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SHAHEER AKBAR

NATIONALITYAmerican

DOBApril 3rd, 1996Arlington, Virginia USA

LANGUAGEEnglishFarsi/PersianLearning Arabic

SKILLSFast TyperLatest Softwares/ProgramsFlexibleQuick

LOCATIONVision Towers (Apt. 1504)Abu Dhabi, UAE

[email protected] 330 056

EXTRASince I was a kid Ive always had a passionin the world of arts. Creating and producingmeaningful work in the style of storytelling.

Touching the viewer by insuring an edu-tainment environment in my work, alwaysaiming to go the extra mile and inspire.

designer and motion graphicsBIOGRAPHYIm a young motivated designer, animator, artist and explorer.

Always learning new things and going the extra mile whenproviding ideas, work and research. Im aspiring to pursue acareer in every eld that interests me.. currently, as a hobby I am a photographer, digital artist, writer and movie enthusiast.

I hope to change the current corporate mindset to understandthe new coming generation, we are a generation grown withthe best human techonology to date. We learn twice as fast,are able to produce twice as fast and god willing to succeddtwice as fast.

Im an open book, you will nd me fun to hang out with!

EDUCATION

Keystone National High School

The ideal intelligent marketing agency focused on creative brandingand advertising across Abu Dhabi. Also publishers of Tempo Magaz-ine, a widley distributed magazine focused on youthacross Abu Dhabi.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Brand Moxie

online school for Americanstudents living abroad.2014

September 15th, 2013 - February 4th, 2014graphic design and motion graphic design Internship

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Owning the largest portfolio of local and original cartoon charactersin the UAE, famous for Emirati cartoons Hamdoon, and Haboor. Alsopublishers of 999 Magazine, a kids focused magazine distributedacross the whole GCC.

SOCOOOL (Ajyaal Media)

February 22nd, 2014 - presentgraphic design, motion graphics, and associate producer

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PERSONAL NOTES

Many may nd my age contradicting my experience, but I pledge all is true. I am a hard working motivated kidwho truly put all his time, eort and thought when completing projects and tasks. I have been lucky and veryfortunate to be given the chance to to work with leading companies in TwoFour54. Completing my internshipat Brand Moxie I have gained great experience in intelligent marketing and event planning. Working to coord-inate outside my comfort zone and learning new things.

I have gained so much being with Ajyaal Media, a true agency that embraces Emirati culture and traditions inthe form of art. I started as a graphic design intern and quickly rose up to being hired 3 months later, I was respons-ible for client work such as designing wall, oor, table and interior designs for popular public events in Abu Dhabi.Hands on work for the popular 999 Kids Magazine series, designing pages, and nalizing them for print. I was incharge of coordinating creative ideas for upcoming projects. My outstanding eorts in the company have led tomy promotion for a new role in the company by the board and directors, my role being in the creative department,I involved myself in the business aspects by managing other coming interns, attending client meetings, andproducing proposal for possible ideas and future projects. These works has fortunately promoted me to AssociateProducer in the company, I have gotten the experience at coming at projects not only from a creators point of view,but also a business strategic mindset.

Aside from working, I have completed my high school 1 year earlier than my Graduate year.. this allowed me totake on working at TwoFour54, I decided to take a Gap Year from my college to pursue my ambitions. I have notnot doubted the decision till this day, I am a promising candidate with almost 2 years of on eld real work expe-rience. Moving forward, I am also a writer on Tempo Magazine and highly interactive with the activities in thecreative community around the UAE.

AREA OF EXPERTISE

PaperHouse is a brand under SOCOOOL (Ajyaal Media), producing and selling iconic trended items in Abu Dhabi,SOCOOOL also sold merchandise of our creations such as Hamdoon and others. PaperHouse has gain muchpopularity and now soon will have two shops opening in Ras Al Khaimah.

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May 15th, 2014 - presentdesigner, photographer and acting associate creative director

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PORTFOLIO

My portfolio consists of everything I have done in my experience, ranging from working in the creative department,business aspects and aspired work in digital art, photography, writing and much more.

