1. OCTAVIAN COCIS E-mail octavian.cocis@gmail.com Mobile +40 722 277697
Address 128A Unitatii St., 031424, Bucharest, Romania
SUMMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
A very skilled and refined graphic designer Jan. 2010 Graphic Design freelancer based in Florence, Italy.
with 10+ years of experience in Newspaper - present
& Magazine design, Branding & Corporate
Identity Design, Advertising Design Sept. 2009 Graphic Design teacher at Florence Design Academy,
and Web Design. - Jan 2010 Florence, Italy.
Former Art Director of Romania’s two largest Nov. 2006 Art Director of the Realitatea-Catavencu Grup
publishing companies with proven senior-level - Oct. 2008 (www.gruprc.ro), Bucharest, Romania.
experience in team management and successfull
creative solutions. Aug. 2006 Art Director Newspapers Division at Publimedia
- Nov. 2006 International (www.publimedia.ro) the publishing
Master Degree in Graphic Design at Florence company of Mediapro SA Romania.
Design Academy in Florence, Italy.
Feb. 2000 Art Director Local Newspapers Division at Publimedia
A Graphic Design teacher at Florence Design - July 2005 International (www.publimedia.ro) the publishing
Academy in Florence, Italy. company of Mediapro SA Romania.
Winner of an “Award of Excellence” at the 29th June 1998 Graphic Designer at Monitorul de Cluj,
Edition (2008) of SND (Society for News Design) - Dec. 1999 a regional newspaper based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Mar.1996 Reporter/Editor at Mesagerul Transilvan,
- June 1998 a regional newspaper based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
E D U C AT I O N
2008-2009 Florence Design Academy - Florence, Italy.
Title of qualification awarded: Master Degree.
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered:
Graphic Design, 3D Design, Animation, Sketching
1998-2000 Faculty of European Studies
- “Babes-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Title of qualification awarded: Master Degree.
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered:
International Relations, European Administration
1994-1998 Faculty of Journalism
- “Babes-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Title of qualification awarded: Graduate
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered:
Mass Communication, Advertising, Journalism writing,
Newspaper Design, Foreign Languges Master Level.
1990-1994 “Gheorghe Sincai” Highschool - Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Title of qualification awarded: Graduate
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered:
Literature, Foreign languages
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2. OCTAVIAN COCIS E-mail octavian.cocis@gmail.com Mobile +40 722 277697
Address 128A Unitatii St., 031424, Bucharest, Romania
AWA R D S COMPUTER SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Award of Excellence at the 29th Edition (2008) Advanced skills with following:
of SND (Society for News Design) for the section QuarkXPress, Adobe CS (InDesign, Photoshop,
“NEWS DESIGN” of the Romanian daily, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere, Dreamweaver, Flash,
“Cotidianul” (www.cotidianul.ro). Acrobat Professional), AutoDesk (3D Max), Microsoft Office.
Familiar with both, MacOS and Windows systems.
C O M P U T E R / D E S I G N E V E N T S AT T E N D E D
Aug. 2006 Official QuarkXpress 7 Release
– NEC Arena, Birmingham, UK.
Mar. 2007 Adobe CS2 Conference
- Miami Beach, FL, USA.
Mar. 2008 InDesign Conference
- Miami Beach, FL, USA.
Apr. 2008 WAN - IFRA Design Conference
- Paris, France.
LANGUAGE SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Mother tongue: Romanian
Other languages: English, Italian, French, Spanish
Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing
European level (*) Listening Reading Interaction Production
English Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Italian Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
French Good Good Good Good Average
Spanish Good Good Good Good Average
(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
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