Graphic Designer
Graphic Designer

SEYED ZAFARULLAH KHAN SHERALI
3109 W Walnut Street, Garland, TX - 75042
Cell:------------, E-mail: ------------

SUMMARY
Advertising Sales Executive from Sri Lanka recently relocated in Garlands with over thirty years of experience in managing media sales of advertising agencies in Sri Lanka wishes to be employed in an advertising agency or sales outlet within Dallas county closer to Garland.

Well experienced in multi-tasking of client servicing, media management, copywriting, storyboards, visualizing, layout designing, graphic designing and retail sale of allied services and digital displays.

Have on the job experience in adobe photoshop and illustrator applications besides typing and data entry of invoices, insertion orders, production orders, online application filling etc.,

WORK EXPERIENCE

Seasonal Cashier at Lowe’s Richardson

Worked in the Store attending to customers and working at the cashier counter at Lowe’s from February 19th2018 till June 1st2018.

Left to Sri Lanka to organize the property disposal there and returned to the USA on the 21st 2019.

Account Manager at Impact Advertising 1988 – 19th 2018
Formed own agency in partnership catering to clients with diverse business interests. Mainly focussed on newspapers, radio advertising, email campaigns and print media.

? Serviced ROTAX LIMITED, Island’s leading Importer and Supplier of Industrial Electrical Equipment.
Handled campaign management of famous brands of the electrical world: Terasaki, Siemens, Kyoritsu, Citel, Prevectron, Sonel, Socomec, SBP, Hyundai, Anly, Mikro…etc., Organised display booths for sales of electrical items during exhibitions.

• Serviced FIGARO LIMITED, Island’s leading importer and supplier of Power Tools from Germany.
Handled campaign management of the famous brands Merlin Gerin and Stihl for the client. Participated in product demonstration of power tools during exhibitions.

• Serviced EMERALD INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD, Island’s leading manufacturer of Menswear collection.
Campaign management of their menswear brands in newspapers and on Tv and radio. Positioned the brands: Emerald, Focus, Mansak and Run menswear. Running a radio programme for twenty years in the Tamil language.

• Serviced AMPEX COMMERCIAL AGENCIES PVT LTD., a leading distributor of Fans and Exhaust fans in the Island.
Campaign management of their brand: Khaitan

Apart from the above major clients, I also handled several other clients and gained diverse experience.


Freelance Job 1984 -1987
Worked as a freelance copywriter-cum-layout designer. It was the pre-computer age and art work was created by pasting typesetting on a board. Handled graphic designing on paste board for several agencies.

Foresight Advertising 1982 - 1983
Client Servicing Executive
Worked under the supervision of Mr. Davidson, island’s prominent advertising man during that time and gained on the job experience whilst shouldering responsibilities including the campaign for saving electricity in the island during shortage of electricity supply.


Metropolitan Advertising 1980 - 1981
Trainee Account Executive. Joined as a trainee executive and gained experience in client servicing, copywriting and layout designing for two years. Awarded Diploma in Advertising by the Metropolitan School of advertising.

Teaching English and Maths 1971 – 1980
Served as a government appointed English and Maths teacher in government schools.
Resigned for better prospects and to avoid political interference.


EDUCATION
Passed G.C.E. (12 years equivalent of Sri Lankan secondary education in Science Stream)
Underwent teacher training before being appointed as a government teacher.
Followed a 2 years diploma course in advertising by Metropolitan school of Advertising, Sri Lanka

SKILLS
? Client servicing with focus on the products and services offered by the client.
? Participating in plans boards meeting for campaign development. Team spirit.
? Conceptualizing the campaign ideas in English and Tamil.
? Copywriting and storyboards. Dramatizing radio spots.
? Assisting in the production of visuals, preliminary radio spots and tv commercials
? Final art work for digital printing as well as emailing.
? Typing, typesetting and data entering.
? Translation from English to Tamil and Tamil to English.
? Handling cash registers.


REFERENCE
In Sri Lanka:
Mr. Joe Roche, Chairman – Rotax Limited
(Mobile:------------75 web: ------------)
Mr. M.Ehsan, Executive Director – Emerald International Pvt Ltd.,
( Mobile:------------55 web: www.emeraldshirts.lk)
Mr. B.H.Abdul Hameed, internationally acclaimed Tamil announcer (Mobile : ------------6)

In the USA
Ahamed Fahumi
Maintenance Engineer
Lonestar Plastics Inc
2875 Market St, #100, Garland, TX 75041
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