PERSONAL DATA
0044 (0) 78 9102 9087
6A Gwendolen Avenue; SW15 6EH; London
Birth Date: March 9, 1980

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY
Creatively dynamic, forward-thinking. Strong conceptual and executional abilities. Work well as a team member, with a capacity to multi-task. A keen eye for contemporary design including layout, typography, illustration, photography, animation and film.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Present
Freelance Art director, London
Magazine Art Direction for London Jewish Quarterly
Identity package for London ISSTIP
Motion Graphics for “Desorient Express”

2005 - 2007mar
Senior Art Director, ADDV EURO RSCG Bucharest
Campaigns for LG, Cif, Domestos, Vichy, Texaco, BRD – Groupe Societe Generale, Cofidis.

2004 - 2005
Senior Art Director, DDB Bucharest
Campaigns for Knorr, McDonald’s, Loulis/Riva, Ifantis, Mothercare, ANPC, AlphaBank, Raiffeisen Tirrana, Interamerican Medisystem, UCMR, Fa, Zewa, DigiTV.

2004
Art Director, BMP Advertising Bucharest
Ads for Pfizer products (Viagra, Visine, Ben-Gay); brochures for Sortis, Aricept etc

2003
Film Editor / Animator
The magazine reader (puppets); Selfportrait; Ali (AfterEffects); Bars, Iolanda (Live Motion); Chocolate, For a fist full of candies, Summertime (35mm); Cherries (16mm); Who loves me (short subject documentary – Avid Media Composer);
Assistant Editor "One point 0 (1.0)", Armada Pictures
Feature film directed by Jeff Renfroe and Marteinn Thorsson. (Edited on Final Cut Pro)

2000 - 2003
Freelance Art Director / co-founder Heroic
Identity, Graphic and web design: PizzaHut, KFC, Codecs, Aztec Inflatables, ProSoft Solutions, Crosspoint, Zazou, Cavar Auto, E-ntegra, DeCaelo Mosaics, I&G Solutions, BoxCom Distribution, La Musteata Hollydays, Maxima Television

1997 - 2000
Graphic Designer, Tornado Sistems
ID, brochures, web design and development; booth design. Print campaigns for Canon, Compaq, Allied Telesyn, Philips, Brother.

EDUCATION
2000-2005         UNATC - Multimedia Department – Animation, Film Editing & Sound
1991-1999         Art High School, Constanta - Graphic Design.
1992 Oct            Children Book Graphic Design Workshop - Yokohama Museum of Modern Arts

AWARDS
May 2006          AD’OR: Best TVC in Financial Category for BRD Groupe Société Générale
Dec 2004          Cinemaiubit – Special Animation Prize for Bars; 2nd poster prize For a fist full of candies
Jun 2003           Cannes International Prize for Water and Young Innovators (Interactive Design)
Apr. 1999          2nd Prize - "Nagy Istvan" International Graphics Contest - Miercurea Ciuc(Illustration)
Sep. 1998         Grand Prize - AOA Constanta Awards (Illustration)
Oct. 1997          1st Prize - Maersk Constanta Calendars Contest (Illustration)
Feb. 1994         3rd prize - Arte Grafica Tambre Italia (Illustration)
Nov. 1992         Grand Prize - Yokohama International Children book Workshop 

MISCELLANEOUS
Languages:       English - advanced, Italian and French - medium.
PC and Mac:     Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, CorelDRAW; Flash, DreamWeaver, Freehand; Quark
Final Cut Pro; Premiere, AfterEffects; Avid Media Composer; Nuendo; Office/FrontPage.