João Cunha

Freelancer Graphic Designer @ Kultivation.com

Coimbra

Portugal

www.kultivation.com

I am a Graphic Designer based in Paris, specializing in Web design, Corporative Identity and Photography. I design and develop accessible websites to the latest W3C standards including valid CSS and valid XHTML. I also create full flash based applications for being integrated in web environment and CD ROM's.

Design is not just my life; it's something I do before going to bed and something I can't wait to do in the morning. I have been loving Arts since I was very young with a strong family influence, especially with my grandfather and my uncle.

I consider myself as a motivated person with an outgoing personality, with strong communication skills. I see one of my major strengths being my adaptability. I am able to jump easily from being a designer, to a coder, to photographer or to a decision maker. This adaptability can also be seen in my design work where I am able to handle any design task, be it web, branding, or print.

I have gained a very good knowledge in areas of design, photography and the internet and I am very passionate about the industry.

Without Design and Photography, my world would be black and white.

Expériences

Kultivation.com : 10/2006 - Aujourd'hui
Freelancer Graphic Designer
I make Corporative Identity, Web design and Photography projects.
JPL Studio : 05/2005 - 11/2006
Photographer
I planned and created concepts for fashion projects. I took several portraits for political advertising. I covered several clubs, bars and fashion parties. I also worked with a digital minilab and a plotter. This job involved printing photographs, digital books, negatives and slides. When need it I also work as a technician to solve equipment problems.
Netsigma.pt : 10/2004 - 05/2005
Web designer
Managed competing deadlines on multiple web and flash projects to exceed client expectations. Collaborated with lead designer to maintain client websites. Created and developed mock-ups for presentation for diverse clients. Gave presentation to clients to explain concept and discuss ideas.

Formation

University of Wolverhampton : 09/2001 - 05/2006
BA (HONS) Design for Multimedia
Balancing the acquisition of technical expertise with visual, aesthetic and design skills, this course deals with the way interactive products such as websites, CDs and DVDs are designed and created. Develop a sound knowledge of interface and interaction design, image composition, web design and development, digital sound, streaming media, as well as critical and creative thinking. Learn to work with different specialisms such as animation or video, as part of a multimedia production team. Gain knowledge of industry-standard software packages such as Flash, Dreamweaver, Premiere, Photoshop, Director and Audition.
The course introduces to languages such as HTML, CSS, ActionScript, Lingo, PHP and MySQL.

Je suis ouvert aux opportunités de carrière

João Cunha