qasimolawale

Senior Designer

I am a multidisciplinary designer with over 8 years of experience across various creative domains, including Art Direction, Production, TV & Broadcast, Brand Identity Development, Product Packaging & Design, Architecture, and User Experience & Interface Design. My keen eye for detail and strong capacity for innovation enable me to stay relevant and effective in an ever-evolving industry.

I am seeking an opportunity where I can contribute my expertise, continue to grow professionally, and develop within a dynamic environment.


Experience: 8 years

Yearly salary: $60,000

Hourly rate: $40

Nationality: 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Residency: 🇳🇬 Nigeria


Experience

Senior Designer
Livespot360
2022 - 2024
1. Ideating and developing visual directions for creative briefs ranging from marketing communications, events and activation, visual identities, branding, merchandising, UI/UX design and production. 2. Implementation and contribution to development of Key Visuals that cascaded to print and digital communications for various platforms and mediums. 4. Contributed to various social media communications designs for various digital platforms. 5. Supervising and managing on-site execution of branding installations and productions. 6. Created and contributed to the development of a design concept bank for the team to aid record-keeping. 7. Implemented individual and synchronised file management system across the creative team to enhance efficiency and reduce time wastage. 8. Designed merchandise to be listed for pre-order on Livespot e-commerce portal on website to create a revenue stream for the creative department. 9. Contributed to knowledge sharing sessions with teammates which further helped with efficiency.
Art Director
Wits, Worth & Ideas
2020 - 2022
1. Ideated and developed visual directions for creative briefs ranging from marketing communications, events and activations, editorials, visual identities, product design and packaging, branding, UI/UX design and video animations. 2. Implementation and contribution to development of Key Visuals that cascaded to print and digital communications for various platforms and mediums. 3. Took on a leadership position where I managed members of the creative team ensuring standards are met with the output of the team. 4. Contributed to various social media communications designs for various digital platforms. 5. Attended and drove meeting presentations to clients while pitching our creative ideas and directions. 6. Supervised the execution of branding installations and productions. 7. Implemented individual and synchronised file management system across the creative team to enhance efficiency and reduce time wastage. 8. Contributed to knowledge sharing sessions with teammates which further helped with efficiency. 9. On some projects, I was delegated to visit clients to align on visual directions and execution.
Art Director
Maxima Media Group
2018 - 2020
1. Ideated and developed visual directions for creative briefs ranging from marketing communications, events and activation, visual identities, branding, merchandising, Set design and TV production. 2. Developed visual directions on photography and videography for productions. 3. Implementated and contributed to development of Key Visuals that cascaded to print and digital communications for various platforms and mediums some of which were country-wide campaigns. 4. For the most part in my time here, I was the sole graphic designer while also doubling as an art director which meant every creative brief was always going through my desk which helped with my project and time management skills. 5. Later on in my role, I took on a leadership position where I managed an intern ensuring standards are met from his output. 6. Designed visual identity systems (logos, color schemes, lower-thirds, opening animation story boards) and for various TV shows across two TV channels. 7. Designed pitch decks for presentations while maintaining quick turn around time. 8. Designed set designs for various TV shows. 9. Redesigned the identity system for the parent company and it's sub brands (Maxima Media Group, Maxima Productions, Maxima Integrated Media, Views Channel, Foodbay TV, Lasting Memories and Future Digitz) 10. Contributed to various social media communications designs for various digital platforms. 11. Supervised and managed on-site and off-site execution of branding installations and productions. 12. Contributed to knowledge sharing sessions with teammates which further helped with efficiency of the team. 13. Managed and guided the execution of website development for the various sub brands. 14. Contributed to the redesign of the office building - this included space design, management and arrangement and wall arts.

Skills

ai
brand
brand-designer
brand-marketing
graphic-designer
illustrator
microsoft
photoshop
social-media
ui-ux-designer
design
english