KEY PROJECTS

Haboor Animated T.V Short - a short outreach project to raise awareness for the Emirates Houbara birds, a speciesthat almost went extinct in 2001, in collaboration with the International Fund for Houbara Conservation whileat Ajyaal Media, I have successfuly oversaw the production of this work.

In charge of the design work for this T.V short, also working along side my teammates to insure the productionis seen through. Having to coordinate with our Animation team in South Korea, as well as communicating thatinformation to our Directors. I have successfully completed the project with my team, also leading the post-productionphase of the product, having to communicate with a sound designer to research elements for the short lm.

The short lm was nished with me nalizing all post-production work, including subtitles, nal audio mix, andcredit scene animations. The Haboor animated short was screened across Abu Dhabi cinemas for six weeks, andnow have completed the design work for the DVD and poster box arts.

Haboor 2 is now in production.

watch Haboor by searchingHaboor Animated Short Film on YouTube!

Ghareeb Animation - as part of the 43rd UAE National Day celebration, our team at Ajyaal Media has produced ashort animated short dedicated for those away from home. My role in the project was to animate all scenes thatwere provided by our artist. I also completed the projects post-production, keying sound, transitions and nalvideo output for YouTube and DVD print.

The Power of Video Games - a personal project highlighting the success of video games, my animation has recievedgreat feedback and noimated at a private award show for talented youth in the region. Ive won the award for MostAppealing Animation..

watch this video by searching Hamdoon - Ghareeb on YouTube!

Haboor App - as Ajyaal Medias on going project with Haboor, I was forunate to lead the Haboor App with creativebrainstorming for the levels and concept art. I was working side by side with our artist to produce a fun edutain-ment app for children to learn about the Emirates Houbara bird.

I have successfully produced a app concept animation to help visualize what we are making, after completing thiswe have moved on and now producing the app itself. I had heavy involvment in the app production in terms ofanimation, sound and game engine involvment.

The Haboor app will be available for iOS users April, 2015.

999 Kids Magazine - Ajyaal Media has been producing 999 Kids Magazine issues for the last several years along sideAbu Dhabi Police, I assisted in designing specic pages, new design ads or any errors/changes in the text. 999 KidsMagazine is a successful magazine catering kids in a fun edutainment environment about career and future choices,the magazine is distributed and sold across all of the Gulf region in supermarkets, bookstores, and selectdistribution points.

SOCOOOL Newsletters - small and short montly newsletters distributed around the creative community. I washandling content and design of the newsletters.

Eid Greeting Cards - nice and adorable designed Eid greeting card envelopes, this was distributed and sold at AjyaalMedias shop in Dalma Mall Abu Dhabi, Paper House.

OVERALL PROJECTS - GRAPHIC DESIGN

IFHC Label Designs - for the International Fund for Houbara Conservation, these are label designs for their conser-vation site in Sweihan Abu Dhabi, these are to educate the visitors who visit the Houbara birds.

Ive designed upto eight boards, but only one is shown below.

IFHC Roll Up Designs - roll up designs to promote the activities going on in the Kids Corner section of the Internat-ional Fund for Houbara Conservation booth (featured in events such as ADIHEX).


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Description:Asian Houbara are large-bodied birds with long legs and a slender neck. They are known for their sandy brown colour, with black stripes down the sides of the neck, and the males distinctive display plumes.

Size:Male Houbara weigh about 2.2 kg while females weigh an average of 1.2 kg, with wingspans of up to 1.5 meters.

Habitat:This species breeds in deserts and areas of steppe grassland.

Range:The Asian Houbara has a wide distribution range from the Arabian Peninsula Pakistan, and Iran, all the way through to the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia. The main popula-tions breed in spring in Central Asia then migrate in autumn to the south of their range. In the early spring, they migrate back to their breeding sites but some resident populations breed and dwell in the southern part of the range, including the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.

