25 years of designing some of the world’s top magazines, and everything that goes with them…
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
May 2005 to May 2023
ITP Media Group
Dubai, UAE
Group Art Director, Luxury Group
Overseeing direction, editorial design and production across a diverse
range of titles for the Middle East, including Esquire and Grazia.
Aspects:
Art direction
Magazine design, graphics and layout
Collaboration with design teams
Supervising of editorial and client photographic shoots, both on location
and in the studio
Conceptualising and research
Generation of digital assets for social media and collateral for events
Creation of moodboards and presentations
Retouching and colour correction of images
Writing editorial copy
Launches:
Esquire Saudi, March 2021
(the first international men’s magazine in the country)
Esquire Qatar, 2019
Esquire Weekend, 2013
Esquire Middle East, 2009
Harper’s Bazaar Art, 2011
Gourmet, 2011
Grazia, 2005
Other major titles worked on include:
Cosmopolitan
Harper’s Bazaar
Harper’s Bazaar Interiors
The Rake
The Art Book
Emirates Home
Arabian Business
The National Enquirer and The Globe
American Media Inc., Florida, USA
Associate Art Editor on weekly tabloid titles
Time
Time AOL Warner, London, UK
Assistant Art Director on the European edition of the international news magazine
Drive
Independent Media, Moscow, Russia
Art Director, launch of national motoring publication
Marie Claire
Independent Media, Moscow, Russia
Art Director for Russian-language edition of women’s magazine
Motor Cycle News
EMAP, Kettering, UK
Art Editor of the world’s biggest-selling motorcycle title
FREELANCE DESIGN
Salon Business
Salon Gold Publishing, London, UK
Freelance Art Editor: redesign and development of business title for the
hairstyling industry
Various newspapers and publications including ES Magazine and The Mail on Sunday for Associated Newspapers, and for The Independent and The Guardian newspaper [daily and weekend]. London.
Skills
Education
Qualifications
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