• Name: Joumana Medlej
• Location: Beirut, Lebanon
• Birth date: 1979
• Services: Illustration and graphic design: corporate, layout, interactive & web, packaging, retail, print, animation, character design...
• Prefers/specialises in: Illustration, storyboards, layout, character design, infographics.
• Rate sheet for illustration/storyboards available upon request.
• Online portfolio.
• Contact.

Long term:

• Art director, Quirkat Digital Entertainment Solutions, since Aug. '07
• Assistant to prof. Samir Sayegh, calligrapher, since May '07
• Storyboards and misc. work for H&C Leo Burnett since '01, for Saatchi & Saatchi since '09
• Travel photography appears in local (Noun, Femme Magazine, Joseph) and international magazines (Vogue Germany, al Buraq) since '00
• Freelance writer for Noun, Femme Magazine and l'Orient-le-Jour des Copains (articles, photos and illustrations) since March '00, for Joseph biyearly magazine since Nov. '05

Selected projects:

• Co-author and illustrator of Tyr et son Histoire, Nov. '09
• Co-author and illustrator of Au Temps de la Mouné, Apr. '09
• Co-author and illustrator of Jeita: histoires de Grottes, May '08
• Logo upgrade and website design for the Permanent Peace Movement, '08
• Graphics and animations for the mobile game Tariq's Treasure, '07
• Co-author and illustrator of Maisons du Liban, Dec. '07 (clipping: La Revue de l'ATCL)
• Author, illustrator and publisher of Malaak: Angel of Peace, first Lebanese action/superhero graphic novel in Lebanon, Dec. 07 (Full list of clippings here)
• Art direction, graphics and animations for Tariq's Treasure, '07
• Co-author and illustrator of Tortues de Mer, Apr. '07
• Visual for the Zahle International Marathon, Apr. '07
• Design, illustration and layout of Running ME (magazine), Nov. '06
• Co-author and illustrator of Gubla, Byblos, Jbeil, Nov. '06.
• Storyboards for DDBLevant, July '06
• Co-author and illustrator of De l'Olive au Hammam, published by Dar-en-Nahar, May '06
• Website design and programming for ex nihilo, Nov. '05
• Co-author and illustrator of Le Cèdre du Liban, published by Dar-en-Nahar, Oct. '05. (clipping: Noun)
• Print and web design for Youssef al-Gosaibi & Partners Co. for Trading and Contracting, '05-'06
• Animation of Tarteeb el-Aradi documentary for the Council of Development and Reconstruction, July '05
• Co-author and illustrator of La Pourpre et la Soie, published by Dar-en-Nahar, June '05
• Copywriting for ex nihilo design house since March '05
• Animated clips and DVD cover for Litani Project documentary, May '05
• Illustrations, billboards for Howtowow Beauty Salon, May '05
• Co-author and illustrator of Les Fouilles de Beyrouth, published by Dar-en-Nahar, October '04. (clippings: Noun, L'Orient-le-Jour des Copains)
• Character design and illustrations for Channel Design, July '04
• Website design and programming for SilverDeco, March'04
• Brochures for DT and affiliated restaurants/boutiques, March '04
• Interior and exterior architectural concept art and illustrations for Fluid, February '04
• Corporate identity for DoraFarm, February '04
• Give-away item for Reuters' ACI conference (as part of a team), August '03
• Freelance writer for the Daily Star July '03 - April '04
• Storyboards for Pimo Lintas, '03
• Storyboard and animatics for Horizons L.T.D. January '03
• Assistant professor, Computer Animation, AUB fall '02-03
• Judge on the panel of the Nike Competition for Young Filmmakers, London, July '02
• Professional experience at Britshorts (short films distribution company), London, June-July '02
• Website design for Indigo Red travel agency, April '02
• Series of animated documentaries for the Ministry of Social Affairs, '01-'02
• Illustration and layout of schoolbooks for Sabis International Charter School, '01-'03
• Zen TV Public Awareness Campaign, Spring '02
• Future TV/Zen TV Animation Department April '01 - November '02
• Print and animated ads, storyboards, illustrations for Vertigo ad agency, '00-'04
• Logo for Jeita Grotto, '00
• Layout and illustration for the AUB Museum Newsletter, July '00 - February '02
• Workshop with Wolfgang Weingart February '00
• Workshop with Paul Mijksenaar April '99
• Professional experience at Leogravure colour separation house, July-August '99
  