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Watch Haboor Cartoon! Timings -

09:30 am - 10:30 am11:00 am - 11:30 am01:30 pm - 02:00 pm03:30 pm - 04:00 pm05:00 pm - 06:00 pm

Color a Houbara EggTimings -

10:00 am - 10:30 am12:00 pm - 01:00 pm04:30 pm - 06:00 pm

Enjoy the Snake &Ladder game with us!

IFHC School Activity Sheets - as part of teaching and edutaining children about the Emirates Houbara bird, Ive alsoworked with out Educational Advisor to produce appealing school activity sheets for childrens across Abu Dhabi.

IFHC Story Book - coordinating with the artist, I have designed and nalized print for the rst Houbara story book,that is now exclusive and narrarated in many popular events across Abu Dhabi.


also worked with our Educational Advisor to create powerpointpresentations for Grade 5, Grade 6 and Grade 9

IFHC Event Designs - worked to create a full booth customized for our character Haboor at Abu Dhabis ADIHEX,working with Interior designers to coordinate wall, oor, and table designs. Also web designed pages of Haboor forweb developers to create a coloring and facts page about Houbara birds for students to learn while attending theevent.

Hraiz & Saalek - an Ajyaal Media production, designing poster arts for events such as Comic Con. As well as nalizingthe design and print of the two comic book series (volume 1 only).


I have many graphic design works that have been completed and produced for several occassions, Ive only listedsome of the larger ones completed, I will be happy to present more upon request. The gallery below are just gra-phic design works that I have done that is scattered across all styles of catagories.


Ministry of Energy - a short project in collaboration with Ministry of Energy in Abu Dhabi, this project was to presentthe achievements the Ministry has succeeded in the year of 2014. The animation has been presented in events andmeetings the Ministry of Energy has attended.

Gridux Infographic - a collaboration with friends for a college project, designing a campaign to promote a website.

OVERALL PROJECTS - ANIMATION/MOTION GRAPHICS

Style Is Nothing - experimenting with typography (collaborative project).

The Individual- old content animation in collaboration with an illustrator and video editor.


SOCOOOL Timeline - a corporate timeline video of the companies achievements and successes.


Welcome to Ajyaal Media - a corporate video of the companies mission, vision and services. I have worked to makethe animation, illustrations and captured the footage seen in the video.


Just as my graphic designs, I also have many animation and motion graphics spread across dierent styles ofcatagories, one of which I have done many social media animations.. for Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.


As part of my hobby, I am also a learning digital artist.. the beauty of digital art is merging reality with imagination.I share my work on social media website Instagram, this led to a direction of opportunity for myself, I was approachedby big name accounts like SimplyAbuDhabi and InstaAbuDhabi.. as of now I will actually have my work published inSimply Abu Dhabis quarterly exclusive luxury magazine. It is distributed to UAE Royals, Politicians, CEOs, and VIPs.

This was an honor I was very fortunate to have come my way.

OVERALL PROJECTS - DIGITAL ART

OVERALL PROJECTS - DIGITAL ART

Photography has all always been a passion of mine, I was able to use this skill at Ajyaal Medias shop PaperHouse.

As an acting creative helper for the business, I was told my photographs has signicantly risen up the sales.. thephotographs were used and posted on PaperHouses Instagram account, which accumulates over 5,000 followers.

The photographs reminded the viewers why the shop is worth their time, and I was happy to use one of myhobbies as a portal way to enhance my career in the creative eld.

Ive also worked on color grading the photos in post-work, increases the contrast and enhancing the saturation togive a beautiful vibrant photo. Also mixing a style of graphical element for more of a visual appeal to viewers.

OVERALL PROJECTS - PHOTOGRAPHY


You may view all photographs byvisiting PaperHouses Instagram page(@pg_gifts). I have taken approxima-tely a total of 450 photos in the lastseveral months!

Lastly, a collection of my personal favorite photographs..


THANK YOUThank you for your time,

I hope my portfolio has interested you, I hope to collaborate on exciting new projects to come.

If you need anything, please feel free to contact me -

[email protected]

(p.s - my website will be available soon! so you wont need to scroll throught a 27 page portfolio!!!)

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