Monsur Miah Choudhury

M O N S U R M I A H C H O U D H U RY • MONSUR .CO.UK • - • HELLO@MONSUR .CO.UK T O W H O M T H I S M AY C O N C E R N I am writing to you regarding keen my interest in the Graphic Designer position for your organisation. I am a well established and internationally recognised versatile designer with 15+ years of design experience. I have successfully produced, assessed and marketed innovative designs throughout the UK, internationally and globally. Currently I am the Head Graphic Designer solely managing Henley Homes and its 12 subsidiary companies entire design process. This ranges from a luxury chauffeuring service, 2 co-operate charities, 3 construction companies, 4 Five star hotels, 3 prestigious gala events & more. I produced many successful multi-million pound funding proposals for the company, the most recent of which was an outstanding £22 million contract. My previous expertise within the industry is both profound and widespread developing for one of the largest events (82,000 attendees) in the UK and numerous global campaigns. I have implemented multiple innovative designs and rejuvenated previous collateral for the target audiences from concept to completion. I have increased the annual revenue for each company I have worked for significantly, up to 26.5% and played a pivotal role in acquiring a multitude of awards. My vast experience is supplemented strongly by my academic history. I hold an honours degree in BA Architecture from the University of Westminster. I am humbled that my work was recognised by Blueprint Magazine (Sept 09), which named me as the 9th best design graduate in the UK. I have extremely strong computing skills and thus can confidently use a variety of programs and software packages on both Mac & PC. This includes Vectorworks, AutoCAD, Maya, Sketchup, the Microsoft Office package, the Adobe Suite, and those on a web platform (e.g. WordPress, Mail Chimp and many others). E M P LOY M E N T & AWA R D S Present Dec 17 Head Graphic Designer | Henley Homes + More • Helped acquire multi million pound funding including a recent £21 million. • Solely managed Henley’s entire brand and it’s 12 subsidiary companies. luxury chauffeuring service, 2 co-operate charities, 3 construction companies, 4 Five star hotels, 3 prestigious gala events and more • A vast array of design collateral produced and managed from concept to completion for all 13 companies working directly with each director/ manager of the company. Dec 17 Sep 16 Lead Graphic Designer | WorldSkills UK • Managed all design collateral produced internally & externally to promote the organisation. • Main lead on design consultation for all three large campaigns. • Created a large variety of social media assets to endorse the organisation. • Produced 90%+ of the collateral in digital and print for 3 large scale events (100,000+ combined attendees) and promoted the organisations campaigns & overall brand. Sep 16 Feb 13 Senior Graphic Designer | Muntada Aid Charity • Project managed and delivered digital/print and social media collateral for all campaigns. • Helped increased the charities annual revenue by 26.5% between 2013 - 2014. • Liaising with stakeholders to ensure requirements were understood and all work was produced and printed to the best quality. I am sincerely committed to providing an immense contribution to your organisation and I hope to be able to prove how I will be valuable asset to you with all my years of skills and experiences. • Creating brand guidelines to upgrade the chairties identity. • Maintaining the organisation of the website, creating graphic for the website and analysing site traffic and trends. • Increased social media presence, awareness, engagement and driving traffic to website by 46%. SKILLS • Managing and supporting freelance designers to complete delegated tasks. • Shooting and editing video footage & photography for key campaigns. BRANDING ADOBE SUITE+ MAIL CHIMP+ Aug 10 Feb 13 • Delivering a wide variety of design work supporting the senior web developer on designs and UI. MICROSOFT SUITE+ • Working with clients to deliver their campaign and requested designs - including scoping, editing and delivery of projects. WORD PRESS HTML • Building a strong network of external service providers and understanding production time lines to ensure all project deadlines would be met. P C & M A C L I T E R AT E UI/UX VECTORWORKS Junior Graphic Designer | ADreamCreation Sep 09 9th Best UK Design Graduate Blueprint Magazine • Was awarded 9th place by Blueprint Magazine for an architectural design project. E D U C AT I O N B.A Honors Architecture Upper Second Class Honors Tutors: Pete Barber, Ben Stringer, Jane Tankard Sep 09 Apr 06 Inspire Scholar Trust Award Construction Youth Trust • For gifted & talented youth in creativity, with a promising future in design. CLIENT HIGHLIGHTS P O RT F O L I O F U L L W E B S I T E R E VA M P VIDEO PROJECT MERCHANDISE | ADVERTISEMENTS D U N A L A S TA I R H O T E L S U I T E S | VIDEOS | | WEB DEVELOPMENT F U L L C O L L AT E R A L S U I T E I completely redesigned the brand identity and helped increase attendance to the hotel by 43% in the first quarter. This has enabled Dunalastair to win 4 awards within 6 months. My complete website redesign helped Dunalastair reach the international market. M U LT I P L A T F O R M W E B D E S I G N M U N TA D A A I D C H A R I T Y | MAIL SHOTS | | SOCIAL POSTS RESPONSIVE WEBSITE DESIGN I helped create a complex back & front end website for Muntada Aid with a very simplistic and easy to use user interface, increasing the visitors to the website upto 46% within the first two months of launch & increased the level of annual donations by 27%. We also produced customised monthly Mail shots & posts for social media. E X H I B II TT II O ON N SSTTAAN NDD DDEESSIIGGNN C A M PA I G N V I D E O MERCHANDISE | POSTERS | L I T T L E H E A RT S C H A R I T Y PRINT MEDIA | | VIDEOS | E X H I B I T I O N S TA N D F U L L C O L L AT E R A L S U I T E , V I D E O P R O J E C T S & E X H I B I T I O N S TA N D I produced various custom designed merchandise for Little Hearts along with a wide range of posters, editorials & video projects. I also helped design & manage an exhibition stand for a large event hosting 20,000+ attendees at the ExCeL London. THE SKILLS 2017 EVENT GUIDE J O S E P H VA L E N T E A P P R E N T I C E W I N N E R 2 0 1 5 THE SKILLS 2017 WEBSITE DESIGN MERCHANDISE | POSTERS THE SKILLS SHOW 2017 | | LEAFLETS | E X H I B I T I O N S TA N D M E R C H A N D I S E , D I G I TA L / P R I N T C O L L AT E R A L & E X H I B I T I O N S TA N D For the skills show 2017 I designed several innovative items of collateral ranging from signage across show, to uniforms, merchandising, TV screen animations/show related content, a complex event guide, stand designs and a Zeppelin Airship! for the UK’s largest annual careers event, for 82,000 people. EVENT SIGNAGE & BRANDING BCBN 2018 GALA EVENT BROCHURE EVENT SIGNAGE | BROCHURES | E X H I B I T I O N S TA N D BETTER COMMUNITY BUSINESS NET WORK | | VIDEOS F U L L C O L L AT E R A L S U I T E & E X H I B I T I O N S TA N D I have helped BCBN produce a wide variety of collateral for their prestigious annual Gala event in 2017 & 2018. I produced exhibition stands, event brochures, videos and various digital marketing campaigns. The event hosts high profile political figures as guest speakers such as Nick Clegg, Jeremy Corbyn, Sadiq Khan & many more. PHOTOGRAPHY I have had the privilege to visit some amazing humanitarian campaigns during my time at Muntada Aid charity from Turkey to Sudan & Bangladesh. During these trips I took somepictures that were used in large campaigns. I have also visited some beautiful scenic places around the world, from Iceland, Scotland, Norway and many more. LOGO Showcasing a varied selection of: Logo & Brand Identity Designs; Rebrands & Logo Redesigns. I provide and develop logos and identities for various types of clients and projects, from freshly founded startups to large established corporations. T H A N K V I E W I N G • MONSUR .CO.UK • M Y Y O U F O R P R E S E N T A T I O N - • HELLO @MONSUR .CO.UK