• BGD (Bachelors of Graphic Design),
  American University of Beirut
  Department of Architecture and Design
  Graphic Design Program
  A four year program studying experimental methodologies in graphic and communication design. Areas of emphasis: graphic and communication design, publications, packaging, corporate identity, retail design, illustration, animation, typography (Latin/Arabic), interactive and web design.
• French Baccalaureate II, Collège Louise Wegmann, June 97 (mention Bien)
  

[For more press clippings focused on Malaak: Angel of Peace, see the website.]

• Featured in Noun, Dec. '08
• Featured on LBC as part of Banque Libano-Française's Eich Toumouhatak (season 1), since May '08
• Featured in Libano em Revista (Brazil), June '08
• Featured in NOW Lebanon, Apr. '08
• Featured in The World (U.S. National Public Radio, click to listen), Feb. '08
• Featured in Academix (spread 1, spread 2), Jan. '08
• Guest on Orbit's Uyoun Beirut, 17 Mar '08
• Work appeared in Designers' Desktop 3, Japan, Mar '08
• Featured in Elle Oriental, Sayidaty, Noun and La Revue de l'ATCL, Jan. '08
• Featured on LBC's Naharkom Sa3eed, Jan. '08
• Work appeared in Spanish daily El Mundo, Dec. 07
• Featured in L'Orient-le-Jour , Dec. '07
• Art exhibit at the Ceramic Lounge, Mach-April '07 (featured in Al-Anwar)
• Featured in Idées de Cadres, France, December '06
• Photography exhibit in Art Lounge, Oct-Nov 06 (featured in L'Orient-Le Jour, The Daily Star, Noun)
• Featured in Aishti Magazine, April '06
• Featured in Kul al 'Usra, U.A.E., November '05 (clipping)
• Art featured in ADG, Gemmayze, October '05. (clippings: L'Orient-le-Jour)
• Featured in Cedarwings, in-flight magazine of Middle East Airlines, issue #89 Oct-Nov '05. (clipping p1, p2, p3)
• Featured on LBC's Naharkom Sa3eed, Oct '05.
• Featured in MacLife, Germany, August '05 (clipping p1, p2)
• Featured in Femme Magazine, April '05. (clipping)
• Art exhibit (collective) in Salon-de-Provence, France, December '04.
• Art exhibit in the Jounieh Municipality, November '04.
• Art exhibit (collective) in JABAL, Musée Paul Guiragossian, November '04.
• Guest on LBC's Tea Time, June '04.
• Art exhibit in ADG, Gemmayze, June '04. (clippings: L'Orient-le-Jour, Al Balad)
• Featured in Noun, May '04. (clipping)
• Art exhibit (solo) in Tokyo, April '04.
• Work appeared in Websites 100% loaded (Feierabend, May '04).
• Featured on zap12.com (now defunct), March '04.
• Work appeared in Web Design Index '04.
• Work appeared in MacPeople Japan vol. 7.1, June '03 and in Mac Fan, Oct '03. (clipping)
• Festival de la Bande Dessinée, May '03, animations.
• Guest on Zen TV's Dardashat, October '01.
• Honorable mention in the 2001 Motor Trend International Design Contest; entry exhibited at the 2002-Model California International Auto Show in Anaheim, California.
• Jeita Logo Contest, May '00: Second prize.
• Lina Murr Nehme Competition, May '00: Second prize.
• Ibdaa Exhibition '99, academic projects.
• Lire en Français et en Musique, November '99, illustrations.
• Featured in L'Orient-Le Jour, August 10, '99. (clipping) (clipping)
• AUB Architecture and Design Exhibit, November '98, May '01 and April '02.
• AUB Dean's Honor List Spring '97-'98, Fall '97-'98 and Fall '00-'01.

• Platform: Macintosh, Windows, Unix.
• Software: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, ImageReady, AfterEffects, Premiere, InDesign, GoLive; Quark Xpress; Macromedia Director, Flash, Fontographer; TicTacToon, USAnimation, ToonBoom Studio; Meta-Tools Infini-D; Final Cut; SoundEdit, Sound Studio; Corel Draw.