Ames Sia Email & Phone Number

Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

As a Creative Services Manager, I lead art direction from concept development to design execution. My focus spans creative design, social media content creation, art direction, events, UI/UX, and social media campaigns. I am currently leading a small team of 4.I create seamless user experiences, user journeys, and prototypes, enhancing interfaces with Adobe XD and Figma. My work includes providing art direction for our stakeholders and our SaaS product, Enginemailer, and crafting engaging presentations.Key responsibilities and achievements:• Designed effective user flows, screens, and prototypes.• Fostered close collaboration with front-end and full-stack developers.• Communicated effectively with business development managers and stakeholders.• Supervised all creative outputs, including user interface, user experience, videos, print ads, social media campaigns, and advertisements.• Ensured excellence in video and visual outputs for internal and external productions.• Established new standard operating procedures (SOPs) and transparent creative processes.• Planned weekly to keep the creative team informed and aligned.• Delegated creative tasks to designers and copywriters, maintaining quality and consistency.• Submitted daily & weekly reports to upper management based on updates and progress from the creative team.

Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

In my dual role as a Junior Art Director and UI Designer, I manage art direction, end to end – from concept development, to design execution. I focus on creating seamless user experiences, user journeys, prototypes, and enhancing interfaces using Adobe XD and Figma, providing art direction for our valued stakeholders and our Saas product, Enginemailer, and crafting engaging presentations (approximately 10% of my work are in .ppt format) • Designed effective user flows, screens, and prototypes.• Fostered close collaboration with front-end and full-stack developers throughout the project execution process.• Engaged in effective communication with business development managers and stakeholdersI am currently leading the creative team on an interim basis. My responsibilities include:• Supervises all creative outputs, encompassing user interface, user experience, videos, and a range of above-the-line and digital projects, including print ads and advertisements for diverse social media platforms.• Ensures the excellence of video and visual outputs for both internal and external productions.Management Responsibilities:• Establishes new standard operating procedures (SOPs) and transparent creative processes for effective collaborations.• Weekly plan to keep the creative team informed and aligned.• Delegates creative tasks to designers and copywriters, overseeing their work to maintain quality and consistency.• Submits weekly reports to upper management based on updates and progress from the creative team.

Petaling Jaya

I work closely with the Capacity Building Department, Programs Team, and Shelter Team to synchronize our continuous campaigns, workshops, and essential resources required for shelter operations. Community Engagement:• Manage volunteers and ambassadors for community engagement activities• Coordinate WAO events, WAO Merchandise, and Shelter food drive.• Ensure compliance with company guidelines and design standards.• Creating EDMs and upload to MailChimp• Assist in designing and creating campaigns, social media, videos, webinars, and reports.• Participate in brainstorming sessions to share new design perspectives and ideas.• Maintain up-to-date knowledge about the latest graphic design techniques.• Maintain and follow best practices for versioning control, naming convention, and organization of graphic files.Tech:• Basic UI/UX • Website maintenance (Wordpress, HTML)• In charge of webinars/workshops tech on Zoom (Livestreaming (OBS, Youtube, Facebook) design, recording, reports, and control)• Computer software installation • Server set up training

Subang Jaya

I was in charge of developing Storyboards, Motion Graphics Design, TV Commercials, Post-Production for TV and Social Media Channels.I've worked with major brands including Goodyear, Kiehls, VIU, Vitagen, Naza, KIA, Vitagen.

Ampang

Sapu-lah! is founded by two aspiring spread-makers, Ames Sia and Xin Yi. Their signature Homemade Garlic & Herb butter spread is 250g of goodness in a jar. Beyond spreading on toast, it is a brilliant meat marinade and an excellent substitute for cooking oil.

I was accountable for developing and executing designs for Lifejuice Social Media Content (Static Visual & Motion Graphics & Print designs with Caroline, Head Designer of Lifejuice.

I was in charge of developing Storyboards, Motion Graphics Design, TV Commercials, Post-Production for TV and Social Media Channels.I've worked with major brands including AIA, AirAsia, Astro, Canon, IKEA, Maybank, P&G, OSIM, OGAWA.

Kelana Jaya

I was in charge of compositing our main animation, BuzzyBee & Friends.Buzzy Bee is a children’s animation we created in partnership with our friends at Lion Rock Licensing.

Apprenticeship for 1 year 7 monthsResponsible for setting up social media, appointments, setting up the tattoo stations for artists, sterilizing equipment in a bio hazardous environment.

Section 16

I developed Storyboards, Motion Graphics Design, TV Commercials, Post-Production for TV and Social Media Channels.

Diploma, Multimedia Design

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