Mohamed Ashour

Experience

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  Identity Advertising Agency

  Jul 2006 - Nov 2006

  Junior Graphic Designer

  Designing Advertisings, booth’s 2d works, light boxes, CD covers & danglers.

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  Uni Art Advertising Agency

  Nov 2006 - Oct 2007

  Creative Graphic Designer

  Creating Ideas, designing & finalising advertisings, layouts & all printable and digital advertising materials such as brochures, flyers, light boxes, logos, posters, CD covers, and branding identities.

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  Enigma Magazine

  Oct 2007 - Dec 2009

  Senior Graphic Designer

  Assisting the design manager, in designing enigma Magazine covers, and inside pages. Supervising and guiding the art team junior and mid-weight five designers and art editors. Assisting the design manager in art directing our corporate projects and services.

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  Venus Media & PR

  Jan 2010 - Aug 2012

  Design Manager

  Art directing the middle-east leading (at the time) fashion and lifestyle monthly publication Enigma Magazine. From covers, video, and picture interviews/shoots, fashion shoots, and inside pages. Leading the design team of twelve professional designers, photographers, videographers, picture researchers, and media editors, continuously pushing our limits, providing support for career developments and progression.Art Directing all marketing and branding materials, as well all corporate and sponsored projects in both English and Arabic languages including First Mall Magazine, YPO, Makan Interiors Magazine, advertisements, billboards, banners, posters, tickets, invitations, books, and more. Art directing and managing Enigma’s YouTube channel, Facebook page, and online graphics, and many more…www.enigma-mag.com Show less

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  Nature Publishing Group

  Aug 2012 - Apr 2014

  Managing Art Director

  Creating from scratch the branding, art, styles and templates for the world’s leading science digital and print journals Nature, Arabic Edition. Similarly, the world’s prestigious Scientific American Arabic Edition. Strategically built the ME art team to be a strong productive regional hub, developing a sustainable art vision for the web and print offerings. Art directing all branding, advertising and marketing materials for all mediums. Extending our regional services globally to deliver high standard art and impact.As my role rapidly progressed, I was promoted to a Managing Art Director, creating the Nature Index Prestigious Journals published from the UK, and distributed globally through print and web portals. Finally. Art directing and leading the global art team for Nature Outlook, a section part of the world’s leading science digital and print weekly journals Nature UK. Show less

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  Springer Nature

  Apr 2014 - now

  Art Director, Nature Custom Media

  Leading art and working alongside senior editorial, marketing, sales, and art teams globally, for the world’s leading science journals Nature, custom publishing, and sponsored projects. Including Nature Outlook and Nature Spotlight sections, Nature Index Journal, Nature Career Guides, Nature Arabic Edition, and the web portal for the Arabic version of Scientific American Journal. Continuously improving the team's professional skills and development, maintaining our branding vision and style guide throughout all publishing mediums including print and digital.Art directing other custom publications and advertisement materials, for leading sponsors and customers worldwide, including L’Oréal, Max Planck, Gates Foundation, Merck, HEFCE, KAUST Discovery, KACST and more… Show less