About me


uzma ahsan 982 blizzard road mississauga, ON l5v1t1 t: 647.407.3894 e: [email protected]
	c a r e e r o b j e c t i v e
	To serve a reputed organization as a Graphic Designer, giving as much as I have learned through my previous experience, but always willing to observe and learn more. To become an essential part of the team, and grow with the organization.
	e d u c a t i o n
	1992-1996 Bachelor in Design (Graphic Design) National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan. Major: Graphic Design Minor: Photography 1990-1991 Secondary School Certificate Lahore College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan. 1989 Senior Cambridge (Arts) Convent of Jesus and Mary, Lahore, Pakistan.
	p r o f e s s i o n a l d e v e l o p m e n t c o u r s e s
	2006 Certificate in Web Design Development Arts Institute of Toronto, Canada
	c o m p u t e r s k i l l s
	Adobe PhotoShop CS3, Quarkxpress 7.2, Adobe Illustrator CS3, Macromedia Powerpoint, Microsoft Word, Macromedia Dreamweaver Professional, Macromedia Flash Professional, Fireworks 8 & HTML.
	w o r k e x p e r i e n c e
	8/06-To Date Senior Graphic Designer Paradigm Electronics, Mississauga, Canada. Job responsibilities include art directing a team of junior designers. Designing and production of packaging, marketing collateral, product catalogs and management of the company's website. Directing and coordinating photography of the product. Dealing with suppliers locally and overseas, administrating and organizing projects and workload and overlooking quality control of printed material.
	10/00-7/06 Senior Graphic Designer Scotiabank, Toronto, Canada. Job responsibilities included designing and production of extensive corporate marketing collateral on OSX platform, keeping in line with the branding guidelines. Managing and developing intralink sites using programs like Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX and HTML. Dealing with suppliers and printers on a large scale, obtaining quotes, going on press approvals, solving printing issues and seeing to it that the product is delivered on time. Administrating and organizing the projects and work load. Dealing with clients, obtaining project briefs and presenting concepts. Managing multiple projects simultaneously and taking a project from beginning to the end. 9/96-3/99 Senior Visualizer Red Communication Arts, Lahore, Pakistan. Job responsibilities included designing and giving visual to a concept as well as organizing and supervising the Creative Department from the initial stages of a design development till the final material ready for production. 5/96-8/96 Graphic Designer Libas International (Pakistan's Largest Selling Fashion Magazine) Job responsibilities included designing & layout of the magazine aswell as preparing the final material for production. 4/95-4/96 Junior Graphic Designer Adhouse Pvt. Limited, Lahore, Pakistan. Job responsibilities included designing of company brochures, flyers, stationary, P.O.S and other related material.

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