WALEED F. AL-TELBANY

Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL DATA / NAME / ĀL-TELBANY, WALEED F.
GENDER / Male
DATE OF BIRTH / July 3rd , 1977
EMAIL ADDRESS /
LOCATION / Heliopolis, Cairo – Egypt
MOBILE / +20 (016) 30 251 04
NATIONALITY / Egyptian
MARTIAL STATUS / Single / MILITARY STATUS / Exempt
PROFILE / Over twelve years of practical experience in the field of animations, illustrations, web designing/managing, arts,promotion and marketing.
WORK EXPERIENCE /
  • Graphic design: freehand and computer generated.

  • Animation:cartoons (all specialties),MMS, computer graphic 2D.

  • Illustrations: comic books production, magazinelayouts/direction.

  • Websites: creating/managing.

  • Multimedia: promotionalprojects (minor).

WORK PLACES /
  • Morinella™ Kids Wear; Sr. Graphic Designer [March 2008 – Present].
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  • Ahram Security Group (ASG);ArtDepartment Co-Manager, Creative Director & Marketing Specialist [July 2007 – Feb. 2008].

  • AK Comics; General Manager [Oct. 2006 – July 2007].
  • Art Director & Vice Editor-in-Chief [July 2004 – July 2007].
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  • Middle East for Publishing & Advertising (MEPA);Dubai, United Arab Emirates [Yrs: 2003 – 2004].

  • Ministry of Defense (A.R.E.) – DPP for press & publishing, Graphic Designer [Yrs: 2001 – 2003].
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  • C.C.S. (Dr. Mona Abu El-Nasr) – TV/Video production – MediaProductionCity [Yrs: 2000 – 2002].

  • Cinematic projects (freelancer) [Yrs: 2000 – 2003].
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  • Al-Forsan Animation Studio;Animator [Yrs: 1996 – 1997].

  • CompuChild magazine; leading graphic artist [Yr: 1995].
/ * References and certificates shall be
furnished upon request.
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ADDITIONAL SKILLS /
  • Excellent at working with computers; both systems: IBM Apple Macintosh.

  • Ability of dealing with most computers' software; Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe DreamWeaver, Adobe Flash, AXA-2D, Adobe ImageReady /GIF animation programs, QuarkXPress, AVI Construction, FrontPage Express, MS Word, Internet programs, Windows, Mac OS, etc…

  • English language; proficient in speaking, reading and writing.

“My work and I have been featured/interviewed on the next international media.”
MEDIA / TELEVISION / CNN; BBC; Al-Jazeera; MBC; Turkish TV; Belgian TV.
PRESS / LA Times; Washington Post; Al-Ahram Weekly; Business Today;
The Daily Star; San Francisco Chronicles; Corrierre della sera; Boston Globe; La Vanguardia; Rose El-Yossif; etc…
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS /
  • My marketing and advertising work includes: clothing lines; fast-food restaurants; Cadbury; toyshops (Toys 'R' Us, Top Toys, etc...); EgyptAir; banks (Faisal); governmental projects; magazines; books; comic books' ads.; investing foundations (Pi Capital, SIIC); CAT; Swatch; vehicles (BMW, Lexus); Microsoft Egypt.
  • Also, I have had the honor to do and present some artistic works to their ExcellencyPresidents/Ministers of Egypt; Italy and United Arab Emirates.
  • Since the late 90's I am doinggraphic works for int'lactor, Jean-Claude Van Damme. In 2008, my name was credited on his official website
  • Int’l exhibitions; booth design, communications & organizing. i.e.ComiCon (USA);Batimat (France);MosBuild (Russia).
  • Website(s) I've created and/ormanaged: akcomics.com – mepauae.com – ahramsg.com…
  • Authorized towork onlicensed artwork of international companies such asDisney; Mattel; Warner Bros.

EDUCATION / HIGHER EDUCATION / Bachelor degree in Graphic Art; (Animation and Illustrations) from the Faculty of Fine Arts, HelwanUniversity [Yrs: 1995 – 2000]
SECONDARY
EDUCATION / Saint George's College/Cairo International High School
PRIMARY / PREPARATORY
EDUCATION / Saint George'sCollege

«For portfolio and previous works, please see next page»

Clients I've Managed Their Projects

BMW - UAE / Cadbury -Egypt / EgyptAir / Faisal Islamic Bank / Lexus - UAE
McDonald's - Egypt / Microsoft -Egypt / Swatch - UAE / Toys"R"Us - Egypt / Caterpillar- UAE
Borak Holding / Pi Capital / Ahram Security Group / MobiZone / Cairo Cartoon Studios
Culture Wheel / AK Comics / Italian Cultural Institute / Morinella / Ministry of Defense
MEPA - UAE / Warner Bros. / Disney / Mattel, Inc. / France Telecom
Authorized promoter
for international film
star,actor Jean-Claude
Van Damme
jeanclaudevandamme.be / Official agent/promoter
forHollywood
actor and stuntman
Todd D. Senofonte
toddsenofonte.com