1. Zari Harat
Uferstraße 21b
22081 Hamburg
Fon 040/897 72 55 57
mobil 0171/53 93 140
zariharat@icloud.com
www.zariharat.com
born 24.06. in Chicago, Ill USA
Citizenship: US - American
CURRICULUM VITAE
languages Englich, mother tongue, German, written and spoken fluency
French, currently rusty
miscellaneous - member of the BBK (Bundesverband Bildende Künstler) Hamburg, vorher Mitglied BBK
- Berlin (1999-2008) Vorstandsmitglied, (1999-2011) Mitglied der Auswahlkommittee
BBK-Berlin
Driver's License - Class 3/C
url www.zariharat.com/relaunched
professional profile in Hamburg since 2011
currently working as a freelance English teacher for kmp, Kern, Eifert, Inlingua,
Linguarama, Institute4Languages, Roland Luke Communicartions, BIQ with
clients such as Mercedes, Kellogs, Lufthansa Technik, Gebrüder Heinemann,
Commerzbank, Schiffsbank, Generali, the labour office, as well as other schools and
institutes innintercultural training, business coaching and training all levels,
conversation, presentations both in graphics, concept, delivery and design
intercultural exchange projects in the visual arts and theatre at kampnagel,
kolibri, altonale, Wagenplatz Berlin, and The International Art Bridge
art and design: translation (Ge/En), editing, text correction, transcripting,
advertising, graphic, layout, scanning and image optimization
for customers such as the Eric Burroughs estate actor and playright in Hamburg
and New York in the Thirties, The Berlin Senate/City Council for historical research,
Josetti Höfe, Berlin, the Käthe Nostitz estate, etc.,
worked with the filmmaker/actor Rahman Satti on his groundbreaking films
in graphics, scanning, image work, editing and text
translation, research and editing (Ge/En for various firms, film companies, historical,
as well as and cultural institutions in Germany and elsewhere
in addition:
- creatives coaching in English for various, international firms, institutes as well as
state-based training centres such as BIQ, Inlingua, kmp, HSS, Eifert, etc.
- taught intercultural project-oriented training workshops and seminars for
professional, grassroots and creative centres from concept to delivery
- digital librarian and archivist/graphic artist for a Hamburg organisation
- painter at my own studio with drawing and painting classes for professionals
2005 - 2010 in Berlin - Freelancer trainer and coach in painting, graphics, illustration, image story-telling,
illustraton, art and textile graphics in German and English for different levels in
language and content at an assortment of commercial schools and cultural centres.
Often this course was billed as Basics in Design with and without the Computer
- Freelance trainer in English at GLS Language School, Akademie für Fremdsprachen,
bbw, GLS Sprachenschule, indisoft-upgrade, ESOL, Roland Luke Communications,
Dahlem Domäne, etc., Concept Further Education Centre, etc.,
- Coaching, and “Training-the-Trainer” for Managers and Professionals
- Translation GE/EN: firm documents, historical manuscripts and documents,
text editing, etc
2. Zari Harat
Uferstraße 21b
22081 Hamburg
Fon 040/897 72 55 57
mobil 0171/53 93 140
zariharat@icloud.com
www.zariharat.com
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- full-time instructor at the Berlin model graphics commercial school program,
“Arbeitskreis Medienpädagogik” at the various locations of the school in different
parts of Berlin in graphics in English using and teaching the standard applications
such as the Adobe Creative Suite package with Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator,
Flash, After Effects, Fireworks, Media Encoder and Acrobat Pro in
English and German for typography, design, colour theory, spaciality, and
presentation.In addition, taught these subjects in English and German at
other media schools in illustration, image story-telling, typography and retouching.
- project manager and instructor for youth, integration program titled
“Jugendliche in sozialen Brennpunkten” (Youth at Risk Project):
"Retelling Our Stories Unwrapping the Hidden Self”
2003 - 2004 - participated in further education with an apprenticeship in video design and
print media at the cimdata akademie für digitale Medien, Berlin
2000 - 2003 - worked freelance as a graphic artist/illustrator in drawing, rendering, illustrating
and image work as well as storyboard, print and screen design and production,
in various international and national projects in culture and business
- graphic design instructor at various further education and commerical
training schools for the design studio “Konzept und Gestaltung”
1999 - 2000 - further training and education as an online-screen-graphic and media designer at
cimdata Akademie für digital media, Berlin, with an apprenticeship at the
a print full-service media design agency
1989 - 1999 - continual work in painting, design, drawing and illustration as well as teaching
these topics in English for various schools, projects, training centres and firms
freelance translation and text editing
1986 - 1989 - taught highschool as an art teacher in San Francisco for San Francisco Unified Schools
Set design at the San Francisco Ballett
1981 - 1986 - worked in art therapy and taught art courses at the Model Psychiatry Project
of the AWO Berlin Centre at the half-way house and centre
1977 - 1980 - Tätigkeit als Highschool- Kunstlehrerin in Chicago, Seattle & San Francisco
1972 - 1977 - Studium der Bildenden Kunst und Kunstpädagogik an The School
of the Art Institute of Chicago & an der University of lllinois in Chicago
Education and Training
1977 - Bachelor of Fine Arts & Art Education for Highschool Art instruction (Kg-12)
1999 and 2004 - Cimdata Weiterbildungsinstitut in Print and- Screen Design 2-D Animation
Computerkenntnisse Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Dreamweaver, Acrobat Pro,
Fireworks, Flash, Premiere, AfterEffects, Lightroom, Media Encoder, Audition,
Accenture, Quark Express, Freehand, Logic, Final Cut Pro, MS Office (Word, Excel,
Entourage & Powerpoint) auf Windows/ MacOS 10.11.14
Travels/Work Residencies India, Mexico, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Canada, England, Spain, Holland, Portugal,
Rumania, France, Austria, Czech Republic, Lithuania, and Turkey
Interests incultural understanding/languages/international films/wholistic thinking
treatment and tolerance
art url www.zariharat.com