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Name :	Julien François	Phone :	+33 (0)6 65 42 97 42
Âge :	25 years	URL :	www.julienfrancois.co.uk
Date of Birth :	Sedan - 08 (France)	Occupation :	Student in Master II
Email :	julienfrancois1@gmail.com		A.D. / multimedia graphic designer
Address	657 avenue du 1er B.I.M.P. - Bât. I 115		Freelance
	Résidence du Faron - 83130 LA GARDE		Driving Licence and car
Languages :	French / English		Mac user but equally
			linux and windows
	visit my fullflash website

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jobs & professionnal experiencies

graphic designer / art director

april 2011 to august 2011
Intership and "C.D.D." contract - "V.O. Communication" Advertising Agency / 67000 STRASBOURG

Reply to an invitation to tender, private or public. Looking for visual ideas based on the selected media (TV, booklets, posters, magazines, website, …).

Definition of graphic choices, aesthetic and communicative. Presentation and argument of the projects effectively.
Pilot project to provide technical monitoring of the project.

Missions: achieving visual identity, graphic charts, research and conception of visuals and arguments for local (Strasbourg) and national advertising.

art director

july 2010 to january 2011
Freelance - "Pixel Communication" Agency

Creation of visual and graphic identities /
guidelines for different brands.

art director freelance

september 2008 to december 2009
Freelance - Ministère des Affaires Étrangères / 75000 PARIS

Developing ideas and concepts, creating layouts, illustrations.
Creating designs with Photoshop an Illustrator for international adverstising print campaigns. Creating new logos and corporate imagery as well as redesigning existing corporate identity for business projects.

Creating and layout of business cards, letterheads and booklets for print. Work in collaboration with a service of the Ministry operation manager responsible for these projects.

graphic designer / web designer / integrator / developer

september 2007 to august 2009
Part-time contract - "ARPP Communication & Audiovisual" Agency / 83480 PUGET/ARGENS

Developing concepts, overlooking entire projects from concept stage to execution. Creating designs, animations and interactive products on Photoshop, Fireworks, Flash and Dreamweaver for online adverstising campaigns, websites, and online applications.

Working with the marketing department, and a team of designers and programmers. Creating graphics, layouts and illustrations for posters, magazines and print catalogues. Conception of the new graphic identity of the agency (logo, business cards, letterheads,
booklets) and web design of their new website.

Development and creation of new applications called "videomail" combining interactive 3D, vector illustrations, photomontages,
user interactions, flash animations and videos…

graphic designer / web designer / integrator / developer

february 2007 to september 2007
Freelance - "Strasimmo & Abeco" Companies (Estate Agency) / 67000 STRASBOURG

Graphic design of a new identity and house style, business cards,
letterheads, booklets, magazines and flyers for print; self-adhesive for cars and delivery vans and notice board for silk-screen.

Redesigning existing corporate logo. Creation concepts and ideas and web-development for websites. Flash illustrations and animations for sites flash banners. Photoshop and Fireworks layouts for xhtml and css sites.

graphic designer / flasher / web designer / integrator

june 2006 to september 2007
Part-time contract - "Reymann" Advertising Agency / 67000 STRASBOURG

Part-time contract with the School Of Art of Strasbourg.
Working in two different departments, graphic design studio in association with art director's and advertising executive's team;
web department in collaboration with web designers, flashers and programmer's team. In websites, online advertising and animations, conception of storyboards for animations and online advertising campaigns. Integration and development of websites.

Creating web-layouts in Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash and Director.
Creating characters designs and animations in Flash for online games and banners. Within graphic studio department, creation of graphic identities and house-style for french and international brands. Realisation of past-ups and layouts for major outlet's catalogues from France, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Portugal.

graphic designer / web designer / (DTP) desktop publishing operator

march 2006 to august 2006
Part-time contract - "A.G.I. Imprimerie" Print Agency / 68040 INGERSHEIM

Creation designs, animations and development of the print agency's website in fullflash. Designs and layouts for print and silk-screen (packagings, logos, brochures, posters, calendars).

