Francois Harik
Location
Vaud
Field of Study
Graphic / Motion design
Expertise
Creative director
About
Creative director
With more than 15 years of experience in graphic and motion design, I had the chance to work in several agencies and TV channels as a creative director, which allowed me to acquire solid skills to manage and develop a diverse range of design, visual communication, animation and interactivity projects by exploiting various resources and software. Furthermore, my perfect command of Arabic, English and French, as well as my knowledge of German, allow me to communicate and interact more easily with customers from various countries and cultural backgrounds. All this allowed me to develop a great openness of mind, as well as the capacity for anticipation on the creative level, and the ability to offer adequate solutions in order to best meet the expectations of my clients.
Skills
123D Design
2D Animation
3D Graphic Design
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
After Effects
Art and Illustration
Type Design
Typography
Open for
fulltime
parttime
mentoring
cofounder
Work Experience
Saudi National Television, Riyadh
2013-07 - 2014-07
Creative director
Remote
fulltime
- recruit and hire a team of Lebanese motion designers for the graphics department - manage the graphics department, a team of 25 designers and trainees - organize training sessions for the Saudi designers team on visual education and the use of design software - create special idents and broadcast projects [concept + animation] - create the branding of many programs [concept + animation]
Future Television, Beirut
1998-08 - 2010-08
Head of creative department
Remote
fulltime
- supervise and manage the creative department team [5 motion designers] - create the channel branding(s) [concept + storyboards + shooting + idents + on air graphics + print] - create the branding of many programs [concept + animation + print] - create promotion packages [concept + special effects + templates]
Freelancer
2013-11 -
Creative director
Vaud
parttime
- handle design, branding, and animation projects from concept to execution - create print, digital and animation projects [logos, branding, booklets, brochures, channel branding and programs branding, tvc’s, websites] - work for multiple clients and coordinate diverse resources, software and teams to accomplish set goals within the time period allotted, as well as develop design and branding strategies
Coursera
2021-09 -
Graphic design instructor
Vaud
parttime
Prepare projects and record videos for online classes
CarrerFoundry
2020-11 -
Motion graphics Mentor
Vaud
parttime
Coach and mentor students online throughout their Animation courses
University Saint Esprit Kaslik [USEK]
2003-08 - 2003-09
Graphic design instructor
Remote
parttime
graphic design instructor - graphic design department create the syllabus/outlines and teach design courses, both in face-to-face and remotely
Al Jadeed Television, Beirut
2017-01 - 2018-03
Creative director
Remote
fulltime
- supervise and manage the creative department team [programs & news graphics units /editing unit / promotion unit / voice over unit] - managerial tasks: reorganize the units within the creative department devise new work protocols to organize the work in both the editing and promotion units hire new creative people for both the editing and graphics units organize needed training sessions for the creative team follow up on setting up new hardware/software to optimize the workflow - creative tasks: create the channel branding(s) [concept + storyboards + shooting + idents + on-air graphics + print] create the branding of many programs [concept + animation + print] create promotion packages [concept + special effects + templates] supervise the digitizing and editing of programs on air
Academic Experience
University of Geneva -
2018.09 - 2020.09
Master of Arts, MA in Media Design