Curriculum Vitae

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 PERSONAL DETAILS

BRIAN MWASHI
Box 49312 - 00100, Nairobi
Mobile: 0721-540448
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CARRIER OBJECTIVE
 I’m an enthusiastic and professional Graphic and Web Designer, who enjoys being part of, as well as leading, a successful and productive team. My career objective is:
  • To further my creative abilities in Graphic Design, Web Design and Interactive media.
  • To break the boundaries of traditional design by applying modern, creative design and using latest software to create appealing and interactive media.
EDUCATION & TRAININGUniversity of Nairobi (1996-2000)
BA Design - 2nd Class Upper Division

1998-1999: Media Street, Nairobi
-Trained in Adobe Design Softwares, Web Design and Development, Digital Video Editing, 2D & 3D animation.

2001-2005: Nation Media Group, Nairobi
-Trained in: Supervisory Skills Development (KHI), Team Building Course (Outward Bound Trust Kenya), Quality Management System (ISO) as an Auditor and an HIV Training Course (Crystal Hill Consulting).

2007: Infotech, Nairobi
-Programming in Visual Basic 6.0 and VB.net.

2008: ComputerPride, Nairobi
-Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS).
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE/ SKILLSProficient with both PC and Mac platforms.

Design Software (2D, 3D and vector graphics)
Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, PhotoShop, InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver), Macromedia FreeHand, Corel Draw, Google SketchUp.

Desktop Publishing, Layouts and Word Processing Software
Adobe InDesign, QuarkXpress, Adobe PageMaker, Filemaker Pro, Microsoft Office.

Web Design and Web programmining skills
Php, Mysql database, SQL, XML, SEO, Joomla and custom CMS, Web graphics animation using Adobe Flash action script, HTML, xHTML, CSS, Open Source (Joomla and Drupal).

Web, Video and Multimedia Software
Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash, Apache Web Servers, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Audition, Apple Final Cut Pro.
WORK EXPERIENCE Nation Media Group, Nairobi, Kenya – April 2000 - February 2008
  • Senior Graphic Designer: Heads the Graphic Department, ensure quality work is achieved by adhering to the ISO 9001: 2000 procedures, departmental performance appraisals.
  • Designed and implemented the Daily Metro newspaper template in Adobe Indesign, PageSpeed and AdSpeed newspaper system.
  • Designed layouts and advertisements for Daily Nation, Saturday magazine and advertisements for Daily Nation newspaper using Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
  • Researched and designed the Nation Business Directory template and workflow.
  • Produced TV commercials for the Nation Business Directory.
  • Designed and developed Nation Media Group intranet using PHP MySQL.
  • ISO 9001 Champion and Auditor. Member of the Nation Media quality control team.

Mastermind Tobacco, Nairobi, Kenya – March 2008 - August 2008
  • Design of advertisements and promo materials.
  • Design of company newsletter.

ImagineIMC, Nairobi, Kenya – September 2008 - upto date
  • Art Director: Heads the design department, supervises, generates creative ideas, designs both for print and web.
  • Designs for print: Billboards, posters, brochures, calenders, newsletters, books, flyers and other materials.
 REFEREES

BRAMUEL WAKHISI
Head Video Editor - Avid
Citizen TV, Nairobi
Box 19687, Nairobi
Tel: 0727-605824

DAVID MAJANJA
Majanja Luseno & Co.
Advocates
Box 74580, Nairobi
Tel: 020-2210841 / 2210842

KEN KATETE
ImagineIMC
Studio Manager
Tel: 0722-729043,
020-553526