Creation and exposure of CMYK Offset plates. Digital imposition with the software "PREPS" and preparation for CTP (Computer-To-Plate) and Offset lithography. Adjustment of CMYK plates.

Control and realisation of the printer products with the Offset printer. Finishing, cutting, folding and bookbindind.

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education & reconized qualifications

master 2

until 2012 - (exam on going)

Speciality engineering of media.
Ingémédia (Institute of Research in Engineering
of the Internet and Multimedia) - Toulon, France.

master 1

years 2010/2011 - (result 14,78 - rank : 1/112 - first in year "valedictorian")

Speciality engineering of media.
Ingémédia (Institute of Research in Engineering
of the Internet and Multimedia) - Toulon, France.

bachelor's degree (b.s.c)

years 2009/2010 - (exam passed with honors - first in year of erasmus students)

In Multimedia Technology (Faculty Of Science) - Year 3.
University Of The West Of Scotland, Paisley - United Kingdom.

licence

years 2009/2010 - (bi-diploma - ERASMUS - exam passed with honors)

In Techniques and Activities of the Image and the Sound
(Option Internet, Broadcasting and Digital Convergence.
Ingémédia (Institute of Research in Engineering of the Internet
and Multimedia) - Toulon, France.

technological university diploma

years 2007/2009 - (french diploma in two years - exam passed with distinction)

In Service, Network and Communication (networking, programming,
multimedia, communication, graphic and web design).
University Of The South Of France SRC department, Saint-Raphaël.

higher diploma of applied arts

years 2004/2007 - (prepa. 1st and 2nd year - exam passed with distinction)

With Option Graphic Design the first year
and Web Design the second year.
School of Applied Art and Graphic Art Design - Strasbourg, France.

a-level in graphic arts communication

years 2003/2004 - (2nd year (skip one year) - exam passed with honors)

Selection on school report, portfolio and interview. Study of the graphic chain and printing processes, rules of composition, typographic codes, computing (DTP, digitalisation), techniques of plotting, digital imposition, exposure of CMYK offset plates, CTP, costing, quality control, etc.
Gutenberg High School, specialized in graphic design
Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France.

professional diploma in sales and marketing

years 2001/2003 - (2 years - exam passed with honors)

Professional Diploma in Sales and Marketing. Phases of marketing, merchandising and sales, customer reception and advises
on products sold in stores.
Schongauer, Professional and Technological High School
Colmar, France.

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about my university course

My A level training in Graphic Communication allowed me to know
all the graphic processes, manuals and digital printing processes ,
rules of composition, typographic codes, computer graphics pre-press (DTP, scanning), techniques flashing, digital tax, and CTP(Computer- To-Plate) and managing print files (production costs, quality control, chrome, etc.).

My years of study in Applied Art led me to the disciplines of Art
and imagination, highlighting a critical approach on communication, media, art history and aesthetics in graphic arts.

My university studies in the field of Information and Communication Sciences, D.U.T. to Master's degree allowed me to acquire both technical skills (software for creating print, web and audiovisual)
and strategic knowledges as project management, e-marketing, information survey, rights or economy of media, while remaining
in a critical approach, practice and theory of the image applied
to art and media.

Overall, my career highlights three at time, technical,
communicational and art skills. To date I have several years of work experiences in alternately contract, C.D.D. and freelance;
I'm young, motivated, creative and ready to work !

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technical & strategic skills

To date, I master the layout software (InDesign and Quark-Xpress),
illustration (Illustrator), photomontage (Photoshop) as well as
software development and web development (Flash, Director,
Dreamweaver and Fireworks) I practice daily.

The Bachelor's Degree I realized in UK allowed me to acquire
basics of broadcasting, editing and video effects softwares
and development of Functional Specification / documentation
for audiovisual products.

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strategic skills

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languages, interests & hobbies

ENGLISH - university level & one year of study in United Kingdom

SPANISH - high school level

GERMAN - secondary school level

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