatar Car Drifting
http://youtu.be/NhDYF9_5VA0
Chef's Day, Qatar
http://youtu.be/nyhKaC6ZkFM
Animation and 3D :
Burgan Bank, Kuwait
http://youtu.be/Sa4fgzo38ag
T'azur, Bahrain
http://youtu.be/iQKYjvDI4uQ
Atyaf, Bahrain
http://youtu.be/PGnstUZoLAA
Qatars Hub
http://youtu.be/MX2aKSsrrmM
Stock Market
http://youtu.be/Tpw53sUhVSE
Batelco, Bahrain
http://youtu.be/o58V5ZhhVE0
Media Links
http://youtu.be/ZCAfWT8sUao
Gear UP
http://youtu.be/3cZwpHsxSg0
Mazzika TV
http://youtu.be/xuMXwP5PMp4
Websites Design and Management:
http://www.medialinks.com.bh
http://www.prlinks.com.bh
http://www.germanortho.com
http://www.seefproperties.com
6. http://www.reemas.com
http://www.upr.bh
http://www.kanoo.com
http://www.alsalambahrain.com
http://www.asfourcrystal.com
http://www.ithmaarbank.com
http://www.inovest.bh
http://www.alibinali.com
http://www.tazur.com/
Skills
• Proficient in supervising and motivating subordinates.
• Expertise in working with multi-national teams from different countries and cultures
• Strong relations with all main media channels key players in Egypt, GCC.
• Commitment to excellence and high standards.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in both Arabic and English languages.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Strong organizational, problem solving and analytical skills.
• Managing priorities and work flow.
• Plan and organize projects.
• Proficient on Microsoft Office Suite; Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Calendar, MAC OS
• Leadership and business acumen skills.
• Working on multi-task and handle multiple projects while meeting deadlines.
• Creative, flexible and an innovative team player.
Languages:
-Perfect command of Spoken and Written English.
7. -Perfect command of Spoken and Written Arabic.
Personal Details
Name: Ehab Mostafa Elkhatib
Birth date: 10 June 1978
Nationality: Egyptian
Country of residence: UAE
City: Abu Dhabi
Marital status: Single
UAE Mobile: +971508576942
Egypt Mobile: +201157304443
E-mail: e_elkhatib@hotmail.com
Showreel: http://youtu.be/tvX3d_I0bNQ
You Tube Channel: www.youtube.com/webysity
Website: www.webysity.com
Art work portfolio: www.webysity.com/ehab.pdf
Online Resume: www.webysity.com/ehab_elkhatib.pdf
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