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  • 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 (especially children-oriented), storyboards, layout, character design.
  • Rate sheet for illustration/storyboards available upon request.
  • Online portfolio.
  • Contact.
Professional Experience
  • Assistant to prof. Samir Sayegh, calligrapher, since May '07
  • Storyboards and misc. work for H&C Leo Burnett since '01.
  • 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.
  • Co-author and illustrator of Tortues de Mer, 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.
Education
  • 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)
Awards & Achievements, Competitions, Exhibitions
  • Art exhibit at the Ceramic Lounge, Mach-April '07 (clippings: Al-Anwar)
  • Featured in Idées de Cadres, France, December '06
  • Photography exhibit in Art Lounge, Oct-Nov 06 (clippings: 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 Naharkon 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.
  • Featured 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.
  • Featured 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.
Skills Graphic novels (scenario, story sequencing, execution), watercolour, etching, photography, silkscreen, HTML, CSS, computer icon design, clay, mixed media, bookbinding, French and English copywriting.
Computer Literacy
  • 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.
Languages
Reading/Writing Speaking/Listening
French Native tongue Native tongue
English Fluent Fluent
Arabic Good Fluent
Italian Good/basic Basic/good
Japanese Basic Basic
Armenian - Basic

Interests WuShu and Taiji Quan (learning, teaching, judging, competing; medalled since 2003), globetrotting, maintaining a personal website since '97, character design, car design, jewelry design, essay and fiction writing, language and linguistics, , Advanced Open Water Diver; member of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and of Children International.


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