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Manal Mostafa

Manal Mostafa

Art Director And Graphic Designer
Cairo

Summary

Fifteen years of experience in graphic designer of which of 10 years Art Director with a proven track record at Cottonil Egypt, enhancing brand strategy through innovative design and creative direction. Skilled in Adobe Photoshop and team collaboration, I have successfully managed multiple projects, elevating brand awareness and ensuring timely delivery. My approach combines design research and creative capabilities to achieve outstanding results.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Art Director and Graphic Designer

Cottonil Egypt
08.2020 - Current
  • Developing cutting-edge, distinctive design products that work in line with brand and strategy.
  • Creating compelling visual presentations to effectively communicate complex ideas to clients and stakeholders.
  • Manage multiple design projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery within budget constraints.
  • I have created collateral to support various marketing campaigns and visually communicate concepts.
  • I have managed design team resources by efficiently delegating tasks based on individual strengths and workload capacity.
  • I have optimized creative assets for web use by utilizing best practices in file formats, compression techniques, and mobile responsiveness considerations.
  • I have supervised photo shoots from concept development to post-production editing, ensuring high quality images that align with brand identity goals.

Art Director and Graphic Designer

Panda for Clothing and Uniform
04.2014 - 04.2020
  • Develop cutting-edge, distinctive design products that operate in accordance with the brand and strategy.
  • Create compelling visual presentations to effectively communicate complex ideas with clients and stakeholders.
  • Manage multiple design projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery within budget constraints
  • I have done collateral to support various marketing campaigns and visual communication of concepts.


HEAD OF TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT AND DESIGNER

Mayabi for Knitwear
06.2010 - 04.2014
  • Developed design deliverables that elevated, differentiated, and functioned on-brand and on-strategy.
  • Created compelling visual presentations to effectively communicate complex ideas to clients and stakeholders.
  • Managed multiple design projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery within budget constraints.
  • Developed innovative design concepts that effectively communicated brand identity and boosted overall brand awareness.

Graphic Designer

Hala Masr Advertising
05.2007 - 05.2010
  • Developed creative design for print materials, brochures, banners, and signs.
  • Developed creative design for print materials, banners and signs.
  • Completed final touches for projects such as images sizes and font selection.
  • Completed final touches for projects before rollout.
  • Developed innovative design concepts that effectively communicated brand identity and boosted overall brand awareness.

JOURNALIST DIRECTOR

Bayt El Arab Magazine
05.2005 - 05.2007

Journalistic production is an artistic process that arouses the reader’s interest by showing important topics in design ways that force the reader’s eye to read them first and not others, facilitating the reading process .

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Graphic Design

FINE ARTS
Cairo, Egypt
04.2001 -

Skills

Creative capabilities

Design Research

Creative Direction

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Identity creation

Concept Development

Advertising Campaigns

Excellent team player

Courses

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator 

Marketing Social media 

Timeline

Art Director and Graphic Designer

Cottonil Egypt
08.2020 - Current

Art Director and Graphic Designer

Panda for Clothing and Uniform
04.2014 - 04.2020

HEAD OF TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT AND DESIGNER

Mayabi for Knitwear
06.2010 - 04.2014

Graphic Designer

Hala Masr Advertising
05.2007 - 05.2010

JOURNALIST DIRECTOR

Bayt El Arab Magazine
05.2005 - 05.2007

Bachelor of Arts - Graphic Design

FINE ARTS
04.2001 -
Manal MostafaArt Director And Graphic Designer