Ziad Bou Assi Email & Phone Number

Hamburg, Hh, De

Hamburg Area, Germany

Leading and Managing the Design team in the fast paced environment of Mobile Advertisement and Ad Tech, while pushing the individual and collective development of dedicated graphic and motion designers from different backgrounds and of varying experience levels. As well as proposing and following through on ideas that provide business value to the company, whether from a design or marketing perspective.- Work cross functionally to establish goals and requirements for any Motion, Static & Brand Design requests- Coordinate the creation of video & statics for ad networks and app design- Responsible for the internal and external communication (e.g., freelancers, partner agencies, other departments)- Steward projects from their earliest inception all the way to production and launch- Encourage critical thinking with regards to Brand Design requests, app production, and creative marketing strategy.- Hncourage and help define potential success metrics uniquely on a macro and per project basis- Drive organization wide consensus and make decisions in an environment of competing priorities- Design and implement optimisation processes + ideate and oversee the build of automation tools to keep team's focus on what is important.- Set team prios and drive growth on team and company level- Lead a team of Motion Designers and Playable Developers- Responsible for team member's personal growth

Düsseldorf Area, Germany

Handled Content acquisition and curation from outsources. Followed up and implemented stakeholder display requests, and troubleshooting queries. Participated in several internal projects for user testing and design innovation. As well as working on internal image-upload-systems optimizations.

Beirut, Lebanon

Co-founded and ran the design studio zumra, taking on a wide spectrum of design projects, both print and digital; responsibilities included design and implementation, as well as client acquisition, client servicing, research, project management, art direction, design consultancy, etc. From its inception, zumra set out to create a working environment based around the formal expression of thoughts, ideas, and concepts, culminating in visuals that are seen, experienced, and hence understood, rather than explained.

Beirut, Lebanon

Redesign and implementation for the third issue of Bidayat: an international quarterly magazine published in Lebanon dealing with cultural, social, and political matters. Beyond the redesign of the magazine, work included in-depth research of articles and set themes of the magazine within and alongside its editorial team. Went on to design and research for the 6 consecutive issues of the magazine.

Beirut, Lebanon

Assisted in the preparatory work, research and preliminary design sketching for the American University of Beirut (AUB) Graphic design department’s 20th anniversary design book “Revolution/Evolution”.

Beirut District, Lebanon

Assisted in the design development of the Arabic version, as well as following up with the web-development team on content migration and the rigorous de-bugging phase for the “Signs of Conflict” website (signsofconflict.com); an online resource/archive of political posters produced by warring factions during the Lebanese civil war. Project by Dr. Zeina Maasri

Beirut District, Lebanon

Documentation and Archiving of final year projects produced by graduates of the American University of Beirut’s Graphic design department since its conception in 1992. The product of which to be used in department’s 20th anniversary design book “Revolution/Evolution”. Project headed by: Prof. Leila Musfi

Beirut, Lebanon

Research, concept creation and design for several websites and micro-sites, as well as coordination and follow-up with the the development team.

Master'S Degree, Integrated Design, 1.1 | A+ | 90-95/100

Completed Master degree in "Integrated Design" at the Köln International School of Design (KISD), under TH Köln, with honors.

Bachelor'S Degree, Graphic Design, 92

Lebanese Baccalaureate High School Degree